Drawn from memory.

09 Jun 2010 — NFOP

Sometimes, you don't even know what you've been missing. Only recently a dear friend from Florida called my attention to the wonderful Seattle band Carissa's Wierd which turned out to be the long split up predecessor of the all too well known Band Of Horses, and in fact I can't help but thinking about this as a creative step backwards. On the other hand, we don't know the probably dirty details, right?

Anyway, there must've been more folks like me, as Seattle label Hardly Art has decided to reissue Carissa's Wierd's three studio albums this year, accompanied by the compilation They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003, to be released July 13. The song Die, posted below, will be on it and gives an excellent first impression of the band's quiet and melancholic oeuvre. Actually, I wanted you to have the opportunity to get another song, but the label asked me not to make it available for download. But if you should stumble across So You Wanna Be a Superhero by any chance, give it a listen, it might be the saddest yet most beautiful song ever written.


Carissa's Wierd - Die