West Coast psychedelic folkie Nick Castro is currently making some of most
dynamic and truly original sounds to emerge from the much-ballyhooed new
folk movement. As "freak-folk" and assorted hairy-fairy type labels grab
the headlines in the underground, Castro strives for a solemn, serene sort
of beauty, summoning utterly melodic incantations in song and sound.
Gracefully immersing 60's/70's British Isles acid balladry with
Middle-Eastern traditional music and heady, pan-cultural communal jams,
Castro succeeds in reaching otherworldly vistas and ocean-spanning folk
transcendence.

Debuting in 2004 with his privately pressed A Spy in the House of God, Castro initiated a stir in the "new weird" underground, infusing his homespun folk with a myriad of instrumentation from around the globe, forging a truly experimental take on acoustic balladry. Syd Barrett meets The Tower Recordings is an accurate description. 2005's Further From Grace drastically extended his vision. With sparkling production and stronger, sun-dappled tunes, Castro furthered his heavy-lidded west coast acid folk to truly embrace middle eastern and British follk stylings and instrumentation. Following up the lauded Further From Grace, Castro unfurls his sprawling third album Come Into Our House, easily his most far-reaching and deeply molecular outing yet.

Previously backed by The Poison Tree, which included Josephine Foster and
members of Espers, Nick Castro has assembled a new band of players under the
moniker The Young Elders - a truly stellar cast of musicians whose combined
resumes include folk and avant rock ensembles Current 93, In Gowan Ring,
Damo Suzuki's Network and Cul de Sac. Castro has found a lineup in The Young
Elders that fully articulates his vast and grandiose visions, and
subsequently Come Into Our House shimmers brightly in sound and scope. An
East-meets-West melting pot of instrumentation - from acoustic guitars,
upright bass and piano to Celtic harp, Moroccan tabla and nyabinghi drum -
Come Into Our House is at once primitive and polished, elaborate yet
elusive, effortlessly mating Bert Jansch-style folk song ("Winding Tree"),
psychedelic folk rock ("One I Love"), Middle Eastern traditional music
("Attar") and Bay Area acid-raga ("Lay Down Your Arms") to a kind of organic
studio Musique Concrete that Can forged on albums like Tago Mago. The
results are astonishing, challenging and utterly psychedelic.

By reaching for the sky Castro achieves the heavens, and Come Into Our House
is the evidence. A modern acid-folk masterwork.