The Check-In with Beck Zegans

From Tour Stories/The Check-In with Joe Plummer by Ruinous Media

May 29, 2026 · 27 min · Season 8 · Episode 323

About this episode

Beck Zegans discusses her new record 'Engraving Of Armor' and shares insights on her songwriting process and experiences.

Beck Zegans is a Queens based singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Her newest record Engraving Of Armor is out now via Exploding in Sound records. Beck tells us why Engraving Of Armor has taken her to a new level and sound in songwriting. She shares the collaborative process it took to make the new record and how arranging, mixing, and writing simultaneously shaped the overall sound. We learn how she accidently joined a ska band as a youngster, Joe and Beck discuss the art of the photobooth relay and we hear some tunes of the new record. Beck Zegans Exploding In Sound Tour Stories would like to welcome our newest sponsor Kuma Coffee. Kuma Coffee is a 100% Independently owned roasting company right here in Seattle since 2008. Kuma is a 5-person team, roasting over 100,000lbs of exclusively high scoring coffee each year. They source their coffees direct from origin and pay well over fair trade pricing to farmers. This guarantees the highest quality, while supporting rural farming communities throughout the Global South They also just launched an instant coffee… (Joe’s favorite instant) Find everything Kuma at Kumacoffee.com Episode supported by our friends Izotope This episode is…

People in this episode

Host: Joe Plummer

Guest: Beck Zegans

Topics covered

music
songwriting
collaboration
ska band
photobooth relay
coffee

Keywords

Beck Zegans
Engraving Of Armor
songwriting
ska band
Kuma Coffee
Izotope
Distrokid

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Exploding in Sound

Products: Ozone 12, RX 12