― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 25 July 2003 01:48 (twenty years ago) link
I really like this band's stuff.
― David A. (Davant), Friday, 25 July 2003 02:13 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 4 October 2003 16:01 (twenty years ago) link
good elliot smith rip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsAU-Nymq7M
― kolakube (Ross), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 01:03 (six years ago) link
wow what a flashback. carissa's weird are now the hugely huge band of horses. grandaddy got big after this, went away forever, then came back...and then a death shut them down. and earlimart, who I was always certain would break, I think never ever got big but might still be around.
― akm, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 02:02 (six years ago) link
Wow, I loved Everyone Down Here when it first came out. Talk about a blast from the past. 'We Drink on the Job' was quite an infectious little riffy thing.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 02:54 (six years ago) link
Thanks to the revive, did a search for Carissa's Wierd (the band spelled it wrong on purpose) and found two tracks from 2011 on Bandcamp. Loved the band in the day. Still do, and glad to find two tracks I haven't heard. Saw them open for Wheat, and loved the pairing. "Boring as all hell" - one man's poison, I guess. CW's violin, musical build and ebbs, and quiet vocals are wonderful to my ears. Besides Band of Horses, Jenn Champion (nee Ghetto) has released some good stuff as S, including the Chris Walla produced _Cool Choices_.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 17:01 (six years ago) link
I think Carissa's were a lot more interesting than Band of Horses.
― akm, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 19:50 (six years ago) link
Also I like some of Sera Cahoone's solo stuff from recent years...
― fajita seas, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 20:26 (six years ago) link
more love for carissas. they were cream of the crop when it came to sadcore. i love playing violin along to them. 'you should be at home here' is very consistent and even their b sides and covers were lovely and full of personality. i hear they were a good laugh and not moody at all offstage.
― meaulnes, Friday, 16 February 2018 21:15 (six years ago) link
revisiting everyone down here for its 20th birthday. probably haven't heard it in 19 years. it's really good! their earlier material -iirc- was a lot noisier and fucked up and this album was like the shift from b+w to color. the usual turn of the century indie touchstones are all still relevant: "oh they must really dig pet sounds!", squalling feedback meets 70s pop piano because sure we can do that, "oh it's kinda dream poppy in places, isn't it?", etc etc.
it was right around the same time that i started working at tower records and someone hipped me to a charalambides cassette. earlimart seemed quaint by comparison and i never looked back. dunno why that sticks out to me, but anyway. they were good... too bad a lotta that palm pictures stuff is in limbo presently. wonder where the main dude fron the band ended up.
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Saturday, 9 December 2023 13:53 (four months ago) link