Carissa's Wierd?

No thread for these guys? Or did someone just spell it wrong? Great defunct Seattle slowcore/indie mope, pre-Band of Horses/Grand Archives, reuniting for one show next month, Hardly Art's re-releasing their oop discography. Anyone else excited about this?

http://drownedinsound.com/images/30384.jpeg

good band, always dug them more than band of horses

they got mentioned on the Artists You've Written Off/Pointedly Ignored because of their name thread a couple of times

i have one of their albums, the one with 'you should be hated here' on it. i like that song a lot.

As far as pre-Band of Horses bands, I loved the New Mexicans. These guys were ok too though.

Was late to the game in hearing them, but after seeing them open for Wheat at the Sit 'n' Spin years ago, immediate fandom.

Have bought everything they've released. Not sure the reissues will be picked up, unless bonus tracks are included. _You Should Be At Home Here_ is a gem, as is the first, _Ugly but Honest_.

Neither Band of Horses nor Jenn Ghetto's S fill the void left by their absence for me. Haven't heard the violinist's album. Any good?

*cries to jenn ghetto, smoking cigarettes and i'm not even a smoker.*

someone far cooler than me on the college radio station who i had a hopeless crush on had Carissa's Wierd as one of her most listened to bands on Last.fm (right below hundreds of listens to Yo La Tengo's The Whole of the Law). personally i always forget Songs About Leaving exists until i get /just/ depressed enough and somehow it triggers a memory. brings back the worst lows of my mental health, but also how stuff like this helped me through it. can only listen in certain states though, or else i feel a little gross.

Despite being a yuge fan of the first Band of Horses record, I'd avoided this lot - mainly because Iof the awful sixth form name, I think. Just listening to the compilation and liking it a great deal. Well, there we are.

Never listened to these guys before (yep, also because of the name). Just heard Songs About Leaving for the first time and this is so up my street! To me, it feels somewhere in between a triangle of Sunny Day Real Estate, Halifax Pier and Elliott Smith, or Low, somehow. I've no use for Band of Horses, but I'm loving this so far.

The S album produced by Chris Walla is a really nice listen. Sera Cahoone, the violinist, has a new one I've yet to hear. Talented group, still missed.

Are you sure you have the right 'sarah/sera'? I thought Sarah Standard was the violinist. https://www.discogs.com/artist/365824-Sarah-Standard

Jenn Ghetto dropped the "S" name and started recording under Jenn Champion, btw.

Double-checked Sera's site and we're both correct. I should have said "a" violinist, instead of "the".

I didn't know about Jenn Champion. Thanks!

*cries to jenn ghetto, smoking cigarettes and i'm not even a smoker.*

― jumpskins, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 02:54 (seven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

just dug up this thread cos im listening to carissa and now im laughing at my emo post from seven years ago. my teacher's fiancee had made out with me after a bottle of red wine. i was eighteen. god...

listened to "songs about leaving" for the first time today and man, what a great record

otm

all their LPs are solid, and the b-sides are gorgeous as well. the atmosphere is particularly alive on 'you should be at home here' LP - you can hear the room breathe and it feels like an evening of company.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbdAjnHVSYk

Jenn Champion's _Single Rider_ is highly recommended. Def in my top 10 for the year. Sets a chill vibe and delivers song after solid song.