Ah, summer. Many people may deem October as the spooky month but there’s something mystically carnal about the warm season. Something that makes you want to take your clothes off and run through the woods under a full moon. So here are 10 freak folk bangers to play this summer that will make you want to take part in ritual sacrifice.

Jessica Pratt “Bushel Hyde” 

Featuring the first witchy-voiced human on this list, “Bushel Hyde” by Jessica Pratt is a serene tune about a lost realm. Listening to Pratt’s ghostly voice delicately sing “Words mean more than they did before in that other place” will be sure to have you translating an ancient tongue in a cave somewhere forbidden.

Julia Brown “I Wanna Be A Witch” 

Comprised of Teen Suicide alums, the obscure and now defunct band, Julia Brown seemed to often sing about the occult. “I Wanna Be A Witch” is a song about wanting to get high with your lover in your bedroom during a rainstorm and one can only imagine the closet shrines and blood oaths that would ensue.

Animal Collective “Leaf House”

By the band that practically invented the genre, “Leaf House” by Animal Collective will leave you in a trance. A song about a long-forgotten house and the creatures that could inhabit it if only things were different, its ritualistic melodies will have you searching for your new familiar.

Timber Timbre “Demon Host” 

An eerie folk tale disguised as a simple tune, “Demon Host” by Timber Timbre will chill you to your core. A song about a person grappling with the existence of what we cannot see, this track will surely be a hit at your solstice seance.

Best Friends Forever “Ghost Song” 

Perhaps the most freak punk leaning of this list, “Ghost Song” is a song by the fairly unknown Best Friends Forever about falling deeply, madly and lustfully in love with a specter. It features the exquisite phrase, “ghost baby daddy,” I mean what else is there to say?

Alex G “Poison Root” 

A song rich with banjos and fiddles, “Poison Root” by Alex G is hypnotizing yet simple story-wise. You find a poison root deep in a wood, put it in your tea and voila! Now you know everything.

Joanna Sternberg “You Have Something Special” 

From rising indie folk darling, Joanna Sternberg, “You Have Something Special” is a song about pushing back against those who’ve done you harm. A simple piano tune set to some heart wrenching lyrics, you won’t be able to get this one out of your head as you snip the pigtail off your enemy and skip home to start that revenge curse.

Modest Mouse “Dancehall” 

The most chaotic on the list, “Dancehall” by Modest Mouse is sure to be a hit during any summertime bacchanalia. High energy and guttural, this song will leave you craving the food and mirth of the fairy realm while you pirouette through the night.

Attic Abasement “A Werewolf”  

Haunting and minimalist, “A Werewolf” by Attic Abasement is a song about succumbing to the beast within. With lyrics that include “Try to tear it into the day and we could colonize the night” this track will have you howling at the moon.

Joanna Newsom “Peach Plum Pear”  

The coup de grace by the queen of the genre herself, “Peach, Plum, Pear” by Joanna Newsom has it all. Is it the slightly out of tune harpsichord or the layered vocals that resemble a children’s chorus? Or perhaps the imagery of sweet stone fruit matched with galloping at sunset? Either way, “Peach, Plum, Pear” will make your bloodletting ceremony the event of the summer and the talk of the coven for years to come.