The For Carnation

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Louisville, United States (1994 – present)

The For Carnation was begun in 1994 by Brian McMahan. A musician, songwriter, and producer from Louisville, Kentucky, his previous work with Slint, Squirrel Bait, and The Palace Brothers have been widely referenced in connection with TFC.

To date, The For Carnation have released an EP and two albums: Fight Songs (matador records, 1995); Marshmallows (Matador Records, 1996); and The For Carnation (Touch & Go Records, 2000).

Fight Songs and Marshmallows were compiled to achieve Promised Works, which was released by Runt in 1997, and then again by Touch & Go in 2007.

Musicians that have served as part of The For Carnation include Michael McMahan, Todd Cook, Bobb Bruno, Steve Goodfriend, Britt Walford, John Herndon, Doug McCombs, David Pajo, Tim Furnish, Kip McCabe, Rafe Mandell, Tim Ruth, Michael Faeth, Mark Greenberg, and Ben Vida. TFC has been graced by guest appearances from John McEntire, Rachel Haden, Kim Deal, Christian Frederickson, Noel Kupersmith, Allison Chesley, Dan Fliegel, John Weiss, Dan Bitney, and Andrew Bonacci.
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  • redevol727

    Please come back.

    8 Apr 9:16am Reply

  • the_strand

    The S/T is as good as anything Slint ever released.

    21 Mar 6:58am Reply

  • elmer445

    God I love this band. Anyone know if There's Something on your Mind was available as a free download on last.fm? Can't find it anywhere but websites say it was. Any help locating it much appreciated. Cheers

    2 Mar 6:31pm Reply

  • Paynomindtous

    always forget how awesome this is [2]

    18 Feb 5:03pm Reply

  • fluoxetine20mg

    always forget how awesome this is

    31 Jan 3:07am Reply

  • anawynn

    <3

    17 Nov 2012 Reply

  • substancex

    Selling my vinyl of the S/T is one of my biggest regrets ever. The crackling and surface noise perfectly complemented the hushed spooky vibe of the album, and the CD version just sounds wrong to me without it.

    31 Oct 2012 Reply

  • substancex

    I'd rank their self titled almost as high as Slint's "Spiderland". It's impossible for me to listen to either album without flashing back to the beautifully bleak autumns that I spent listening to them in the middle of the night while drunk.

    31 Oct 2012 Reply

  • josefaflores

    this is really nice. Throw me to another planet.

    21 Oct 2012 Reply

  • ElNuevoPure

    fucking Moonbeams

    22 May 2012 Reply

  • niachas

    Rodan rules!!!

    22 Mar 2012 Reply

  • crackityjones92

    Nice project but i prefer Slint by far :)

    20 Mar 2012 Reply

  • naturalway

    awesome concept, i'm starting to love it

    29 Feb 2012 Reply

  • Koyo123

    At thecowman: I've been listening to this band for years, and never figured that out. I always figured that the "carnation" had something to do with "carnal"; never realized how close I was.

    28 Jan 2012 Reply

  • Martinoilchino

    after the old polvos, the best ever!!!! still my favorits til 2012!!!

    23 Jan 2012 Reply

  • EndsWithTheSea

    pretty fucking amazing

    13 Oct 2011 Reply

  • GordonGilbert

    This.... is the good shit.

    19 Apr 2011 Reply

  • thecowman

    (For HeadlessClown) The For Carnation is a play on 'the fornication' which means fuck. New song 'There's Something on Your Mind' up now.

    8 Sep 2010 Reply

  • tkdcoach

    underrated! Love this stuff.

    5 Sep 2010 Reply

  • HeadlessClown

    Good, but what the fuck is their name supposed to mean? It doesn't even sound like proper English.

    25 Aug 2010 Reply
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