They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 by Carissa's Wierd

I came to know this band a little to late you see because this band had been disbanded since 2003. What a shame! They were good! They’ll Only Miss You When You Leave (notice the humour here?) is a compilation album of songs from Carissa’s Wierd previous released. After the band disbanded, its members formed Band of Horses (next post maybe?), Grand Archives and Sera Cahoone . I have no idea about Grand Archives and Sera Cahoone but comparing Band of Horses with Carissa’s Wierd; Band of Horses is more rock while Carissa is something soft and melodious. 

At first impression this band definitely have a sense of humour. The album title and the songs titles is something that you would smirk on upon seeing it. Carissa’s Wierd is a band that played softly with it songs resolves around loss, pain, sorrow….etc. Happiness practically does not exist in CW world. Yet, don’t worry they are not depressive or emo enough to drive you to suicidal. Theirs songs are haunting and melancholy, the best album after a long day at work. Or just simply put it on in a rainy day sipping your tea/coffee while reading some chick flick mellow novels.

Honestly, I do feel that this band did not deserve the fame that they should have. This is a really great band with songs that almost anyone can relate to. The smoky voices, the whispering, the soft guitar, the cello, the violin…is sad yet beautiful at the same time and not to mention dreamy. Carissa’s Wierd is the kind of band that you need time to savour its music over time and eventually its music will starts to grow on you. Give this a chance you might not like it at first listening but give it a few try you might actually fall in love with it; granted you like indie music or alternative folks. You might comes back for more.  (hotfile, zshared, uploading and 2shared are down but the rest are working fine, limited time only)

They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996 - 2003

1. Low Budget Slow Motion Soundtrack Song For the Leaving Scene
2. Die
3. The Color That Your Eyes Changed With the Color of Your Hair
4. One Night Stand
5. You Should Be Hated Here
6. Drunk with the Only Saints I Know
7. Phantom Fireworks
8. So You Wanna Be A Superhero
9. Brooke Daniels' Tiny Broken Fingers
10. Ignorant Piece of Shit
11. Blessed Arms That Hold You Tight, Freezing Cold and Alone
12. Blue Champagne Glass
13. September Come Take This Heart Away
14. All Apologies and Smiles, Yours Truly, Ugly Valentine
15. Sympathy Bush
16. They'll Only Miss You When You Leave

 

They'll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 by Carissa's Wierd

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Dead Waves by Kyte

Kyte left me at a cross road after listening to their first full-length album Dead Waves  that released last month. At times, it sounded like Sigur Ros, the soundtrack kind of music.  Sometimes, it sounded like Animal Collective. At some point, I relate them to Snow Patrol. Puzzle me may the album be, but I can’t deny that I like this album. It convinced me that for Kyte best is yet to come. 

Kyte create atmospheric lush, dreamy kind of music with a tinge touch of morbidness. Though this album is very electronica but with the wistful voice and subtle layers of music the atmospheric approach that Kyte used to have is still very much intact. 

The opening track, The Smoke Saves Lives sets the tone for the rest of the album with its erratic piano and droning guitars. A very engaging beautiful track and teeny bit addictive. ihnfsa the second track which is also the single, start off with a robotic female voice, a very synth pop feel and I just can’t shake the lyric away.

sorry for the first love, sorry as my last one,
the screaming aside,
thank you for the best time,

For the first few tracks of the album like The Smoke Saves Lives, ihnfsa, You’re Alone Tonight and Designed for Damage give me the vibes of the 80s. I guess it’s more probably the synth pop thingy. 

My personal favourite ought to be the fifth track, Like She Said. I really like how the song sounded the way it did, it reminds me of the song “Cease to Know” by Eluvium. The music is ghostly haunting and spacey like you are in some vast universe listening to the sound of a distant star. Very relaxing, heavily influence of shoegaze. As for the lyric it is very cinematic.

Mistakes are made, in time’s right,
last days are xxxxx (can’t hear) , like she said,
six feet deep down, the eyes closed,
the end called earth, the hand xxxxx (can’t hear)

Fear From Death is still very much 80s feel. Each Life Critical (an epic 7mins long song) is a song that grows, branching out into a soaring robotic rhythms with hushed vocals. No One is Angry, Just Afraid and Strangest Words and Pictures are both very ambient song that is quite unlike the rest of the songs in this album. Not so much of electronica thingy. 

Guns and Knives, Fake Handshakes, Earnest Smiles and Dead Waves are the rest of the song that I am way too lazy to elaborate anymore. These three songs still notably good with Fake Handshakes, Earnest Smiles is a poignant, meditative, trance like song. Dead Waves has a consistent flow of music. I guess just like death, since it is always an on-going thing that never stop. Limited Time Only.

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