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I've really been enjoying Carnavas. I can see how they owe a lot to Sonic Youth, MBV, and the Pumpkins, but I think the songs are put together really well (and minimize all those bands' faults) with strong, full production; great-sounding alt-rock guitars (improbably distorted noisy sometimes); and good singing, achieving some real intensity on tracks like "Future Foe Scenarios". Maybe not too ambitious but very enjoyable, much better than Meds.

― sundarsubramanian (SundarS), Tuesday, 28 November 2006 22:10 (seventeen years ago) link

A more damning review I could not write.

― Oddly enough, staying here I saw seven golden bowls make cakes and religion (goo, Wednesday, 29 November 2006 06:22 (seventeen years ago) link

"and noisy"

― sundarsubramanian (SundarS), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 15:19 (seventeen years ago) link

"Noisy" like Sonny Sharrock on a bender, or "noisy" like a buncha whitebread wannabe alt-rock-stars yearning for a bit of cred?

― Oddly enough, staying here I saw seven golden bowls make cakes and religion (goo, Wednesday, 29 November 2006 15:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Closer to the latter, probably. But it sounds good and they're good songs, mostly. I never pretended it was anything groundbreaking.

― sundarsubramanian (SundarS), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 18:48 (seventeen years ago) link

whitebreads, leave rock forver!

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Wednesday, 29 November 2006 22:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Hrm, thought there might be some interest from the shoegazin' crowd here. Oh well.

― sundarsubramanian (SundarS), Thursday, 30 November 2006 04:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I've only vaguely heard of these guys. But something about them kinda bugs, and it's probably the name.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 30 November 2006 04:07 (seventeen years ago) link

I really like "Well Thought Out Twinkles" even with the questionable song title. Reminds me of early Wrens.

― Darin (Darin), Thursday, 30 November 2006 17:45 (seventeen years ago) link

They are on Letterman tonight, with Danny DeVito.

― nickn (nickn), Friday, 1 December 2006 17:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Maybe a drunken Danny DeVito will assault them.

― Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Maybe he's singing with them.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, the images.

― Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Are you sure these guys aren't an ILX pickup band? This looks like a WDYLL thread: http://www.thewongway.org/?p=30

― Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 1 December 2006 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link

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