LA-based Beatrix (real name Arielle Kasnetz) was trained in classical music, and her talents as an artist and songwriter are undeniable. But Beatrix set out to create and convey her own voice, stories and sound, forming her unique brand of indie-folk alt-pop. Following the release of her debut album Vertigo last year, Beatrix returns with haunting new single ‘Ghost of Tennessee’, that has echoes of her classically informed past but with a sound of it’s own.
Starting with a Morse code – a translation of the songs lyrics – and soon accompanied by hypnotic piano, the tone is set: entrancing, dreamy and a little unsettling. Beatrix’s vocals float effortlessly above with a full run of harmony throughout the song that gives it shadowing depth and richness: like a natural vocoder. Setting the scene, Beatrix writes:
Ten years pass… then suddenly, a message. Morse code drones underneath hushed hums and iridescent strings. Love has faded with time – but something, or someone, remains in limbo. It’s autumn on the quad at Vanderbilt University. The leaves are golden yellow, burnt orange, and brown— remnants of the seeds from which they were born— just like the song that plays all these years later. You can’t look away, you can’t turn off the music, you’re too far gone now… You let it wash over you and surrender. -Beatrix
Beatrix tells stories with rawness and integrity, with a beautiful quality that stays with you; we’re happy being haunted by this ghost.
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