Candy Claws are a dream pop ensemble fascinated with the sounds of nature as well as those created by human beings. Dense and noisy yet intricate and hook-filled, their music applies the blown-out heaviness of shoegaze to Elephant 6-style neo-psychedelia, sometimes incorporating glitchy electronics or Baroque pop influences. First appearing in 2008 with Two Airships/Exploder Falls, composed as an alternate soundtrack to the Werner Herzog film The White Diamond, the group toured frequently and released music at a prolific pace. Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time, an ambitious concept album featuring lyrics by poet Jenn Morea, appeared in 2013 and earned critical acclaim, gradually attracting a cult following. Two of the group's members expanded on the album's exotica-tinged sound as part of the band Sound of Ceres. Candy Claws re-formed in 2023, recording a song titled "Distortion Spear" for the tenth anniversary reissue of Ceres & Calypso.