Tracklist:

Act Of – I am Fungus
Static Animal – See You Around
Skirts – Brite Boy (Alex G cover)
Space Mountain – Cloud
Alexander – Going To Sleep
German Error Message – Murmuring
Thelma – Take Me To Orlando
Jeffrey Silverstein – Make Yr Peace (And Have It Too)
camp counselor – museum of broken relationships
Spartan Jet-Plex – Stop
Lala Lala & Why? – Siren 042
Shrimpwitch – Leerers
Sir Babygirl – Flirting With Her
Spielbergs – Five On It
Stella Donnelly – Lunch
Mentalease – Avert a Gaze
Priests – The Seduction of Kansas
Mike Pace and The Child Actors – Hazy, Hot & Humid
Swim Camp – Circle K
BURLY – Kent Lame
Miserable chillers – Cider Palace
Imp of Perverse – Tripping Thru a Hallway On Fire
Go Fever – Olivia
Polyan – Dan Song
Morning River Band – Bury Me
Nigel Wright – Overcast
Denmark – I Know
Sister Wanzala – I Went Whaling in My Gap Year
Body Meat – Nairobi Flex
Derek Piotr – Repeating Bloom (Simon Whetham Remix)
Michael Chinworth – Good As It Gets
Mesa Luna – Dispel
yot club – jaded

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“I have scars up and down my body from changing shape, as I learn to take up space”, Yacyshyn sings at the beginning of ‘museum of broken relationships’, which is a good introduction to the EP as a whole. The past leaves cuts and bruises, and they’ll always feel tender, but our narrator is summoning the strength to move on. As Yacyshyn describes, “[scabs is] a record about letting your wounds heal, and leaving behind the ones you no longer need!”

‘devil’s advocate/apathy’ is an intimate pop song that sees Yacyshyn put their heart firmly on their sleeve. “I’m so sick of crying,” the sings, “I don’t have any more in me.” ‘black crayon’ charts two people just a year apart, from teens to twenties, absence and nostalgia mingling in bittersweet indie pop. It’s a good example of how camp counselor combine painful angst and whimsical joy, a song about the death of old hopes and dreams ending on the line “the older I get I’m more comfortable using scissors.”

‘turning songs into rituals’ is a hushed bedroom pop song, complete with snippets of wisdom from Bob Ross, before closer ‘when it counted’ rounds things off with a quiet sense of gladness, Yacyshyn saying “thank you” to all of their loved ones. Its has a lot in common with fellow It Takes Time act American Poetry Club, the same combination of sadness and big-hearted hope in everyone around.

scabs is out now on It Takes Time Records and you can get it from Bandcamp on cassette and download.

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“Last year my best friend convinced me to watch The Bachelor. this is the result of that. If you’re a fan of the show you, you might be able to tell that Corinne Olympios really inspired me by how insanely funny, smart, and human she is. Because of the way Bachelor in Paradise chose to handle her assault, and that this art was born out of a production team that took advantage of her, and others to a smaller extent.”

The EP opens with ‘The Day I Met You’, a lo-fi keyboard pop song that sounds gently whimsical and will definitely appeal to fans of bedroom pop acts like Frankie Cosmos. Like most of the songs on the EP the song is constructed of keyboard, Yacyshyn’s vocals and some very basic percussion. Opening with a sound clip, the title track is delicately sad, the relatively upbeat nature of the repeated refrain at odds with the poignant backing.

Lead single ‘Tissues’ has similarly dreamy keyboard and soft, beguiling vocals, while closer, ‘Limo Speech’ provides the final shot of bedroom pop, an understated feminist statement in which Yacyshyn vows:

“I will never let my guard down
I will never laugh at bad jokes
I will never worship again
I will never kiss up to a man”

Rose Ceremony is out now on It Takes Time Records. Get it as a name-your-price download or on limited cassette which comes with extra Camp Counselor goodies which could include stickers, pins, a handwritten note or a digimon playing card! If you need any more incentive to buy it, 20% of all proceeds will go to RAINN.

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