October 21st, 2021 — Beo String Quartet is excited to announce Ghosts Revisited, a chamber-alt album distributed by NeuKraft Records. Ghosts Revisited, performed by string quartet, guitar, bass, drums, and vocals, is Beo String Quartet's new take on personal transformation.
"We all change as we have different life experiences," says producer Sean Neukom. "Ghosts Revisited is about experiences that are intense--the things that cause someone to basically break out of their old skin. The heavier sound world of progressive rock helps us to access this intensity." The highly poetic, fragmentary lyrics take listeners right to the edge of consciousness, telling a story that is more felt than understood.
Classical listeners will hear the string quartet running through the core of Ghosts Revisited. The album opens with an expansive and virtuosic introduction for string quartet before launching the band into the first song. The string quartet is also there to seamlessly transition the mood between each song played by the full band.
Distortion, overdubbing, compression, and room/delay effects help the strings to blend with their rock counterparts and create a clear texture. "We've flipped the roles of string quartet vs rock combo normally found in popular styles," says producer Sean Neukom. "In Ghosts Revisited, it's the strings giving us the substance of the sound. The drums, guitar, bass, and vocals drop in for added definition and texture."
Check out the album on your favorite streaming service and be prepared to hear something the likes of which you’ve never heard before.
