The Carnage Queen
Buy/Listen
- Learning How To Love You
- Carnage Queen
- Nellie Loves Me
- Dandelions in My Mind
- A Little Bit of Abuse
- I Am a Specimen
- Come Here, Come Here
- Another Redemption Song
- City of Piss (A Prelude)
- Underground With The Dogs
- The Snow
- Ballad of Mary-Christ (or The Suicide Chick & St. Mary's Bullshit)
- Our Reflections
- The Most Beautiful Bird in the World (Specimen Reprieve)
- Over My Head
- Blues for Sparklehorse
- Confusion of Tongues
- Release Date: May 19, 2017
- Format: 2LP/Digital
- Label: Transduction
- View Digital Booklet
On their first release in ten years, The Carnage Queen finds Grandpa's Ghost pushing the boundaries of their music ever further, from hypnotic space-rock and extended guitar work-outs to beautiful acoustic ballads. Featuring special guest Tim Garrigan. 2LP in gatefold jacket with bonus digital album Country of Piss.
Press
- "Founding members Ben Hanna and Bill Emerson are joined by longtime drummer Jack Petracek and guest guitarist Tim Garrigan (late of stress-metal pioneers Dazzling Killmen), leveraging a sound that approximates a sideways take on Neil Young & Crazy Horse by way of Silkworm, or Wilco meets Shellac, maybe Mark Kozelek via Lungfish. They drive it hard; even the acoustic tracks feel like more fingernail lifters than fingerpickers. No bass player means no tether, so these guys get pretty far out there on the longer tracks...everyone looking for a new record with some teeth embedded in it and some clawmarks on the outside, line up here...Recommended". –
- "Grandpa's Ghost play expansive de/reconstructed roots music for the 21st century with unpredictable, non-obvious songcraft...this would've found a great home on SST in 1985 or Drag City in 1998, but since I'm always on the lookout for great recordings made in the here and now - well, this is one of them". –