Crystal Eyes

www.crystaleyestheband.com CRYSTAL EYES is a genre-blending indie band from Calgary, Canada, making music that moves freely between dream rock, 80s new wave, shoegaze, psych and ’60s girl-group pop. Rather than pledging allegiance to any one sound, the band embraces the possibilities of oscillating between them, creating a distinctly post-modern mix of shimmering guitars, synths, melody and atmosphere. Led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Erin Jenkins, Crystal Eyes’ latest album, Secret Oscillator, marks a shift toward a sound that feels increasingly their own. Where the band’s earlier work wore its influences openly, the new record pushes beyond those reference points, with more mature songwriting and a collaborative approach that draws from every member of the band, as well as producer Andrew Woods and session musicians Brock Geiger and Ryan Bourne. The result is a record about finding agency in an increasingly disempowering world. Secret Oscillator explores intimacy, technology, environmental damage, colonization and empathy burnout, circling the question of what it means to take control of what you can. At its core, though, Crystal Eyes wants the music to be a sanctuary – a place that makes you feel good, feel seen, and leaves room for your own interpretation.