A multidisciplinary dialogue between Young Galaxy‘s Catherine McCandless and choreographer Wynn Holmes, Riches craft art pop fueled by feminism, spirituality and folklore. After “Light of Dawn” and “Hang In Pieces,” they collaborate once more with Sweden musician and producer Dan Lissvik on their newest offering, “The Frequency.” Switching to a band configuration, Riches here explore the “desire to step outside of the limits of ourselves,” in between dreamy arrangements and ghotic details. “The frequency is: being swept up, being in love, longing and belonging, soothing and alive. It is a calling on the ethereal to take on form, on music to bring touch and connection over the frontiers of physical walls and distances,” add the artists.

Riches (Catherine McCandless of Young Galaxy + choreographer Wynn Holmes) follow up to “Hang in Pieces” with “Light Of Dawn”, a folksy rhyme with a twist. “The gentle melody with the lyrics of utter devotion made the demo quite romantic and without the discordant tone we sought,” they explained. “In our search for the right voice, we felt everything click into place when we pitched the vocal into this child-like, desirous and imaginative voice.” The track was made in collaboration with Young Galaxy‘s Stephen Ramsay and, for a second time, with Swedish producer Dan Lissvik.

A multidisciplinary avant-pop duo consisting of Young Galaxy‘s Catherine McCandless and choreographer Wynn Holmes, Riches have just announced the release of their debut album. According to the artists, Fantasy Chapel is “a concept record, the soundtrack to an imaginary horror film.”.

After the hypnotic singles “Lily” and “Thief In Your Eye,” they have now shared the title track of the project, which features samples from Luboš Fišer’s soundtrack of the 1970 Czechoslovakian new wave film Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders.

“‘Fantasy Chapel’ is about how devotion to our work’s practices and rituals can create a place, a form, a structure,” they explained. “The lyrics are largely inspired by American artist Kiki Smith’s body of work. Her exploration of themes of the natural world, feminism, religion, folklore, the human body, historical and fictional female characters, as well as the evocation of transformative spaces, are all elements of the pastoral but dark setting of the narrative of this soundtrack.”

In case you did not know it, Young Galaxy‘s Catherine McCandless has a new side project with choreographer Wynn Holmes. Called Riches, the conceptual, multi-disciplinary duo explores creative rituals, identity, transgression and devotion through music, dance and performance. On their dreamy love song “Lily,” they draw inspiration from the mother-monster, that they describe as “the central figure of both worship and terror in many horror narratives – with the power of creation and destruction.” The track also marks Holmes’ debut on lead vocals. Listen below and stream via our playlist Best Tracks of 2020.

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