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1: Murieta's Last Ride (2:58) 2: These Wicked Things (3:43) 3: Bad Motel (2:25) 4: Just a Lost, Lost Dream (3:04) 5: Crow Killer (2:34) 6: Gone, Gone, Gone (3:26) 7: The Girl from the West Country (2:16) 8: Rosita (Tango) (2:16) 9: The Key (3:25) 10: All the Pretty Horses (2:30) 11: Rosita (Huapango) (4:18) 12: Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came (1:37) 13: The Evening Redness in the West (2:15) 14: The Last Man (Is Anybody Out There?) (6:52) 15: Long Way Home (2:20) |
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Description: | These Wicked Things is the fourth release from the determinedly
eclectic Boston-based band Beat Circus and the final installment in
singer/multi-instrumentalist/composer Brian Carpenter?s ?Weird
American Gothic? trilogy. The record bridges a number of disparate
genres including experimental music, cowpunk, post-punk, Mexican
folk music, mariachi music, and ?spaghetti western? and giallo film
scores. The cover and booklet include a 18-page graphic novelette by
renowned Croatian artist Danijel Zezelj, best known for his live
paintings, multimedia, and collaborations with DC Comics/Vertigo.
"Full of surreal audio landscapes put together in strange and often unsettling ways" - John Schaefer, WNYC New Sounds
"Beat Circus is a bona fide Boston music institution...one part edgy, eclectic art ensemble, one part twangy, moody roots-rock outfit, combined in an instantly appealing mix." -- Steve Smith, National Sawdust
"An excellent album, buzzing with ideas and unrelentingly following its dark muse" -- Jonathan Aird, Americana UK, 8/10 stars
"A well-orchestrated exploration of a deep and immersive headspace" -- Andrew Marrocco, Spill Magazine, 8/10 stars
"A sound scavenged from a virtual musical bazaar ? from noir jazz and dark cowboy soundtracks to steampunk chamber music and gringo mariachi, with stark, black-and-white illustrations from graphic novelist Danijel Zezelj" -- James Sullivan, Boston Globe
"With an excellent choice of collaborators (guitarist Andrew Stern particularly shines), Giant Sand, Calexico and Neko Case producer Craig Schumacher, the biggest chunk of the parts go to Carpenter himself, with deadpan vocals and all of the instrumental embellishments he put in himself." -- Ljubinko Zivkovic, Soundblab, 8/10 stars
credits
released March 22, 2019
Beat Circus
These Wicked Things
Produced by Brian Carpenter
All music and lyrics by Brian Carpenter
Recorded by Rafi Sofer at Q Division, Somerville MA
Vocals and strings recorded by Bryce Goggin at Trout Recording, Brooklyn NY
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726708601522 |
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