(TV) o/t hold 6/23 open another Glenn Mercer / Wild Carnation show at Maxwell's

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Come on down to see the next installment of the Glenn Mercer band + Wild
Carnation on home turf at Maxwell's located on Washington Ave and 11th Street
in
HoBoKeN, NJ Saturday June 23rd.

and YES some of us Wild Carnation folk will see you on the 16th for the
Television show in Central Park.

Glenn's cd comes out today so go buy it.

read the review below and buy our new CD now from

www.milesofmusic.com
www.cdbaby.com
or direct from the band at www.wildcarnation.com

Luna Kafi record review

New Jersey - Full Moon 128 - 03/04/07
Wild Carnation
Superbus
Lucky Pig Records

Some artists don't excactly rush out records too often and Wild Carnation is
in the same exclusive league as Mark Hollis, Scott Walker and The Blue Nile.
Superbus is Wild Carnations second album, 12 - that's TWELVE - years since
their debut for Delmore Records in 1994. I thought they had disbanded a long
time
ago and just recently became aware of their continuing existence through a
link from seminal New Zealand band The Bats' MySpace page.

The Feelies and their extended family of bands have always meant music with
it's own voice in America and quite a distinct one as well. Wild Carnation
doesn't shock us with extraordinary news this time but just as, say, sadly
missed
Go-Betweens and the beforementioned Bats, it's a band we can expect quality
from every time. They purvey a blend of the old (VU fronted by Nico) and not
so
old (New Zealand music in the 80's) and it is always the good melody that is
their main goal.

As an avid fan of all things Feelies, I try to check out all related bands
and artists. Wild Carnations' bass player Brenda Sauter played on their three
latest records back in the 80's/early 90's which is enough for me to give them
a
fair chance. She also played in The Trypes with other Feelies and Speed The
Plough with other Carnations Rich Barnes and Chris O'Donovan. Now a four-piece
with Anne Hopkins on Farfisa organ, Wild Carnation is just as good as we can
hope for - if not better.

The opening song "The Road To Bielefeld" is quite simply the best new song I
have heard this (and probably the rest of the) year. A nervous, jangly guitar
opens, then the hi-hat and bass and a distant female voice. Verse two and the
Farfisa organ in all its cheesy glory. The chorus is a true revelation that
gives me goosebumps on each listen; a heavenly blending of female voices. The
bass playing is spectacular on this song (and on the album as a whole),
innovative and startling. I bought a copy of the album for my brother's
birthday and a
text message from him on first hearing revealed a common opinion. You can
actually check out this song on their MySpace website. If that doesn't make
you
want to hear more you don't need to read no further.

The following songs is not in the same league (how could they?) but it never
gets less than interesting. At the end of the record, on the last three songs
to be precise, things are getting better again; Uptempo Cricket with some nice
12-string guitar fills, the beautiful and eerie (to my ears, at least) "The
Eventide" (more Rickenbackers!) and the more laidback Into the Sun closes the
album.

Some of their songs run for too long but that is part of the fun in a way
with this kind of music. Anyway, a great record and already a contender for
record of the year (yeah, I know it was released in 2006...).

So, any chance of a new trip to Bielefeld (via Oslo) sometime?



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