Since 2015, The Dream Eaters have evolved from a dream pop band into a full-on video art project with an extensive catalogue of weird and darkly humorous music videos of their catchy pop songs. The duo started working together after vocalist Elizabeth LeBaron, originally from Calgary, AB, started working at the same bar as singer/songwriter Jake Zavracky, originally from Boston, in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.
The Dream Eaters made several EPs before releasing their first full length album, We Are A Curse, in 2017. They followed up with their second album, Pagan Love, in 2018, touring frequently all over the Eastern US and Canada. In 2019, the pair started working on a web series called The Dream Eating Freakshow which they began releasing in September of 2020. Since then the band has released hundreds of videos on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube and has grown a significant cult fanbase.
New track, “CRUCIFIXX,” incorporates religious symbolism that The Dream Eaters use throughout their work, the crucifix being a symbol to those in mourning and searching for hope. LeBaron has written and performed multiple versions of this track (which was written in 2007), until feeling that the version you hear now is finally the right one. She elaborates further on the song’s meaning, stating that it is about the loneliness and hopelessness she felt when her life was a mess, and how in that hopelessness, there is a silver lining. “I can only go up from here. I think that’s reflected in the music too, with its ascending theme – you start at the low point and go up from there.”
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