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The Carnies are an ecstatic art rock band, expanding the storytelling realm with eccentric and hauntingly alluring music. Lavish vocals recount the curious mind mapping storylines, while the visceral guitar/keys and resonant bass merge with the driving and rhythmic pulse of the drums. With such disparate influences as Kate Bush, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Pixies, and The Replacements The Carnies draw from an ecclectic collection.
The Carnies have played venues such as The Knitting Factory, CBGB's, The Sidewalk Cafe, , and have been featured on the show Moonwork. Their albums include Endless Stripping (2003), The Carnies Live (2005), Hardcore Nursery Rhyme Renditions (2006),
and are currently working on their third album Weather the Spell*******************************************************
********"Small hands? Smell of cabbage? Must be The Carnies! Actually their music evokes sonic images of delicate beauty and grace rather than toothless tilt-a-whirl operators. Well crafted songs and solid musicianship abound! Two tickets please" -Block Island Music Festival****************************************************
***********"The Carnies are ripe for a cult following: Melissa Cupernall’s Kate Bush-fueled fantasies are built on layer upon layer of rewarding subtleties. Jungian psychologists could have a field day with all the fairy tale and subconscious imagery in here."- Dan Barry Hartford Advocate****************************************************
***********"The Carnies, a band from New York City, are scarily reminiscent of the Pixies and kind of like Souxsie and the Banshees. Melissa Cupernall belts out strong vocals and spin webs of almost operatic, nightmarish and rock solid style." - Kit*********************************************************
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