Voyagers!!! Set down upon the earth. Open your cramped legs locked in that flying suit of lights. Open your eyes, adjust your eyes to the dark. You are with us now. We are all the same. A small group of lucky aces bound together in black air burning out our hopeful eyes. Dust and wind bleed out the skies. All the lights are dark. Buildings lay broken. Victorious structure shooting up pie in the sky--Rubble and blood, rubble and blood. Still I stand before you, dear stranger and I say: Yes! we can climb out from the tangled metal and cement. And yes, we can look upon the dark sky of day and say: I never was who I seemed to be.
Wed, Aug 20 Austin, TX – Mohawk w/ Xiu Xiu, Common Eider, King Eider
Thu, Aug 21 Houston, TX - Orange Show Center for Visionary Art w/ Xiu Xiu, Common Eider, King Eider
Fri, Aug 22 Birmingham, AL - Bottle Tree Cafe w/ Xiu Xiu, Common Eider, King Eider
Sat, Aug 23 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn w/ Xiu Xiu, Common Eider, King Eider
Sun, Aug 24 Charlotte, NC - Milestone w/ Xiu Xiu, Common Eider, King Eider
Mon, Aug 25 Baltimore, MD - Sonar w/ Xiu Xiu, Common Eider, King Eider
Tue, Aug 26 Providence, RI - Living Room w/ Xiu Xiu, Common Eider, King Eider
Wed, Aug 27 Boston, MA - Paradise - Boston w/ Xiu Xiu, Common Eider, King Eider
Thu, Aug 28 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom w/ Xiu Xiu, Prurient, Common Eider King Eider
Sat, Sep 13 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill w/ Prurient, Xiu Xiu
We can call this a debut record of sorts, as it is the first album to be released under Carla Bozulich's new band moniker, Evangelista. Bozulich's first record for Constellation, issued in 2006, was released under her own name, and bore the album title Evangelista. That album title has now migrated to become the band name. So...this is the new album, titled Hello, Voyager, by the newly named band Evangelista, featuring Carla Bozulich. You follow? No worries, there will not be a quiz.
Carla's 2006 Constellation release was widely celebrated as her strongest, most fearless and compelling record in years, and ended up on many year end lists, including The Wire (UK), Blow Up (Italy) and WMFU (Brian Turner's blog) to name a few. Carla toured Evangelista all over Europe and North America, with core bandmate Tara Barnes at her side, and a rotating cast of other musicians, including Shahzad Ismaily and members of Thee Silver Mt. Zion (all of whom contributed to the original recording as well).
The Evangelista band continues to comprise Carla and Tara as its nucleus, and continues to build on its relationship with Montreal (where the last album was also made). Hello, Voyager was recorded in Montreal at the Hotel2Tango by Efrim Menuck in late summer 2007, with an even larger cast of Montreal musicians joining Carla, Tara and Shahzad this time around, to work up a more stylistically diverse batch of songs. Raw, beautifully ravaged, semi-improvised soundscapes still underpin Carla's incantatory sung and spoken lyrics on the album's opening and closing tracks, but much of the rest of the record is more overtly composed. Blistering nuggets like the snarling "Smooth Jazz" and the desperate "Truth Is Dark Like Outer Space" are the most rocking tunes Carla has put to tape since the demise of The Geraldine Fibbers, while "The Blue Room" (one of Carla's finest songs, and one she has been carrying around for many years) is finally captured in a stunning studio arrangement that includes organ, violin, cello and contrebasse. "Lucky Lucky Luck" is a playful, sassy, fractured take on the misfit narrative and "Paper Kitten Claw" is its methodical, reflective, poetic foil. Carla's voice perfectly sets and channels the prevailing mood on each song, and is strong as ever.
The new album includes contributions from over a dozen Montreal players, including most of Thee Silver Mt. Zion (chiefly on string arrangements), as well as Nadia Moss (organ) and a corps of local drummers who bang out the thunderous rhythm track on "Smooth Jazz" and drive the epic sprawl of the album's closing title track.
Constellation is thrilled to be releasing Carla's second album for the label on CD and 180gLP. Both formats come in our custom cardstock packaging, with artwork featuring paintings by Montreal artist (and Evangelista player) Nadia Moss, and include a fold-out lyric sheet insert.
Thanks for making my last WFMU show better with music from the inspiring and beautiful new album. Also, the set on the FMU free music archive is brilliant. (& if anyone sees this, I recommend the Half Japanese set as well!)
hey!!! back in europe after have take some "holidays"!!! yes, I know, you don't know this word (private joke!!!). For me, back to the "real life" after this tour. you must to take care of you for comming soon ... perhaps? ... I hope!!!!! merçi pour le chocolat!!!!!! jaja
hey, thanx for the add and comment, a pleasure.. it was really a shame i couldn..t see you playing at Faraday past year. hope you play around here soon.greetings from barcelona. best wishes, love, respect...
Hope your paw gets better soon, Carla! I saw the cover of WIRE, and I was very glad to finally see y'all get some coverage! It's because you're all just too damn awesome to keep hidden from everyone! Take care. =)
very nice to see you play again Carla the other night in Toulon and what a show !!! Hope you'll make it back overseas safe and sound with your head filled with great memories from the old continent...
Carla Bozulich - Unrock Instore Gig Series Vol. 4 CDR
Carla Bozulich performing solo and live in our shop on June 13th 2007. Limited, individually handnumbered edition of 300 copies in silkscreened, handprinted digipacks. Available in 3 colours. Orange, pink & blue. A very deep, intense and intimate performance by one of todays most captivating songstress. 10 Songs.€ 12.00 Get your copy now : www. unrock. de
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