In Carissa's Wierd, Jenn Ghetto and Mat Brooke traded bar-stool confessions over aching, sparsely orchestrated slowcore, each singing in barely more than a whisper, lyrics over-lapping, leaning on ...

You may know Josh Strawn through his work in current projects Azar Swan and Vaura but he was also an integral part of WIERD and, before that, a fan of the music. Strawn has played the weekly party ...

After breaking up in 2003, Carissa’s Wierd reunited for a couple of 2011 shows, and that’s about the last we heard from them (although individual members have remained active, including Jenn Champion, ...

It's not an insult to suggest that Carissa's Wierd was born to be an also-ran: A raggedy Seattle outfit with an intentional misspelling in its name, the group broke up in 2003 after a string of albums ...

Zero confidence. Poor decision-making. Unpredictable performance. Obstinate independence. Torrents of booze. This is not the story of your teenage life. This is the story of Carissa’s Wierd, Seattle’s ...

Call it musical archaeology: Seattle’s alt-folk missing link made a rare appearance Friday night as a (mostly) reunited Carissa’s Wierd played their first show in seven years to an adoring Showbox ...

Of course, it took more than a deer’s demise to derail Carissa’s Wierd, the super-slow, highly emotional band that spawned Band of Horses, Grand Archives, Sera Cahoone, and S. They officially called ...

Hardly Art completes its roundup of the work of this formative Pac NW band, which went on to help birth Band of Horses and Grand Archives. Save this story Save this story As of this writing, the ...