Remember when listening to rock music felt so damn cathartic? Deflecting Ghosts’s latest, ‘Broken’ is a scathing rock opus that cuts deep!

The track embodies a brutally honest, painfully vulnerable confessional tone, a bare-it-all expression of pain and understanding of the damage done. For anyone who’s ever battled addiction and the demons within, this will be grippingly relatable. Frontman Luke Fitzgerald has been through heaven and hell, combating his inner demons for years. He now channels his pain into deeply honest, evocative, cathartic rock music joined by his wife and longtime collaborator, Rhema, and drummer Austin.

‘Broken’ opens with dark, melancholic arrangements, setting the tone for a somber reflection immediately. It reminds the listener of soul-stirring rock tracks by bands like Godsmack, Creed and Alter Bridge.

Luke’s low-toned, deeply personal vocals enter, singing confessionally,

“Broken and stolen in the sands of time, Seasons come and gone just like another life, So long to the way it was before, sat by and watched the heart of another one go cold”

The lyrics come from the lived experience of dealing with such intense suffering. It offers a thorn-strewn path to redemption by facing that which broke you in the first place.

The next section explodes to life with jarring riffs and thunderous drums. The vocals, ignited through sheer catharsis, now hold nothing back. Following is an intense riff section; looping rhythms and crashing drums take us into the next verse.

All throughout, the track rages with a raw, intense, gritty sound. It’s not overproduced or enhanced at all. Rather, it leans into its rawness, as if to emphasize just how unflinchingly honest of an energy and message they bring.

Again, for anyone trying to take it a day at a time or saying their serenity prayers, this is a most intense affirmation that even though you may have been broken in the past, you’ve got what it takes to turn life around and be whole again.

Stream ‘Deflecting Ghosts – Broken’ on Spotify here: