Carissa's Wierd

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Name = Carissa's Wierd


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Origin = Seattle, Washington, USA
Genre = Indie rock Sadcore
Years_active = 1995-2003
Label = Brown Sad Robot
Associated_acts = Band of Horses Grand Archives
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Current_members = Mat Brooke Jenn Ghetto Sarah Standard Ben Bridwell Sera Cahoone Creighton Barrett Jeff Hellis
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Carissa's Wierd was an indie rock band from Seattle that formed in 1995 and disbanded in late 2003. The band deliberately misspelled the word "Weird" in their name. Following the band's breakup, Jenn Ghetto continued to pursue a solo project under the name "S". Sera Cahoone started her own solo project. Mat Brooke and Ben Bridwell went on to form Band of Horses. Brooke did not tour with the group, however, and his departure was announced in July 2006. He has subsequently formed a new band, Grand Archives, whose first demos appeared online in March 2007.

Band members

*Mat Brooke
*Jenn Ghetto
*Sarah Standard
*Ben Bridwell
*Sera Cahoone
*Creighton Barrett
*Jeff Hellis
*Robin Peringer
*Gilden Tunador
*Michael Epting

Discography

* "Ugly But Honest" - Brown Records (1999)
* "Songs About Leaving" - Sad Robot Records (2000)
* "You Should Be at Home Here" - Brown Records (2001)
* "You Should Be Hated Here 7" - Sub Pop Records (2001)
* "Scrapbook" (2003)
* "I Before E" - Sad Robot Records (2004)

Compilation albums featuring tracks by the band

*"Home Alive Compilation, Volume 2: Flying Side Kick" - Broken Rekids (2001)
*"Keepsake, Volume 1" - Keep Recordings (2004)

External links

* [http://www.bandofhorses.com/ Band of Horses]
* [http://www.suicidesqueeze.net/s_artist.html S on Suicide Squeeze Records]
* [http://www.seracahoone.com/ Sera Cahoone]
* [http://www.myspace.com/grandarchives/ Grand Archives]
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/37578-mat-brooke-leaves-band-of-horses/ Brooke departs Band Of Horses]
* [http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/band/carissaswierd Carissa's Wierd on Three Imaginary Girls]
* [http://www.feeltheword.net/magazine/2007/12/29/183/ Review of Songs About Leaving by Ethan Smith]
* "Crawdaddy!" [http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=3178 Review of Songs About Leaving, 2007]