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- Date Released: April 4, 2000
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock, Alternative Experimental
- Label: Touch And Go
The former Slint frontman taps into millennial dread.
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We Say...
Like a pre-school playroom, there are only rounded edges on the For Carnation's final album. Fronted by Brian McMahan (he once helmed Slint), the band went through numerous lineup changes over its six years (it's actually unclear whether TFC are still together), but this incarnation, anchored by McMahon and Tortoise's John McEntire, is by far the best. The album's first two songs create the very precise sensation of being submerged in water; the dub-like bass echoes and lower registers handily dominate the mood. Former Pixie/Breeder Kim Deal guests on the trip-hoppy "Tales (Live from the Crypt)," offering heavily-gauzed vocals, and "Snoother" could be from Millions Now Living...-era Tortoise.
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They Say...
The For Carnation's self-titled, long-awaited follow-up to Marshmallows finds the group shedding their most obvious post-rockisms in favor of a slow, smoky sound steeped in paranoia and claustrophobia. As sparse and stealthy as ever, the For Carnation's songs now have a heightened, eye-of-the-storm drama that sets every creeping bassline, guitar, or keyboard fill into stark relief. Tense strings, spacey echoes, and other dark sonic details punctuate Brian McMahan's hushed vocals, coloring them somewhere between reflective and threatening. Though the ghost of jazzy, Tortoise-style post-rock still hovers around "Snoother," songs like the spectral "Tales (Live From the Crypt)," the soundtrack-ready "Emp. Man's Blues," and the disconcerting instrumental "Being Held" are much more emotionally immediate than the cerebral leanings of most of the band's contemporaries. The For Carnation's implosive dread is so expressive, yet so quiet, that it sounds like it's seeped inside your head. Ultimately, that's far more unsettling than any cranked-up rant.
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Emp. Man's Blues |
8:12 |
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| 02. | |
A Tribute To |
6:08 |
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| 03. | |
Being Held |
5:35 |
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| 04. | |
Snoother |
6:27 |
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| 05. | |
Tales (Live From The Crypt) |
7:53 |
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| 06. | |
Moonbeams |
9:28 |
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06 Total Tracks, 43:43 Total Length
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Credits
- Alison Chesley - Cello // Kim Deal - Vocals // Rachel Haden - Vocals // Britt Walford - Drums // John McEntire - Synthesizer // John McEntire - Bells // The For Carnation - Main Performer // Brian McMahan - Guitar // Brian McMahan - Keyboards // Brian McMahan - Vocals // Noel Kupersmith - Bass (Acoustic) // Steve Goodfriend - Drums // Rafe Mandel - Percussion // Rafe Mandel - Keyboards // Michael McMaan - Guitar // Dan Fliegel - Conga // Todd Cook - Bass (Electric)
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