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﻿﻿﻿ Darling Ghost can be described as Theatrical Anti-Punk… that is if you feel the need to describe it. The band grew out of singer/songwriter Sheena Bernett’s solo creations, most of them odd songs written on piano and performed with hyperemotionality. Her theatrical concepts are brought to life by an array of hand-picked orchestral musicians . With Sheena’s surrealistic lyrics, highly personal delivery and the dynamics and arrangements of an avant-garde orchestra; you are sure to feel something whether it be pleasant, uncomfortable or pleasantly uncomfortable.

Darling Ghost played festivals such as Pop Montreal 2010 as well as the Infringement festival and has shared the stage with the likes of Juno award winning AMELIA CURRAN, Polaris Prize nominee DAN MANGAN and AMANDA MABRO,

Darling Ghost has always been visually stimulating with its bold early-1900s costumes and dramatic makeup and hair. Now the project will become an even more theatrical event - with set, lighting and costume design included. Darling Ghost continues to grow and evoke unwanted feelings and emotional breakdowns with each new performance. And the sound keeps growing...

”My lifelong dream is going to begin this year, Darling Ghost will finally become a gesamtkunstwerk!” ~Sheena 

Press Quotes:

"Darling Ghost is a musical time machine. A time machine that takes you, your ears and your eyes to a place and time that we have only seen in pictures – a time when your great-grandparents were cool drunks. 
When I listen to Darling Ghost’s music I can’t help but think of emotionally starved marionettes being brought back to life in a classic wooden theatre box, with dark purple velvet curtains"
~ Cassie Doubleday, Forget The Box
Sept 3, 2010

"The theatrical aspect came out of their slightly mad horrorsque carnival sound. This sound transported the audience through out the history of theatre and old film, which then filled our imaginations with maidens tied to railway tracks or battling barbers of Seville. "
~ Rossetto ink, Art + Culture, August, 5th 2010 

"Sheena Bernett and her band Darling Ghost accomplish an increasingly difficult feat in the crowded Montreal music scene: they sound like nothing else out there. Part orchestral rock, part musical theatre, and part unrestrained enthusiasm, Darling Ghost puts on a memorable performance thanks in no small part to lead singer/pianist Bernett's unique showmanship and seductive voice"
~Olivier Plessis, Midnight Poutine,
Oct, 11 2009

"Sheena writes and performs with grace and wisdom beyond her years, and has a remarkable ability of both charming an audience and breaking their heart. Her band of talented artists is proof that Darling Ghost is not just committed to honest, courageous songwriting, but to musicianship at its finest"
~ Sarah Pearson, Mike FM Emerging Artist Series

"…your songs are wonderful! An incredible journey through an emotive sound-scape in a short time. I really appreciate the unique nature of what you are doing… I will certainly keep listening"
~Brent Bain, FACTOR
April 28, 2010 

“I have discovered a gem of a musician…With the plaintive voice of a melancholy siren, Sheena Bernett of Darling Ghost leads a quirky and dramatic piano-driven group of wayward musicians along the road of Marvelous Music.”
~Cordelia, CJLO 1690 AM Black Marvelous Darkness Series
April 16th, 2010

"Like a prowling cat tiptoeing on the piano keyboard, Sheena Bernett weaves snarling melodies that stick in your head like gum under your shoe."                       ~ Nicolas Maranda, Singer/Songwriter, Composer, Musician, Producer,                       December 28, 2009﻿﻿﻿
