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Crawling for Carrion Premiere Townes Van Zandt Cover “Rake”; Debut EP Rake and Roads out Nov. 9

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Go ahead and take the title of Crawling for Carrion‘s debut EP, Rake and Roads, literally. It’s comprised of two songs, one is “Rake” and the other is “Roads.” Both are covers — of Townes Van Zandt and Portishead, respectively — and both are given a heavy treatment intended to mirror the emotional and atmospheric weight already embedded in them. The rearrangement of “Rake” is premiering now at the bottom of this post, and preorders for the release are up through Giganto Records ahead of its Nov. 9 arrival.

I suppose when you feature in as many bands as Chris WestTrippy Wicked and the Cosmic Children of the Knight (who were way ahead of the UK underground’s silly-moniker arms race), Stubb, Landskap, Named by the Sun, Groan for a hot minute, Glanville, etc. — you make a few friends along the way, and as he handles guitar and bass and directs the arrangements, West is joined by members of Stubb, Wight and Vodun, as well as former(?) Trippy Wicked bandmate Peter Holland, now also of Elephant Tree. On “Rake,” it’s Grave Lines‘ Jake Harding on vocals and Thomas Kurek of Wight on drums, and the groove elicited from the Townes Van Zandt original — which should also be well familiar to Scott Kelly and/or Wino fans — gives a new angle from which to view its lyrical narrative.

Giganto Records is West‘s own label, and he by and large records his own work, so there’s really nothing stopping this new project from fleshing out in any number of directions. Blondie by way of doom? Could happen.

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Crawling for Carrion Rake and Roads

Rake and Roads is the first in a series of releases from Crawling for Carrion. The UK-based project is spearheaded by multi-instrumentalist Chris West (Landskap, Trippy Wicked, etc.), and reinterprets “Rake” by Townes Van Zandt and “Roads” by Portishead with an eye toward bringing out an inner heaviness that’s been there all along.

Releasing through his own Giganto Records and handling production, bass and guitar, West is joined by a rotating cast in Crawling for Carrion. Jake Harding (Grave Lines) handles vocals and Thomas Kurek (Wight) drums for “Rake,” while drums on “Roads” were played by Pete Holland (Elephant Tree), and vocals helmed by Chantal Brown (Vodun) and lead guitar by Tom Hobson (Stubb). Rake and Roads will be issued as individual lathe cut 10” records and only available on a preorder basis. The sleeves will be individually printed and numbered by artist Emmett Casley from a linocut.

Chris West launched Giganto Records in 2017 as a platform to release music that he writes and records himself under various names. Best known for playing in Stubb and Trippy Wicked & the Cosmic Children of the Knight, in recent years he has also played with Landskap, Glanville and Named by the Sun.

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Crawling for Carrion, “Rake” official track premiere

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One Response to “Crawling for Carrion Premiere Townes Van Zandt Cover “Rake”; Debut EP Rake and Roads out Nov. 9”

  1. Ben Cook says:

    Holy fuck this good. I love TVZ, and this really honors his legacy.

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