Cabaret-Inspired Indie Rock DUST BOWL FAERIES Reveal “Lost In Time” Video… New EP Out January 2023
“There are no waters of the sea as deep and marvelous as Ryder Cooley.” – INSTINCT MAGAZINE
“A faerie-tale fusion of dark cabaret, gothic polka and post-punk music.” – WGXC-FM Wave Farm
Hudson Valley, NY’s Goth, Rock, Cabaret, Vaudeville, and Folk
Release Thin Edge Films
“Lost In Time” Video…
Suffers On-Set Tragedy
New EP Carnival Dust Out January 24th
DECEMBER 7, 2022 (Hudson Valley, NY) — “I’m not gonna lie, the camera was really noisy and I could feel it coming at me as I was lying in the field,” recalls RYDER COOLEY, the singer, songwriter, accordion player, and bandleader for New York-based, cabaret-inspired indie band DUST BOWL FAERIES about filming their new video with a drone camera for the first time. Released today, December 7th, the video for their new single “LOST IN TIME” is filled with picturesque aerial shots of their native Hudson Valley, NY, courtesy of the clangorous drone. “I was trying to stay in character and not look up, but it felt like we were being attacked by a giant insect or even a bomb of some sort,” she laughs.
Taken from their upcoming six-song EP CARNIVAL DUST, which will be released independently on January 24, 2023, “Lost In Time” finds the uniquely visionary band caught in time loops and nautical scenes. “I love the video,” beams Ryder. “It’s quite different from our other videos, and yet there are some overlapping themes. It was nice to work with a group of performers, not just the band members. Having a larger cast of characters makes the narrative look and feel bigger, like it’s more than just a music video. ‘Lost in Time’ tells a story that comes across in the video.”
Photo credit: Stephen Spera
Directed by filmmaker and constant Dust Bowl Faeries visual collaborator LISA M. THOMAS, the “Lost In Time” video is part of an independent short film that will be going out on the film festival circuit in 2023. Lisa describes, “The longer version of the film is bookended by a narrative of a day in the life of a film set gone wrong which culminates when the art director (played by Ryder) takes the stage and suddenly transports us into the magical faerie world of the ‘Lost in Time’ video.”
The video’s gorgeously shot, stunning imagery is informed by its multicultural production team, orchestrated by Lisa. “I have been working with the Italian cinematographer Nicola Benizzi for longer than I care to admit, and he has such an incredible eye, that—coupled with my level of perfectionism and painstaking attention to detail—gets me pretty far,” Lisa explains. “Having a great production design team doesn’t hurt, along with landing unique locations and having a great editor in Fabrizio Fama’… it’s more than any director could ask for, but the icing on the cake is having the trust of the band to follow my vision no matter where I may lead them.”
The video shoot, however, suffered a tragedy. “Lisa’s 17 year-old cat Zorro, who loved to be the center of attention, upstaged us all by performing a devastatingly real death scene,” says Ryder. “Lisa tried to rush her to the hospital, but it was too late. Zorro died in transit, and we ended up finishing the shoot with Zorro’s mortal remains in the car. At the end of the shoot, we dug a grave and buried her in Lisa’s woodsy yard. It was all quite intense and exhausting, a day I will never forget.”
CARNIVAL DUST EP
Tracking listing
Cuckoo
The Changeling
Medicine Show
The Old Ragdoll
Clockwork Romance
Lost In Time
The follow-up to their critically hailed album The Plague Garden which was likened to a “freewheeling carnival set up on the outskirts of a small town,” by Rock and Roll Globe and as a “carnival of beguiling delights, ready to whirl you around the dancefloor of your mind” by Audiofemme, the Carnival Dust EP finds the band diving into explorations of goth, rock, cabaret, vaudeville, and folk. Accompanied by her rapturous accordion in the opening track “Cuckoo,” Ryder leads the band in a balladic tale that recalls the gypsy punk of Gogol Bordello and dark carnival roundelays of Emilie Autumn. With the haunting tones of the musical saw adding an eerie edge to “The Changeling,” Dust Bowl Faeries adds a propulsive doo-wop sensibility to its infectious chorus. The torchy rustic quality of “Clockwork Romance” channels a blusier tone, courtesy of the whiskey-soaked rasp of Rocket Faerie (a.k.a. Jon B. Woodin).
Starting in 2015 as an all-woman trio, Dust Bowl Faeries is committed to working with as many women-identified musicians and artists as possible, including their collaborative filmmaker Lisa M. Thomas (Thin Edge Films) who documents and adds visual flair to the band’s unique and arresting visuals. Now a multi-gendered band, they have released two EPs (2018’s The Dark Ride Mixes and 2019’s Beloved Monster) and a self-titled debut (produced by music critic Seth Rogovoy and featuring Tommy Stinson of The Replacements and Melora Creager of Rasputina). Their 2020 album The Plague Garden was hailed by WNYC/NPR, Outburn, Instinct, mxdwn, ReGen, Audiofemme, and Philadelphia Gay News, amongst many other.
The Dust Bowl Faeries is Ryder Cooley (Faerie Queen; accordion, singing saw, lead vocals), Jon B. Woodin (Rocket Faerie; guitar, vocals), Rubi LaRue (Feisty Faerie; lapsteel, vocals), Liz LoGiudice (River Faerie; bass, vocals) and Andrew Stein (Time Faerie; percussion).
