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Carson

About Me

You've only got yourself to blame. From the glens and the lochsides, you could have sought us out; perhaps in some way preventing us from ever meeting. But you didn't. You sat around, drinking mescal and dreaming of the 'better days'. As it happened, the isolation of the Scottish Highlands soon proved catalystic. The best way to avoid getting sucked into small-town life was to set about creating a soundtrack to the wider surroundings. Grandeur and beauty make infinitely more palatable subjects than lager and fighting. Tired of life in the sticks, Carson soon relocated to Glasgow to continue to chart their journey of Youth's Disintegration.Drawing influence from bands such as Sonic Youth, Placebo, The Cure and Nirvana (naturally), Carson combine this with the encouraging surge in truly great Scottish music from the likes of Mogwai, Biffy Clyro and Idlewild, spinning it off down their own declivity. "What the hell does that sound like?" Post-grunge classic rock in a Wee Scottish Box; a melancholic schism on the underbelly of the perfect Tool.... go figure.Amongst all this bloody mess, Carson have also found the time to play support to Killing Joke, Biffy Clyro, and Terra Diablo, at different ends of the country with all sorts in between. 2003's T in the Park appearance saw a packed-out tent for Carson's set, which was up against The Darkness and Longview. Make of that what you will......Have noise, will baffle.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 23/08/2005
Band Website: http://www.carsononline.co.uk
Band Members: chris and gordon and ken and calum
Influences: The Cure, Sonic Youth, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Placebo, Deftones, Radiohead; the weather, Romanticism, cynicism, girls, David Shrigley, society... usual shite, but the Deluxe Edition.
Sounds Like: My Vitriol, A Perfect Circle, Idlewild, Nine Black Alps, Death Cab For Cutie on coke, with lyrics edited by Arab Strap. A man with a rubbish ghetto blaster running in a cupboard with the lights off. You tell me.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Carson announcement

Hey, Carson has come to an end. It has been a great few years filled with many amazing memories, and we'd like to thank absoloutely everyone who has ever helped along the way. There are...
Posted by on Sun, 13 May 2007 10:15:00 GMT

Carson announcement

Hey, Carson has come to an end. It has been a great few years filled with many amazing memories, and we'd like to thank absoloutely everyone who has ever helped along the way. There are...
Posted by on Sun, 13 May 2007 10:15:00 GMT

Progress report!

Hey, Sorry we havn't been keeping you up to date with Carson news, but to be honest there hasn't been any! We played a show in 'Sleazys' during December and we seemed to go down well, but apart from ...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:14:00 GMT

"I don't like it when really big people touch me"

"I don't like it when really big people touch me" - JP, aka The Pope, 3/2/06I agree, The Pope; I agree...Well, I must confess, I'm writing this partially to knock that other blog titled 'oasis shoppin...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:38:00 GMT

This is A Important Announcementing

Welcome fellows, to this Unimportant Announcementing.Firstly, let me apologise for the temporary disfunction of our Blog-titling machine, we hope to have it functioning again before the harvest season...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:20:00 GMT

Tour-ly you can't be serious?...

Ruddy, bloody, yes! here it is brethren and sistren, we're going on a few gigging dates with Some Young Pedro in March. You may have noticed through your eyeholes on the 'gigs' bit. Choose life. Choos...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:52:00 GMT

Last Night and Next Month

first off, thanks to everyone for coming down to the gig last night, radical dudes. far out. i think I speak for all when I say we had a pretty good party on the go. Let's do it again some time... ...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 19:10:00 GMT

New Songs

What's this?! Some sort of Actually Related to The Band and its Music blog? seems strange.....   "Yes that's-a-right, some new songs for your silly ears to get bothered by. Recorded in a fine sty...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:51:00 GMT

Oasis + Shopping

I had the misfortune of encountering Oasis fans en masse today. I happened to be passing through this big tunnel thing which takes about 3 minutes to walk the length of, and all the pissed-up, lary, g...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:57:00 GMT

Running Home

I've developed a bit of a worrying habit of getting to the end of the night (in my opinion) and after making my excuses and exit, well I turn my heel and run. Run home. Cos it's bloody easier than try...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Nov 2005 17:12:00 GMT