Camp Saint Helene

Originating amid New York’s Catskill Mountains, Camp Saint Helene fuses contemporary indie songcraft with vintage psychedelia to produce an atmosphere at once ethereal and enigmatic. Traces of 1960s forebears such as Jefferson Airplane surface alongside echoes of Mazzy Star, Opal, and present-day counterparts like Pure X, all of which the quartet interweaves on recordings including its 2024 sophomore album, Of Earth and Its Timely Delights.

The group coalesced near 2019, taking its name from a shuttered Christian summer camp. Vocalist Elizabeth Ibarra, guitarist Dylan Nowik, bassist Wesley Harper, and drummer Alex Wernquest laid down the bulk of their earliest work in live takes on an analog tape machine, issuing both a version of the Woodstock-era classic “Wooden Ships” and the debut album Mother that same year. Occasional tours and performances followed, yet five years passed before the band resurfaced with its second LP, Of Earth and Its Timely Delights, slated for May 2024 release on Misery Mother Records.