Songs About Leaving

Carissa's Wierd | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 6, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sad Robot Records
• ASIN: B00006EXD4
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,468 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars baffling, September 18, 2002

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Ken Neld (Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs About Leaving (Audio CD)

Ever since I stumbled upon Carissa's Wierd a couple of years ago, with their debut "Ugly But Honest", I've simply been baffled by the fact that they aren't huge, at least in the indie-rock sense. They make music that really doesn't sound like much else. It's very emotional and intense and dramatic and over-the-top and it makes those emotions like lonliness and heartache and sadness sound as big as they feel right before you fall asleep at night. I don't see why anyone wouldn't think this is just the most beautiful music.

Anyways, I must say that this new album doesn't quite measure up to last year's unbelieveable "You Should Be At Home Here" (supposedly being re-issued by Sub-Pop at some point), which is far more cohesive and consistent. "Songs About Leaving" is more disjointed and hit-or-miss, but when it hits, as it does on songs like "September..." and "The Piano Song", it's their best work yet. Also lacking on this is the occasional super-tight, upbeat pop songs that appeared on their last two albums: this one is pretty much sad and slow to the bone. Still, I highly recommend it, and since it's their first (relatively) easy to find album, it's the perfect place to start.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If there was a symbol for my jaw dropping, I'd use it, November 7, 2002

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Jason Lyon (Chattanooga, Tennessee United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs About Leaving (Audio CD)

Just amazing. The cd hits knocks you down from the opening and keeps you down with songs like "so you wanna be a superhero" & "the piano song". The lyrics strech from long and brooding like "my life is full of whats not here / i'll fly away and save myself / i'll make you proud someday / to bad i wont be around to see your face" to short and sweet as in The Piano Song "you found relief somewhere between the tree & its shade / when you go away / heaven's a distance / not a place". The songs are written by someone in a horrible situation, for someone in a horrible situation whether it be loneliness, a breakup, or the like. I highly recommend this cd to anyone with an open mind and a love of well written lyrics.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars !!!, December 25, 2006

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sleepingoffsummer "Trav" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs About Leaving (Audio CD)

With music that sounds like it was intricately recorded in an abandoned buliding, and vocals that rarely go above a whipser, how can one go wrong? You can't. When it comes to this particular brand of indie rock, 'songs about leaving' triumphs like no other. Think of a less-upbeat christie front drive combined with the American analog set with some healthy Low and Slowdive influences mixed in. But this record is still so much more.