Sound of Ceres


Sound of Ceres is a dream pop collaboration with Karen and Ryan Hover of Candy Claws at the band's core. They are commonly joined by other members of Candy Claws as well as from the popular bands The Apples in Stereo and The Drums. Sounds of Ceres sets its sights on a new musical direction rather than mimicking the sounds of Candy Claws. After releasing three albums under the moniker Candy Claws, Karen and Ryan Hover decided to develop a new sound with a new band, founding Sound of Ceres in Fort Collins, Colorado in 2014.. The core duo is frequently joined by Robert Schneider, Ben Phelan, and John Ferguson of The Apples In Stereo as well as Jacob Graham of The Drums.

Discography

Albums

The style of Sound of Ceres' has been described as thought provoking with equal parts intrauterine and abstract. Their sound has a dream pop quality with "vintage psychedelic motifs." Sound of Ceres explores the wonders of our living planet through the lens of a combination of mid-century lounge music, 60s pop, 70s nature documentary soundtracks, 90s shoe gaze, and modern sampling techniques.
Conceptually and lyrically, the group pulls from an unusually diverse array of influences. Their debut album, Nostalgia for Infinity began as a conceptual retelling of "The Girl from Ipanema" inflected by synesthetic meditations on the central motifs in Proust's Lost Time that echo and refine themes from the 1962 bossa nova pop hit. Described as a response to "the hugeness of time and space," the debut was widely praised by critics and received an 8/10 on AllMusic.
The group's unique work has also garnered attention from notable artists like Marina Abramović who attended their 2017 residency in Brooklyn. The group opened several shows on Peter Bjorn and John's 2016 tour and will be opening for Purity Ring on their 2017 tour.
In 2018, SoC began touring with Beach House, and opened for Morton Subotnick. The light shows accompanying their live performances are, somewhat unusually, controlled and executed by the band-members themselves.