US occult folk/psych rockers Camp Saint Helene share a short film for their new EP »Call For Me«; out now via Misery Mother Records!
Catskill, New York based occult folk/psych rock band Camp Saint Helene has released a short film for their new EP »Call For Me«, out on May 12th, 2025 via Misery Mother Records.
Listen to »Call For Me« EP on all major streaming platforms!
Tracklist:
01. Call For Me
02. Three Clouds Pass The Sun
03. She Wears Gold
For Camp Saint Helene, the concept of otherworldliness is neither strange nor complex, but alluring and holy. Created by Elizabeth Celeste Ibarra, Dylan Nowik, Wesley Harper and Alex Wernquest, they approach their craft akin to a ritual, leaning into the notion that art and expression are sacred experiences on an overstimulated planet. Often informed by the spirit of a defunct Christian-summer camp turned arts-colony deep within the mountains of New York, their music searches for shimmers of hope amidst hints of doom.
Their latest album, »Of Earth And Its Timely Delights«, measures the distance between grief and possibility. It is a meditation on earth-time in relation to the cosmic, the lyrics a commentary on big-picture themes such as personal and collective revolution, dystopias, greed, love and human connection. With an urgency that is both thoughtful and experimental, the sound of Camp Saint Helene is a collaborative endeavor; a sonic enmeshing of each member’s individual character. Released in May 2024, »Of Earth And Its Timely Delights« is a journey with no destination; a constant rediscovery of self, amidst shifting fields of perception.
Photos by Angela Ricciardi & Silken Weinberg
»Farfisa Song«, off their debut record »Mother« (2019), was named KEXP’s Song of the Day and added to KEXP Music that Matters Vol. 683 by Cheryl Waters. She describes Camp Saint Helene as “..call[ing] to mind the ’60s California folk scene with their gentle, waltz-like pastoral sound”. Additionally, »Farfisa Song« was featured predominantly both in Amazon Prime’s teen horror drama, »I Know What You Did Last Summer« (2022) and Zoe Lister-Jones’ series SLIP on The Roku Channel (2023). »Mother« was named by Bandcamp as a New and Notable record of 2019, describing it as “Occult-folk in the 70’s U.K. tradition that further affirms the link between Appalachian and British folk songs”.
In 2023, they were commissioned by NADA x Foreland to present a live performance and installation piece titled »Into The Garden« for Upstate Art Weekend in Catskill, NY. Both »Mother« and »Of Earth And Its Timely Delights« were recorded to 16-track, 1⁄2” tape, at Basement Floods Records in Catskill, New York.
»Call For Me«:
Elizabeth Ibarra – vocals
Dylan Nowik – vocals, electric guitar, percussion, saw
Wesley Harper – acoustic guitars, organ, effects
Alex Wernquest – drums
»Three Clouds Pass The Sun«:
Elizabeth Ibarra – vocals
Dylan Nowik – vocals, organ, chimes
Wesley Harper – vocals, organ
Alex Wernquest – vocals, effects
»She Wears Gold«:
Elizabeth Ibarra – vocals
Dylan Nowik – acoustic guitar, organ, percussion
Wesley Harper – acoustic & electric guitars, percussion, effects
Alex Wernquest – drums
Credits:
All songs written by Camp Saint Helene.
Recorded at Pine Knoll Studios & Basement Floods in Catskill, NY.
Mixed by Dylan Nowik.
Mastered by Adam Netsky.
Film directed by Silken Weinberg.
Short film, film stills and cover photograph by Silken Weinberg.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well