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| Released | June 13, 2025 | |||
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| Length | 44:08 | |||
| Label | Nonesuch | |||
| Producer | John Dieterich | |||
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About Ghosts is the fourteenth studio album by American avant-garde jazz composer Mary Halvorson. It was released on June 13, 2025, via Nonesuch in vinyl, CD and digital formats. [1]
Consisting of eight tracks ranging between five and seven minutes each excluding "Polyhedral", with a total runtime of approximately forty-four minutes, the album was produced by Deerhoof guitarist John Dieterich. [2] The album was recorded on June 20–21, 2024 at Sear Sound in New York City, mixed in Minneapolis, and mastered at Masterdisk in Peekskill, New York. [3]
It features instrument contributions from Halvorson's Amaryllis sextet in their third collaboration together, [1] alongside saxophonists Immanuel Wilkins and Brian Settles. [4] It succeeds Halvorson's previous project, Cloudward, which was released in 2024. [2]
The first single, "Carved From", was released on April 9, 2025, alongside a music video directed by Robert Edridge-Waks. [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Financial Times | [6] |
| The Guardian | [7] |
| PopMatters | [1] |
Writing for the Quietus , Andrew Taylor-Dawson referred to the album as "a storming addition to Halvorson's catalogue," stating "it builds on her past work, expanding her oeuvre and balancing beauty with imagination and experimentation." [8] Financial Times assigned the album a rating of four stars, noting "In her latest release, About Ghosts, the improvised and pre-configured are perfectly aligned." [6] Reed Jackson of Spin commented about the album, "About Ghosts may invoke the departed, but it's very much alive," opining that "Halvorson's fondness for nested intricacies can act as a kind of subterfuge." [4]
PopMatters ' Chris Ingalls noted about the album's predecessor that it "conveyed a sense of adventurous optimism", comparing it to About Ghosts and suggesting it reflected the same feeling. The album received a rating score of nine out of ten from the publication. [1] AllMusic gave About Ghosts a four-star rating, stating it "offers more proof that Halvorson's Amaryllis are among the most inventive, articulate, and creatively forward-thinking ensembles playing jazz right now." [5] The Guardian , also rating the album four stars, described the project as a "a kaleidoscopic blend of angular rhythms, intricate melodies and thrilling improvisations." [7]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Full of Neon" | 7:01 |
| 2. | "Carved From" | 5:28 |
| 3. | "Eventidal" | 6:18 |
| 4. | "Absinthian" | 4:57 |
| 5. | "About Ghosts" | 5:12 |
| 6. | "Amaranthine" | 7:28 |
| 7. | "Polyhedral" | 2:14 |
| 8. | "Endmost" | 5:30 |
| Total length: | 44:08 | |
Credits for About Ghosts adapted from Bandcamp. [3]