Focal Point : Candy Claws

For the month of May I decided to focus on the lush, serene and very other-worldy soundscapes of the ethereal group, Candy Claws.



Candy Claws may be from Fort Collins Colorado, but they sound like they're from another dimension. I find it pretty difficult to actually describe the band's beautiful music. One review says that they give a sonic and aesthetic impression that they're roaming landscapes and seascapes with their "breathy, childish, girl-boy vocals and lyrics that become incomprehensible beneath a haze of twinkling synths and clever replications of horseshoe clip-clops."



Interestingly, a Pitchfork.com review reveals that "the lyrics of (their album) Hidden Lands were composed by running Richard M. Ketchum's The Secret Life of the Forest back and forth into a translation program, and Candy Claws took notice of how the slightest changes could lead you to think differently about otherwise prosaic phrases. Those whispered words bleed into the sonic fabric of clippity-clop percussion, Theremin-like swoops, and aqueous keyboard textures, but it's almost like the music itself has undergone some transformation that makes it sound distinctly alien and out-of-time."


Listening to Candy Claws is like entering into an intensely dream-like and soothing world.


Last year the band even did a TV series called "In Dreamland" (You can view some example of it below) ... This year, they are hard at work on their 3rd album. On their blog they recently revealed that "it’s called Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time, and it’s about the Mesozoic Era."


Exciting!!!

And now, may I present to you for your celestial entertainment ... Candy Claws

ENJOY.

You may download the mix HERE.

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 >>>>>>>VIDEOS ARE NOW<<<<<<<

Well 1st of all, let's stay "on theme" and watch some wonderful Candy Claws videos!

"The Breathing Fire"





 "Silent Time Of Earth"




"Catamoran"

 


Here is the "In Dreamland" (the band's TV show) trailer  :

And here is Episode 1 :


Episode 2 :



You can view all of the past episodes of the show RIGHT HERE.






>>>MORE VIDEOS AHEAD!!!<<<





Here is the amazing new one by my friend, Pascal's band, Balthrop Alabama and it was directed by another friend of mine, artist Dustin Timbrook ... such talented people! Here here!!!




Now for some spacey psychedelia via Hollow Stars







 This new Magnetic Fields video is an odd combination of strange and cute ...





And this one by Father John Misty is a strange combination of calm and violent





Here's an old one by The Knife that may or may not give you nightmares ... haha










>>>Time to tickle that funny bone with some dessert!<<<





Ryan posted this 'un (thanks!) called "Ratchet Girl Anthem" and it's ridiculously funny






And finally, here is a trio of videos from the bizarre Everything Is Terrible    site, and I'll venture to say that they're actually more scary (and MENTAL) than they are funny ...


ENJOY "Voyage 2 Gilgamesh" parts 1, 2 and 3