# CROWJANE Dances In The Wilderness For New ‘Ergot Journey’ Music Video

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/crowjane-dances-in-the-wilderness-for-new-ergot-journey-music-video/
- Published: 2023-03-02T12:30:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

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“CrowJane conjures eerie soundscapes and instrumentals swirling with brimming intensity
and marries them with an equally enticing visual narrative” – **Under The Radar**

“_Mater Dolorosa_ is a heady and heavy release that’s allowed CrowJane the freedom
to express every ounce of emotion from track to track” – **Ghettoblaster Magazine**

“In a year where we have had so much bad shit going on, it is great for an artist
to come out of left field and hit so hard… A powerful debut album” – **Infrared 
Magazine **

“Darkly surreal” – **ReGen Magazine **

“Like nothing you’ve ever listened to before” – **Rock N Blues Magazine **

### **CROWJANE⏎ Dances In The WildernessFor New “Ergot Journey” Music Video

#### **Debut Album _Mater Dolorosa_ Out Now **

**FEBRUARY 28, 2023 (Los Angeles, CA) –** Dancing like nobody’s watching, experimental
post-punk artist **CROWJANE **has released her brand new music video for “**Ergot
Journey**” today. Taken from her debut solo album **_Mater Dolorosa_**, the new 
visual is the latest in a series of videos that CrowJane (real name **Heather Galipo**)
has produced in support of the record, following videos for **“[Terminal Secrets](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=ada4feea85&e=615f2b8493),”“
[Circular Valley](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=78f0812d65&e=615f2b8493),”“
[It’s A Man’s World](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=ad30bd33b3&e=615f2b8493),”“
[Delusion](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=2267b90e06&e=615f2b8493),”“
[A](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=1b9244cd3d&e=615f2b8493)
[Salty Breeze](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=72cab57f60&e=615f2b8493)”**
and **“[The Pharmacy](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2022/06/experimental-post-punk-crowjane-releases-the-pharmacy-remix-playing-la-album-release-show-6-23/)**.**”**

Ergot Journey - CrowJane

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Watch this video on YouTube

**CrowJane “Ergot Journey”**

The “Ergot Journey” video features CrowJane dancing in assorted costumes and situations;
alone in the desert in a long dark dress, exploring the forest in light green lace
attire, performing with several backup dancers at the top of a cliff, and menacingly
crawling towards the viewer on all fours in a complete, eyeless mask adorned with
a crown of arrows. “I mostly just wanted to dance around like Kate Bush dancing 
in the ‘Wuthering Heights’ music video with the red dress,” says CrowJane. “But 
some form of the story developed with Jessica Rowell’s styling. The ominous masked
creature resembles a taunting dark side.”

![Crowjane](https://i0.wp.com/mcusercontent.com/f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984/images/
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**CrowJane**
photo credit: Jessica Moncrief

“’Ergot Journey’ has my favorite rhythm on _Mater Dolorosa_,” continues CrowJane.“
It was almost an instrumental song entirely, but to keep in theme with vocal rhythms,
I sang repeating lines mimicking a synth melody. I wanted this song to be something
people could dance to, I wanted it to sound like a journey, and lyrically, it’s 
a love letter to [the LA-based punk-goth band] **Egrets on Ergot**. I have played
in Egrets on Ergot for around a decade and the band is a significant part of my 
life.”  

Mixing contemporary production with a real DIY aesthetic on her experimental and
rhythmically expansive album _Mater Dolorosa_, CrowJane teamed with **Paul Roessler**(
_Twisted Roots/T.S.O.L./Richie Ramone_) and explored sound textures and other effects
to create the captivating soundscapes that envelop her uniquely haunting vocals.

“_Mater Dolorosa_ was an experimental adventure of messing with different sounds
and homemade instruments,” she explains of the unconventional instrumentation that
included tin cans, bed railings, and even cat litter. “For example, I used foil 
and hit it with a pencil as a ‘snare’ sound on ‘Circular Valley.’ I’m happy with
the way it turned out and I think it is a good first album and it won’t be the last.”
One by one, using fresh alchemy invented on the cuff, they opened old wounds and
extracted _Mater Dolorosa’s_ ten eerie pearls from them. The path they carved together
led through a twisted maze, the obstacles so frequently daunting that the project
took years.

Coming from a visual art background of surrealism and horror, CrowJane has built
a career as a professional effects makeup artist who has worked on **Guardians Of
The Galaxy Vol.3, American Horror Stories, Mulan, HBO’s Winning Time, The Orville,
FX’s Dave, We Need To Do Something, Cheaper By The Dozen, Dancing With The Stars,
The Last Of Us: Part II, Star Wars: Fallen Order**, and more alongside her music
career. This wide ranging background in visual arts helped foster an outsider musical
sensibility perfectly balanced by an encyclopedic knowledge of the byways and back
roads of LA’s contemporary underground music scene in punk and death rock, of which
her bands have been  immersed in for the past 10 years.

![CrowJane - Mater Dolorosa](https://i0.wp.com/mcusercontent.com/f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984/
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**CrowJane – **_**Mater Dolorosa**_

**CrowJane’s **new video for “**Ergot Journey**,” taken from her debut album **_Mater
Dolorosa_**, is out today.  

[[**CrowJane – **_**Mater Dolorosa**_
1. Estrella2. [Terminal Secrets](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=f2541cc09c&e=615f2b8493)3. [Delusion](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=1552a8820e&e=615f2b8493)4. Killer
Of Peace5. Ergot Journey6. Willow7. [The Pharmacy](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=1f6efc05af&e=615f2b8493)8. [It’s
A Man’s World ](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=12879f581a&e=615f2b8493)9. [Circular Valley ](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=00a73059e0&e=615f2b8493)10. [A Salty
 Breeze](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=0b4b47a2d1&e=615f2b8493)

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