The Carnage Queen, by Grandpa's Ghost

The Carnage Queen

by Grandpa's Ghost

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Translucent orange or black vinyl in gatefold jacket with download card including bonus digital album "Country of Piss"

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1.	Learning How to Love You 06:26	buy track
2.	Carnage Queen 03:08	buy track
3.	Nellie Loves Me 04:39	buy track
4.	Dandelions in My Mind 06:49	buy track
5.	A Little Bit of Abuse 02:26	buy track
6.	I Am a Specimen 08:23	buy track
7.	Come Here, Come Here 03:04	buy track
8.	Another Redemption Song 07:02	buy track
9.	City of Piss (A Prelude) 02:54	buy track
10.	Underground with the Dogs 02:38	buy track
11.	The Snow 04:06	buy track
12.	Ballad of Mary-Christ (or The Suicide Chick & St. Mary's Bullshit) 04:32	buy track
13.	Our Reflections 03:19	buy track
14.	The Most Beautiful Bird in the World (Specimen Reprieve) 02:28	buy track
15.	Over My Head 05:55	buy track
16.	Blues for Sparklehorse 05:11	buy track
17.	Confusion of Tongues 10:17	buy track

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"Grandpa’s Ghost ground their hypnotic country rock deeper into psychedelia than anyone short of Neil Young & Crazy Horse" - Joe Carducci

"Peddling a lysergic brand of americana, this double album re-defines the word sprawling, a long strange trip that takes you places you have never been before...this collection rises easily above its influences to stand proudly as a future classic." - Terrascope Magazine

"Pocahontas, IL’s Grandpa’s Ghost have been active since the ’90s, garnering beaucoup accolades and a too-small following, which is to be expected when roots and experimentation intersect. Impossible to imagine without the precedent of Neil Young in and outside of Crazy Horse, but boy howdy do they transcend that template on this 2LP (+ bonus digital set Country of Piss). “I Am a Specimen” is a highlight of raucous out-rock leading into “Come Here, Come Here,” which hits like a midwestern Lungfish crossed with Peter Jefferies." - The Vinyl District

"The dichotomy of the band's output goes beyond the quiet/loud, acoustic/electric divide; the most charged moments for Grandpa's Ghost are fuzzy, gnarly divining rods, while the more spare tracks create their circular and oblong patterns as if dictated by some long-suspended pendulum." - Riverfront Times

"Founding members Ben Hanna and Bill Emerson are joined by longtime drummer Jack Petracek and guest guitarist Tim Garrigan (late of stress-metal pioneers Dazzling Killmen), leveraging a sound that approximates a sideways take on Neil Young & Crazy Horse by way of Silkworm, or Wilco meets Shellac, maybe Mark Kozelek via Lungfish. They drive it hard; even the acoustic tracks feel like more fingernail lifters than fingerpickers. No bass player means no tether, so these guys get pretty far out there on the longer tracks...everyone looking for a new record with some teeth embedded in it and some clawmarks on the outside, line up here...Recommended" - Still Single

"Grandpa's Ghost play expansive de/reconstructed roots music for the 21st century with unpredictable, non-obvious songcraft...this would've found a great home on SST in 1985 or Drag City in 1998, but since I'm always on the lookout for great recordings made in the here and now - well, this is one of them" - Lexicon Devil

On their first release in nearly ten years, The Carnage Queen finds Grandpa's Ghost pushing the boundaries of their music ever further, from hypnotic space-rock and extended guitar work-outs to beautiful acoustic ballads.

Opening with an eerie, fractured re-interpretation of John Hiatt’s “Learning How to Love You,” the album showcases the group’s deeply fried psychedelic roots-rock sound with some of their most immediate and accessible songs.

Joined by special guest Tim Garrigan (Dazzling Killmen, You Fantastic!), the new double LP captures the band’s duality in essence—its back-porch acid folk on one hand, its experimental, discordant rock explorations on the other.

The Carnage Queen serves up plenty of highlights – “I Am a Specimen” is a thunderous, spiralling groove that careens into a demented freak-out. “Dandelions in My Mind” is a stream-of-consciousness-tour-de-force, and stands as one of the band’s most powerful statements. Simply put, the new album is Grandpa’s Ghost at its singular, inspired best.

credits

released May 19, 2017

Produced and arranged by Ben Hanna.
Recorded by Jim Bentley at Fort Brooklyn, Bushwick, NY.
Mixed by Jack Petracek & Ben Hanna with input by Bill Emerson & Tim Garrigan.
Some additional recording by Jack Petracek in St. Louis, MO.
Digital mastering by Jack Petracek.
Vinyl mastering by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service.

Ben Hanna: acoustic and electric guitar, harmonica, piano on “Come Here, Come Here”, vocals
William F. Emerson: acoustic and electric guitar, organ on “Another Redemption Song“, banjo on “City of Piss (A Prelude)”
Jack Petracek: drums and percussion
Tim Garrigan: acoustic and electric guitar, piano on “Over My Head” and “Confusion of Tongues”

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Grandpa's Ghost Pocahontas, Illinois

Likened to being lost in the woods at night Grandpa Ghost is interesting, intense and inspiring; but also alarming- especially so, for those who prefer the well lit, clear cut path of musical genres and three minute radio friendly singles. For the adventurous however Grandpa's Ghost is the perfect companion through the musical wilderness. ... more

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