JENNIFER CASTLE’S CAMELOT IS HERE

December Record Release Toronto Shows + February 2025 UK Dates

Photo by Jimmy Limit.

 

¡Feliz día de los muertos!

Today, November 1, the Day of the Dead, Jennifer Castle‘s magnificent seventh album (and third with PoB), Camelot, is here, among us and very much alive within us. Buy and stream the record (the LP includes a beautiful poster) and watch the videos below.

It’s Uncut‘s Album of the Month, earning a 9/10 rating and effusive praise as “an enthralling and richly detailed career peak”:

“Jennifer Castle’s Camelot, as mapped on her seventh album … is a battleground of opposing tensions, set against the divisive times of the present. There are ambiguities and contradictions, ecstatic visions and crises of faith. And a quest, not for some imagined grail, but for earthly and private resolutions. It’s all fixed to music of the exquisite variety, from radiant acoustic studies to billowing symphonic pop. Camelot feels like a landmark in Castle’s career. It’s certainly her most all-embracing record to date.”

You can read more about the album here on our website and in this probing, deep-dive interview with Aquarium Drunkard. 

 

 

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Pre-order, Stream Singles, and Watch Videos Elsewhere

 

 

The album is accompanied by three videos directed by Castle, including the breathtaking “Blowing Kisses” (as featured in Season 3 of FX’s The Bear; check out this CBC interview) and “Lucky #8,” Jennifer’s irrepressible ode to dancing (and, in the video, to Olympic gymnasts).

In case you missed it, the most recent single and video, “Earthsong,” which you can watch above, is anchored by a compelling spare solo performance and coiled chord progression, an ambiguous appeal to … a wounded lover? a wounded saint? our wounded planet? Perhaps all of the above.
 
According to Castle, “‘Earthsong’ was one of the last songs I wrote for what would become Camelot. Seeded from hope, imagination, destiny and resistance, the line that works on me like medicine is ‘I belong to the world.’ Feels good to say and mean that.” 

 

 

  • Deluxe LP edition features 140g black vinyl and a 34” x 22.5” poster insert with lyrics and artwork by Jesse Harris. 
  • Deluxe CD edition features a gatefold jacket with replica LP artwork and a lyrics insert.

 

 

 

Acknowledgments

“Jennifer Castle has been in communion with the cosmos for as long as we’ve been listening, and certainly for at least a little while longer than that. [On] her forthcoming new album, Camelot, she emerges as an ambassador for celestial divinity—leaping in song in celebration of its ability to liberate us of our existential dread, almost parental in its omniscient embrace.” – Aquarium Drunkard

“Looking to have an emotional connection with the greater world? Might we encourage you to let Jennifer Castle help you find your way. The opening moment {of “Earthsong”} alone tugs at you, grounds you, connects you and Castle as one. Then, her voice enters, almost frolicking, carefree but still pensive in its presentation. For all intents and purposes, it does feel woodsy or pastoral, taking that Earth connection beyond literal and letting the emotional draw of the strum lock you into the sense of wonderment.” – Austin Town Hall

“Balancing between the celestial and the earthly, the songwriter embraces acoustic minimalism and sweeping, psychedelic extremes. As Castle continues to chase revelations, her enrapturing music continues to flow.” – RANGE

“Carefully burnished and open-armed, “Blowing Kisses” is… sophisticated, symphonic and soulful.” – The Autumn Roses

“​​A master of channeling both everyday enigmas and larger existential ones, Jennifer Castle creates songs that shelter. The indie folk singer-songwriter’s new single {“Lucky #8”} has the streamlined forward motion of a swan landing on a still lake, a graceful figure splashing down with waves of propulsive guitars.” – The FADER (Songs You Need In Your Life)

“Draped in a pastoral, autumnal aura, the song acts as a declaration of belonging to this world — a simple premise, but sometimes one that feels needed. It’s a song that slows the day, turns the hands on the clock just a little bit less, and lets the listener soak in the slow arc of nature. With its intimate atmosphere, ‘Earthsong’ invites the listener in and wraps them in strums and Castle’s Chamomile phrasing.” – Raven Sings The Blues

 

 

Jennifer Castle Live

Dec 20 & 21 – Tranzac Club, Toronto, ON, Canada – Solstice/Camelot Release Show
Jan 22 – Artesian, Regina, SK, Canada    
Jan 23 – Handsome Daughter, Winnipeg, MB, Canada    
Jan 24 – TBD, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Jan 25 – CKUA Performance Space, Edmonton, AB, Canada    
Jan 26 – Palomino, Calgary, AB, Canada

Feb 13 – The Globe, Cardiff, UK *
Feb 14 – St Luke’s Church at Queens Park, Brighton, UK  *
Feb 15 – EartH, London, UK *
Feb 16 – The Hare and Hounds, Birmingham, UK *
Feb 17 – St Mary’s Creative Space, Chester, UK *

* with Jake Xerxes Fussell

 

Photo by Jimmy Limit.

We’ll leave you, in solidarity, with the final lines Castle sings on Camelot, at the end of the song “Fractal Canyon“: 

on a holy night like this
when the whole wide world is making a wish
you can find me in my kitchen, i’ll be breaking the dishes
or i’m down on my knees, i’m giving the river my kisses
i’ve been walking for miles
tell me, baby, do you miss me?
out the corner of your eye, can you see how i’d be tempted
to pretend i’m not alone and let the memory bend
and take part in the part of you that’s never-ending?
and i’m not alone here