Wild Carnation

02/02/97
Gleiss 22
Munster, Germany


Disc 1
01. The State You're In
02. Susquehanna 142
03. Dodger Blue
04. One More
05. Follow Your Visions
06. untitled
07. Dancing Barefoot (Patti Smith)
08. Eventide
09. Tomorrow Never Knows (Beatles)
10. Blue Skies
11. The Lights Are On But No One's Home
12. The Rising Tide
13. Scarf Dance

Disc 2
01. Powderfinger (Neil Young)
02. I'd Wait a Million Years (Grass Roots)
03. No Doors in Kansas
04. Shaker Tune
05. ??

The Wild Carnation are:

BRENDA SAUTER
Bass, vocals, acoustic guitar, bells

RICHARD BARNES
Electric and acoustic guitars, organ, bells

CHRISTOPHER O'DONOVAN
Drums, percussion, backing vocals


"When she's not working in Speed the Plough, Sauter gives the Feelies' racing concision a generous dose of folky ventilation in Wild Carnation, a trio with current STP bandmates Richard Barnes (guitar) and Christopher O'Donovan (drums) . Singing her wistful, nostalgic reminiscences in a low pleasing voice that sometimes wanders away. Sauter opens Tricycle by proving she can do the bussing fever pitch pop-rock thing in "The Rising Tide." Most of the album, however, eases up on the tension and the density (while retaining the brisk tempos), allowing acoustic guitar strums and spare drumming to set the emotional tone, mirrored in rustic songs like "Shaker Tune" and "The Music Box." Elsewhere, Barnes' distortion leads and pretty jangle figures add bite. Sauter addresses her lyrical interests - the relocation of Brooklyn's baseball team, trains, airplanes, the enviorment and people - in straightforward terms, investing more solemnity in the words than the music."
-IRA A. ROBBINS, Trouser Press Guide to Nineties Rock

Band website:
http://www.geocities.com/wildcarn/

Buy the CD site:
http://www.indie44.com/delmore/wildcarn.html