The Camp Counselors cassettes start shipping today. There’s still a few left:
snowbeastrecords.bigcartel.com
June 2013
12 posts
Good morning is an understatement!
:) !_! (>@_@)>
Swept
Here’s a new, sample-based 50’s dream I threw together today.
We’re preparing our first annual Halloween compilation for Snowbeast Records so if any of you wanted to submit a spooky/ethereal song, let me know!
I recently acquired 'The Wilderness' and thought I would tell you both my mother and my younger sister absolutely love it, and we listen to it very often while we drive around. (oh, I like it too)
I used to love laying on the living room floor or driving around with my father and my sister, listening to music together. So it’s beyond moving to hear that you and your family enjoy my music the same way.
Thank-you.
“Nobody puts Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 in a corner!”
—Kyle J. Reigle
In case you missed it, Impose is now streaming Huntress, my Camp Counselors album:
http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/camp-counselors-huntress
I can’t believe Hodor cut off Arya’s arms and strapped them to Tyrion’s legs so he’d be tall enough to behead Rickon’s direwolf!
Not sure if this is a silly question or not, because the songs may be pretty straight-forward, but I'd love to hear more about your thinking behind the songs 'Young Blood' and 'In the Trees' and Summed Smoke. They're mesmerizing and have been played countless times since the end of 2012. I often feel sorry for anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of listening to your music, and make sure to play it at every gathering. And people always say 'who is this? It's amazing!' Loving Huntress, too!!!
Wow that’s honestly one of nicest things anyone has said about my music. Thank-you very much.
The songs themselves (and almost every Cemeteries song) were intentional slow-burns. It’s always tough for me to finalize a tracklist because every song is essentially a closing track.
Lyrically, it’s tough for me to say what my songs are about. I obviously have some ideas but some were written in the moment more than 3 years ago. I hope everyone that cares enough to listen closely has their own take on my lyrics.
I just realized I didn’t really answer anything you asked. Sorry!
But thanks again,
Kyle
May 2013
13 posts
Hey, if you’re tired of hearing about Camp Counselors, I released a Cemeteries album full of B-sides and demos earlier this year:
speakinghorrors.bandcamp.com
The best films of 2013 so far:
Sightseers, The Place Beyond the Pines, Mud, Upstream Color, Evil Dead, Stoker.
The worst:
Dark Skies, The ABCs of Death.
Barren (Hounds)
Camp Counselors
“Barren (Hounds)” by Camp Counselors // Huntress (Available Now via Bandcamp)
Kyle J. Reigle, the artist behind one of last year’s most underrated (and downright stunning) albums (“The Wilderness” by Cemeteries) is back with a new project to soundtrack your crisp summer nights. Using the moniker, Camp Counselors, Reigle has set aside the autumnal dream pop of Cemeteries, and slid comfortably into a starker, minimalist ambient sound that feels alive and despite an occasional sinister pulse, carries a genuinely inviting, yet mysterious, sound. Sure, the inspiration may come from the often creepy tones of lost horror scores, but the melodic song structures can’t help but draw you in to the wonderful sound that feels like a winter thaw breaking into spring. Then again, if the seasonal connection is not your thing, the album is brimming with gorgeously eerie soundscapes that border on the ethereal and would make any late night summer walk under the stars feel a little foreboding. “Barren (Hounds)” is a perfect representation of the excellence that awaits inside the hallways and corridors of “Huntress”. An ethereal hum wraps a dreamy synth line as distant vocals lead toward a stop/start electro beat that pushes toward a haunting shift in the latter part of the song as ghostly synth sighs carry you out. It’s another incredible, beautifully atmospheric work from an artist with a excellent grasp of mood and melody. You can grab the album now at Bandcamp for a Name-Your-Price fee. Be sure to support talent like Reigle when and where you can, so that we can hear more from the young musician in the months and years to come. Highest recommendation.
