You've got to give Ghostfire credit for at the very least attempting something a little different from the norm. With THE LAST STEAMPUNK WALTZ this is a band taking their influences from the likes of Nick Cave, Johnny Cash and Tom Waits  and then running it through a sepia toned filter of 1880's cobbled streeted Absinthe slurping London and steampunk imagery; all in all, quite the intoxicating and gothically tinged backdrop.

 THE LAST STEAMPUNK WALTZ draws from all this imagery and influence to emerge as something suitably unique, traces of sea shanty, folk, gothic balladry and the burlesque are enough to keep you intrigued and interested throughout. Whilst Ghostfire are perhaps an outfit whose ideas and influences are a touch more intriguing than their actual musical output in all honesty, THE LAST STEAMPUNK WALTZ still has enough little quirks and charms to recommend it; though a smidge more personality and attitude wouldn't go amiss next time round, the vocals in particular suffering from a distinct lack of lived in gruffness, those Cave, Waits and Cash influences doing them no real favors here.

Still, Ghostfire offer up an interesting and intriguing proposition in THE LAST STEAMPUNK WALTZ, a single that feels like the prelude to something special once this band truly finds its feet, personality and confidence; as such, this is ultimately promising but not quite wholly satisfying.