Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time

Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time is the third studio album by American dream pop band Candy Claws. It was released in 2013 through Two Syllable Records. It is a concept album with a narrative about seal-like beast and her human partner questing through the Mesozoic Era," which was adapted from the fictional document "Blood Ark". The album's title also alludes to Roman goddess Ceres and Greek goddess Calypso."

Critical reception

Pitchfork critic Ian Cohen considered Ceres & Calypso as "certainly one of 2013’s more unique records" and "immersive listening experience, but also a claustrophobic one." Cohen also further wrote: "It all leads to Ceres & Calypso feeling like concrete evidence of their [Candy Claws's] hippie cred, chock full of fantastic ideas and lacking just enough follow through." Philip Cosores of Diffuser.fm called the record "forward-thinking, intellectual, challenging, post-Animal Collective music doesn’t belong to these times" and stated that the band's "genre-hopping, while remaining true to their earthy psychedelic aesthetic, is enjoyable for any listener with the patience to take an indirect trip."

In a more mixed review, Consequence of Sound's Adam Kivel wrote that the album "would seem perfectly suited for a brain-melting, painstakingly detailed animated film, both in story and in its evocative soundtracking potential." Kivel also concluded: "Though often too big to fully comprehend, Ceres & Calypso is the kind of album you wish you could get lost in, perhaps by opening up a wardrobe and climbing right in."

The album gained attention from online music communities, including Album of the Year, where it is ranked 9th on the user-determined list of the best albums of 2013, and Rate Your Music, where it is ranked the 14th best album of 2013.

Track listing
 "Into the Deep Time (One Sun)" — 3:02
 "White Seal (Shell & Spine)" — 3:44
 "Fell in Love (At the Water)" — 4:01
 "Pangaea Girls (Magic Feeling)" — 3:12
 "New Forest (Five Heads of the Sun)" — 3:24
 "Transitional Bird (Clever Girl)" — 4:26
 "Charade (Fern Prairie)" — 3:20
 "Fallen Tree Bridge (Brave Rainbow Rider)" — 3:30
 "Birth of the Flower (Seagreen)" — 3:47
 "Illusion (Fern Lake)" — 3:35
 "Night Ela (Mystic Thing)" — 5:04
 "Where I Found You (One Star)" — 3:07

Personnel
Album personnel as adapted from Bandcamp:
Candy Claws
 Kay Bertholf — performance
 Karen McCormick — performance
 Ryan Hover — performance, production

Other personnel
 Jenn Morea — lyrics
 Bryan Senti — orchestration

References

External links
 

Category:2013 albums
Category:Candy Claws albums
Category:Dream pop albums by American artists
Category:Concept albums
Category:Shoegazing albums by American artists
Category:Noise pop albums