Carling Berkhout is a Vermont-based musician and songwriter, who was a “Paul Is Dead” conspiracy theorist at ten years old.

Known mostly as a banjoist, Berkhout is entering a new chapter with forthcoming debut indie folk rock record, Omens. Working closely with collaborator Sam Clement, the album was tracked over a two year period at Akin Studios, located in an old mill town just across the New York border.

The culmination of this extensive creative process was a record unlike any of Berkhout’s previous projects: a balancing act between the eerie warmth reminiscent of 1970s Fleetwood Mac rock melodies and stripped down songs with haunting arrangements