Good day to you Community.  We have a new single out this week.  It’s called Irrational Confidence.  It’s about being really good a parallel parking and other various humble brags of import.  It also has some pretty rad keyboard tones from a thrift store synth we picked up years ago.  Hope you dig it!

I should note that we have a bunch of shows we’ll be announcing soon.  So there’s that.

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Big thanks to Coast Records for the (as always) marvelous mixing!

 

Also, huge shout out to Holy City Booking and Frequency Fest*.  As the excellent EC article covered, this whole endeavor is incredibly cool and a marvelous addition to our fair city.  We implore anyone reading this to go check it out.  Hear some scuzzy power chords, drink a shitty beer and yell with a stranger.  It’s what what makes life worth living.

*Unfortunately, due to some unavoidable scheduling conflicts, CARLS had to drop from our spot on Saturday at the Garden.  But a few of us will still be there to partake (and potentially repeatedly request that someone play some Creedence).

Also, also, a big fuck yeah to Chris Garner and Grilled Cheese for the weekly videos they’re doing.  Tremendous.  Just Tremendous.

Okay, that’s it.

Be excellent to each other.

 

 

 

 

Love this thread idea!

I listen to a lot of music but 60’s / 70’s is soul is always the biggest slice of the pie.  It’s perfect music.

Let’s do this.

 

Dyke and the Blazers – You Are My Sunshine

King Floyd – I Feel Like Dynamite

Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir – Like a Ship

Ann Peebles – Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love

Lee Dorsey – What You Want (Is What You Get)

Don Gardner – My Baby Likes to Boogaloo

Jackie Wilson  & LaVern Baker – Think Twice (Version X)

King Curtis – Memphis Soul Stew

Lou Rawls – Bring It On Home (no disrespect to the great Sam Cooke but the Lou Rawls version is untouchable)

Sly Johnson – Let Yourself Go

Darondo – True

Little Richard – Freedom Blues

 

Greetings EC Community,

New whathaveyou from CARLS is available now – Hot Night on Bergen Street.  It’s an homage to a couple of weirdo frolickers having a good time in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn (my old stomping grounds).  Musically it’s kind of an amped up T.Rex vibe.

We’ll be playing that and a bunch of other radness this Saturday, 10/19 at LoFi at 9PM.

Also, there’s going to be a climactic balloon drop.  Who doesn’t love a climactic balloon drop?

Come out and get whimsical with us!

Cheers,

CARL!

 

Spotify:

LoFi Show Tickets:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/carls-live-at-lofi-tickets-1037987567757

 

Holy shit, thank you so much!  That’s really awesome to hear and thank you for listening!

Below is our newest one, Cheese.  Just came out this week.  Believe it or not, it’s kind of a love song.  Bringing your man or lady some cheese is about as true as love gets.  Hope the folks around here dig it!

Upcoming Charleston Shows

10/19 – LoFi Brewing

11/15 – The Royal American

12/14 – Silver Hill Studio

 

 

3 Weeeeeeks.  “Cheese” hits all platforms on 7/31.

It’s a love song.

Somewhat about cheese.

New CARLS out today.

Big ass groove and a bigger chorus.  Lyrically, its about all the silly shit you can do if you have money.

More singles coming and shows and parties coming up summer and fall.  Stay tuned!

What silliness would you get into if you had a lot of cash?

 

Rad.

Hotel Hugo!

Excellent.

Excellent work gents!  3 for 3.  So many hooks!

 

Toadnugget.  Your profile pic is absolutely tremendous.  5 stars.

Thanks!  Basic tracking was done at Coast Records with the always excellent Matt Zutell engineering.  Overdubbing and extra production was done at home (modern recording technology is the best).  Then everything was sent back to Matt for mixing.  Matthew Garber at For the Record Mastering handled mastering.  Big shout to both of those guys!  They do really great work.  Highly recommend!