Black Swan - Ghost

1. Somewhere But Here 02:25
2. Like Dust, I Linger 06:00
3. Ad Infinitum 10:17
4. Only in Shadows 03:24
5. Time Loop 02:25
6. Perhaps We Never Were 02:40
7. Clouds of Grey 03:44
8. Parathèque 01:36
9. Half Past Three 04:08
10. Static Memory I 02:51
11. Beneath the Veil 01:58
12. All Who Wander 02:40
13. Where Silence Lies 01:36
14. The Girl in the Garden 01:24
15. Static Memory II 02:19
16. Spirit Box 02:58
17. They Speak As One 02:09
18. Ghost of You 03:03
19. Séance 03:29
20. Beyond Hope of Greening 05:41

Ghost is the ninth studio album by New York-based Black Swan, who employs an arsenal of analog recording devices and methods to blur the line between reality and memory. Inspired by musique concrète, ambient, and dark drone traditions, the twenty pieces in this continuous suite capture the experiences of a spirit navigating the physical world it left behind. The dimensions of each movement come from careful consideration of the overall narrative: some are brief vignettes, while others are given room to breathe and evolve; some showcase simple but effective means, and others push the limits of their analog formats with intense layering and harmonic surges. Beginning with “Somewhere But Here”, an uncanny tone is established by melodies trilling from dusty, endlessly re-dubbed tapes, and the medium itself emerges as an essential sculptural instrument. “Like Dust, I Linger” is one of the album’s most heartbreakingly beautiful entries, rising with a tender warble that unfolds beneath a soaring, atomized loop. “Ad Infinitum” follows, with shimmering synths that merge and overlap like sun shafts on a cobalt lake, their harmonies forming a slow, emotional crescendo across its ten minute sprawl. On “Time Loop”, the low end vanishes, and we are untethered into airiness, accompanied by a quietly bustling, tactile clatter.