Watch the video for ‘don’t turn around’
Our next single from THE SWEETNESS RESTORED is out
February 24th!
The Music Video for WISHES Premieres on Flood Magazine
CRYSTAL EYES ANNOUNCE NEW FULL-LENGTH ALBUM ON BOBO INTEGRAL RECORDS
(January, 2022) It's been a hard, weird two years for music, but we're excited to finally announce that we've signed to Madrid-based Bobo Integral Records, and our new full-length album will be out on April 22nd, 2022!
We have SO many people to thank for this record, especially Andrew Woods (Legal Vertigo), who produced, engineered and scattered his special soul all across it, and Mark Lawson, who mixed it all together into something pretty great.
It also features appearances, performances and inspirations from an impressive group of geniuses, including Basia Bulat, Scott 'Monty' Munroe (Preoccupations) and Eve Parker Finley. All recorded under the backdrop of beautiful Montreal's Break Glass Studios.
Thanks also to our funders the AFA, Alberta Music and Calgary Arts Development for their support.
The first single, Wishes and music video (directed by Ryan Bourne and Rebecca Reid and filmed by Alexis Moar), will be out Thursday, January 20th, so DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL!
xoxoxo
-Crystal Eyes
The Castle Video for ‘Wishes’
A GHOST, A CASTLE AND A MYSTERIOUS POEM
When it is no longer night and yet not day, strange ghosts of ourselves have oftentimes been seen to slip away as quietly as the grey morning mist. A few come back to haunt us again, others never return. Only one thing they have in common; We may follow none of them. Nor is there any need to follow when the light - promise of day - awakens our newfound strength.
(June, 2021) We were pleased to have the opportunity to film a new music video for the first track off our new album, ‘The Sweetness Restored’. The video was directed by Rebecca Reid and Ryan Bourne, and filmed by Alexis Moar over 3 days at the ‘castle house’ and a nearby bird sanctuary.
Thanks to Calgary Arts Development for funding the project.
Watch for the new video coming January 20th, 2022!
Winter ‘BIG WEEKEND’ Tour
We will be at BIG WINTER CLASSIC Festival and WINTERRUPTION Festival in January 2020!
January 23rd - (BIG Winter Classic) w/ Jennifer Castle @ Last Best, Calgary AB
January 26th - Winterruption @ Downtown Edmonton Community League, Edmonton AB
CRYSTAL EYES ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM WITH BASIA BULAT AND ANDREW WOODS
Crystal Eyes are excited to announce they will be recording their next album in July 2019 in Montreal and co-produced by Basia Bulat and Andrew Woods. Check out a behind-the-scenes look at the recording process.
RADICAL SOFTNESS -new split with marlaena moore
RADICAL SOFTNESS - The split
In the summer of 2017, Crystal Eyes and embarked on the Radical Softness cross-Canadian tour. With a mission to play shows featuring bands with female-identifying members from coast to coast, RADICAL SOFTNESS was a celebration of femininity, women in music and hardworking dream pop rock and roll. In 2019, these two acts have come together to release Radical Softness - The Split in commemoration of their partnership and the community they've built.
RADICAL SOFTNESS COMES OUT FEB. 12th!
The video for PEACE FOREVER premieres on CUPS n CAKES!
PEACE FOREVER - Crystal Eyes First song off RADICAL SOFTNESS - THE SPLIT Crystal Eyes/Marlaena Moore, out Feb. 5th on Double Lunch Records!
About the video director: Mx. Dore is an interdisciplinary creator, intent of translating mediums between live performance, music, and digital media.
photo by Walter E. Neuman
CRYSTAL EYES are an Indie dream rock band with touchstones of psych, shoegaze, 60’s pop and 90’s grunge. Led by vocalist/guitarist Erin Jenkins, the band features warm effect-drenched guitar and synth, at times layered or alternately stripped down. Their early recordings are defined by live off the floor performances and the analogue recording techniques of producer/musician Chris Dadge (Chad van Gaalen, Alvvays, Lab Coast).
Drawing on a vast array of musical influences, landscapes and collaborations, Crystal Eyes have thrived in a diverse and supportive cross-Canadian music scene, honing their live show through multiple tours and as consistent hometown favourites. In 2019, they released Radical Softness, a split with Edmonton’s Marlaena Moore, and traveled to Montreal’s Breakglass Studios to record their second full-length album, produced by Andrew Woods (The Operators) and mixed by Mark Lawson (The Arcade Fire).
They've shared the stage with artists like US Girls and Wintersleep, and showcased at festivals like Breakout West, Canadian Music Week, Pop Montreal, Music Waste, Sled Island, Ottawa Explosion, BIG Winter Classic and Up and Downtown Festival.
Crystal Eyes new full-length album, The Sweetness Restored will be out on Bobo Integral Records on April 22nd, 2022! Pre-order the album here.
Photo by Walter E. Neuman
SELECT PRESS QUOTES
‘Calgary's Crystal Eyes are gearing up to release new album The Sweetness Restored which is out in April 22 via Bobo Integral. First single "Wishes" has a bit of a Cure "In Between Days" vibe.' -Brooklyn Vegan
'Warm up your facial muscles because this tune will have you smiling for a long time. The shimmering guitars and the rattling percussion all channel the greatness of the ’90s...Its heart lies in the saccharine vocal of front-woman and founder Erin Jenkins. With an air of Tracyanne Campbell, she wonders aloud whether dreams can be reality or at least whether we can momentarily escape this world with our one true friend.' -The Revue
'You can really hear that on “Wishes,” where Crystal Eyes channel both happiness and sadness into a dance-worthy, trippy tune.' -Indie 88
'A new bout of indie pop bliss swoons out of the stables at Bobo Integral today. Canadian collective Crystal Eyes smudge their jangles with a hazy nod to seminal sounds — finding themselves pulsing with a New Order heartbeat on “Wishes,” smearing their guitars with an Ecstasy-era MBV glow. ' -Raven Sings the Blues
‘…the tunes have a certain dreamy quality to them…her wavering voice and searching lyrics that are undeniably at the centre of Crystal Eyes.’ – National Post
‘…a psychedelic swirl of kaleidoscopic imagery that perfectly complements the trippy groove of the song.’ (about the music video for High Moon) - Exclaim
‘…a dream-pop barnburner’ – Chart Attack
‘…a nice and dreamy aesthetic to their sound– complete with sun bleached guitars and high-pitched female gang vocals.’ – Austin Town Hall
'Erin Jenkins establishes a Western Canadian beach-head for shoegaze/dream-pop with her own take on the genre. ' -Ride The Tempo
'[a] swoon-worthy downer-pop group' – AUX.
"Ponder just where these wonderful melodies form and where they will go.' - Weird Canada
Command us
Live tonight
CRYSTAL EYES ANnounced at BIG Winter classic & winterruption 2022
March 30th - BIG Winter Classic (Last Best Patio) w/ Astral Swans, Calgary AB GET TICKETS
April 1st - Winterruption (SOHO) w/ Art D’Ecco, Edmonton AB. GET TICKETS
CRYSTAL EYES ANnounced at BreakOut West 2019
We’ll be at Breakout West 2019!
Oct. 4th 9:30pm - The Gold Pan Saloon, Whitehorse
Oct. 5th 9:30pm - MacBride Museum, Whitehorse
MERCH & Discography
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