# DUST BOWL FAERIES Remind Of Love’s Uncertainty With Sinister New Clip For “Cyanide Hotel”

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/dust-bowl-faeries-remind-of-loves-uncertainty-with-sinister-new-clip-for-cyanide-hotel/
- Published: 2023-02-16T15:00:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

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“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 Purveyors of Cabaret-Noir**

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### **Remind of Love’s Uncertainty with**⏎ **Beguiling John Huba-Directed Clip for “Cyanide Hotel”**

#### **New**_** Carnival Dust **_**EP**_** **_**Out 󠀁[NOW](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=a08b2f655e&e=615f2b8493)󠁿**

**FEBRUARY 13, 2023 (Hudson Valley, NY) — **If February is truly a month that celebrates
love of all kinds, it wouldn’t be complete without acknowledging the unknowing that
surrounds love’s pursuit. After all, isn’t that what most of us end up contemplating
on the precipice of a new tryst? **Dust Bowl Faeries** celebrate love’s mysterious
pull with a brand new video clip for **“Cyanide Hotel,”** directed by celebrated
Hudson Valley cinematographer **John Huba**, which releases today.

The Changeling, Dust Bowl Faeries

[⌊The Changeling, Dust Bowl Faeries⌉⌊The Changeling, Dust Bowl Faeries⌉
Watch this
video on YouTube

**Dust Bowl Faeries “Cyanide Hotel”**

“Cyanide Hotel” zeroes in on a frustrating facet of the human condition: we want
to know the ending before we start. We want to measure the cost. And yet, if we 
could truly calculate love’s outcome, we’d never take that leap. But we often _do
_take the leap despite knowing that things might not end well. We take the leap 
even though we might end up at the Cyanide Hotel. 

“It’s a song about a place you don’t want to take a date, especially on Valentines
Day,” cautions **Ryder Cooley**, the singer, songwriter, accordion player, and bandleader
for the New York-based, vaudeville-inspired indie collective. “The garden was once
a cemetery, now it’s growing tall with cotton weeds. A sinister feeling lurks in
this haunted ghost hotel.”

![Dust Bowl Faeries Ryder Cooley](https://i0.wp.com/mcusercontent.com/f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984/
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**DUST BOWL FAERIES’ RYDER COOLEY**
Photo still: John Huba

**“**The video is romantic and devilish, playful and foreboding,” she continues,
framing the viewer’s dilemma. “Should you follow this pixie into the forest and 
down the stone path to her elven cave and woodsy dream circus? Watch out, this devious
creature may be a siren, disorienting you and leading you astray with her mischievous
songs and fluttery eyelashes!”   

Huba’s clip for “Cyanide Hotel” puts a fresh spin on a previous track, resurrecting
a deep cut from Dust Bowl Faeries’ 2020 set [_The Plague Garden_](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=1d26aa181c&e=615f2b8493)****
and presenting it in a new context. Huba tells us, “I met Ryder at a gig at the **
Colony** in Woodstock,” a venue that Dust Bow Faeries will return to on **March 
30** – tickets [here](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=b3c8bb9c83&e=615f2b8493).“
I immediately saw her in my head as a dark and mysterious faerie wandering the countryside.
Next thing I knew, we were on a mountaintop with a ram named Hazel filming a video
for her song “Cyanide Hotel.” This town seems to specialize in serendipity.”

The new clip is yet another chapter in Dust Bowl Faeries’ commitment to maintaining
an ongoing cinematic element to their music, something on full display in their 
epic [“Lost in Time”](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=2dcc46876e&e=615f2b8493)
video, directed by filmmaker **Lisa M. Thomas **(_Thin Edge Films_), out last fall.
Even the lyric video for their most recent single, [“The Changeling,](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=89bc7da164&e=615f2b8493)”
is rife with riveting stills.   Uncertain or doomed love isn’t the only kind on 
Ryder’s mind during Cupid’s season this year. She’s also focused on her love of 
animals. A staunch vegan and animal activist, love for our animal brethren is something
that’s always at the forefront of her thinking, but especially so during this time
of year when so many of us are hung up on being alone. Let’s not discount what animals
bring to our lives.

“I’ve felt a kinship to animals for as long as I can remember,” she tells us. “There
are literally baby pictures of me and our family dog Diané – a boxer/pit – sleeping
next to each other on the floor, as if we were the same species. Animals understand
me better than most people do.” Nowadays Ryder communes with her spirit animal Hazel(
the taxidermy ram featured in the “Cyanide Hotel” video). She’s also a certified“
cat lady” and works with local animal rescues in the NY Hudson Valley.  

![Dust Bowl Faeries Ryder Cooley](https://i0.wp.com/mcusercontent.com/f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984/
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**RYDER COOLEY**
Photo still: John Huba

Upon it’s release, _The Plague Garden _met with much critical acclaim, likening 
the band’s sound 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 new _Carnival Dust EP_ finds the band diving into explorations of goth, rock,
cabaret, vaudeville, and folk through the lens of surviving a pandemic that ended
public performance as we once knew it. 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 and [**Mikaela Davis**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=c435becb55&e=615f2b8493)‘
harp adding an eerie edge to “**[The Changeling](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2023/01/cabaret-inspired-indie-rock-dust-bowl-faeries-release-the-eerie-the-changeling-singlenew-ep-out-january-2023/),”**
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 others.    

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**_CARNIVAL DUST EP_**

[[**_CARNIVAL DUST EP_**
**Tracking listing**

Cuckoo 
[The Changeling](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=c7a7a5012b&e=615f2b8493)
Medicine Show The Old Ragdoll Clockwork Romance [Lost In Time](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=5e8f960ce6&e=615f2b8493)

“_Carnival Dust_ is a collaborative project,” Ryder offers, explaining the synergistic
nature of the record. “My friend **Dennis Herbert** wrote ‘[Lost in Time](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2022/12/cabaret-inspired-indie-rock-dust-bowl-faeries-reveal-lost-in-time-video-new-ep-out-january-2023/).’**
Joe Ford** at South Brooklyn Sound recorded the song at Dennis’s enchanted house.
Film Faerie **Lisa M Thomas** of Thin Edge Films produced and directed the ‘Lost
in Time’ video, which was also partly shot at Dennis’s house**. Mike Schoonmaker**(
former sound engineer at Helsinki Hudson) recorded, mixed and mastered all the other
songs on the album.** Jon B. Woodin** wrote ‘**Clockwork Romance**’ and performed
lead vocals and guitar on the song. Jon and I wrote ‘**Medicine Show’** together
during the pandemic. [**Stephen Spera**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=209870e2f9&e=615f2b8493)
shot the band photos and designed the album artwork. The whole thing was a wonderful
team effort, and we enjoyed every minute of creating this album!”

**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).

#### **John Huba Bio**

**[John Huba](https://www.johnhubastudio.com/)** began his career at 16 years old
for his local newspaper the Peekskill Evening Star. After spending several decades
in New York City he returned back to the Hudson Valley and currently lives Woodstock,
New York where he frequently collaborates with local artists while continuing his
work as a photographer/cinematographer.   

**[Website](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=5de6d7b5c4&e=615f2b8493)
| [Bandcamp](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=52e35f1b9c&e=615f2b8493)
| [Facebook](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=c72d034a8c&e=615f2b8493)
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