Carissa’s Wierd Announce First New Album In 25 Years

If you went to a lot of warehouse shows in the early '00s, you were probably familiar with Carissa's Wierd, a band who made music way too beautiful for their surroundings. Back then, it was totally normal to walk into a punk-house basement and hear soul-transporting folk-rock harmonies. Now, in retrospect, Carissa's Wierd feels more like a strange little miracle, so it's great to see that they're about to return with their first new album in a quarter-century.Jenn Champion and Mat Brookes started Carissa's Wierd in Tucson in the mid-'90s, then relocated to Seattle after touring with Modest Mouse. They developed a gorgeously considered slowcore sound and added a couple of new members, including teenage drummer Ben Bridwell. Carissa's Wierd released three albums and then broke up in 2003. Jenn Champion went on to form the duo S and then to release a series of underrated solo records. Brookes and Bridwell started Band Of Horses, and then Brookes left that band and formed Grand Archives. Carissa's Wierd reissued their catalog and played a reunion show in 2010, and they released the one-off single "Tucson" a year later. They've been playing shows again recently, and now they've announce...