New Speck Mountain Film Collaboration, Unreleased Track, & Tour Dates

Ready for some more Speck Mountain? Following up on their most recent release Badwater (Carrot Top Records), Speck Mountain return with a new film collaboration for the album's title track and a new non-LP track Lies. A full slew of tour dates are also coming up including New York, Chicago, Seattle, and LA!

Renowned French culture and fashion magazine Purple premiered the film collaboration of Speck Mountain x Jem Goulding x Gael Foucher. They share a heartbreaking story about collaborator Gael Foucher and the process of how this film came together. Watch the video below. Read the full story here.

"A symbolic song sent to [Jem] Goulding by Speck Mountain...making the project one of fated synchronicity and the unknown." - Purple

Culture heavy-hitter PaperMag premiered a new, non-LP Speck Mountain track called Lies. The track will be available on iTunes later this week. Listen below!

"We're happy to unveil non-LP b-side Lies, which pulls off the old Velvet Underground trick (perhaps derived from Indian raga) of building tension between a battering-ram bassline and a one-note high-end drone." - PaperMag





Upcoming tour dates:

April 20 @ Reckless Records RECORD STORE DAY, Wicker Park, 2pm, FREE | Chicago, IL
April 26 @ Cameo Gallery w/ Lazyeyes and WIM | Brooklyn, NY
May 12 @ Zoo Bar | Lincoln, NE
May 13 @ The Wonder Bar | Casper, WY
May 14 @ Ole Beck VFW Post 209 | Missoula, MT
May 15 @ Sunset Tavern | Seattle, WA
May 16 @ Electric Owl | Vancouver, BC
May 17 @ Le Voyeur | Olympia, WA
May 18 @ The Den | Tacoma, WA
May 19 @ Valentines | Portland, OR
May 22 @ Hemlock Tavern | San Francisco, CA
May 23 @ Bootleg Bar | Los Angeles, CA
May 25 @ Permanent Records In-Store, FREE | Los Angeles, CA
May 26 @ The Lost Leaf | Phoenix, AZ
May 28 @ GNU Experience Gallery | Fort Collins, CO
May 29 @ Merchant Mile High | Denver, CO
May 30 @ Barley Street Tavern | Omaha, NE
June 3 @ Millennium Park w/ Sharon Van Etten | Chicago, IL

KEXP Music that Matters #350 :: Speck Mountain "Badwater"

If you're an avid listener of KEXP Music That Matters podcast, you may have noticed that Speck Mountain Badwater is featured up top as track #2! It's a solid playlist this week including Kinski, Bleached, Marnie Stern, and more. These tunes certainly do matter, and we hope you love them as much as we do!

Keep a lookout for a Badwater video collaboration with Jem Goulding & Gael Foucher that will premiere later this week.

Order the LP or CD of Badwater here.

Upcoming tour dates:
April 20 | Chicago, IL | Record Store Day @ Reckless Records Wicker Park | 2pm, FREE
April 26 | Brooklyn, NY | Cameo Gallery w/ Lazy Eyes and Modern Rivals
May 15 | Seattle, WA | Sunset Tavern
May 17 | Olympia, WA | Le Voyeur
May 22 | San Francisco, CA | Hemlock Tavern
May 23 | Los Angeles, CA | Bootleg Bar
May 25 | Los Angeles, CA | Permanent Records In-Store FREE
May 29 | Denver, CO | Merchants Mile High
June 3 | Chicago, IL | Millennium Park w/ Sharon Van Etten!

Carrot Top Records bands showcase at Millennium Park

The announcement today of the summer Downtown Sound series at Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavillion brings great news for Carrot Top Records! Speck Mountain kicks off the summer with Sharon Van Etten on June 3rd, and The Handsome Family will be celebrating their new release Wilderness by playing a free show with Azita on July 22nd.

Full Downtown Sound Schedule
Mondays, 6:30pm (headliners first)

May 27: Lee Ranaldo Band, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog

June 3: Sharon Van Etten, Speck Mountain

June 10: An evening with Glen Hansard featuring Lisa Hannigan and members of the Frames

June 17: Daniel Lanois, Brokeback

June 24: Carolina Chocolate Drops, Angela James

July 1: Lee Fields & the Expressions, Theo Huff & the Platinum Band

July 8: Dawes, the Cairo Gang

July 15: Fatoumata Diawara, Alasdair Roberts and friends

July 22: The Handsome Family, Azita

July 29: Dessa, Psalm One

Sharon Van Etten pre-order and ticket giveaway!

Sharon Van Etten's new album, Tramp, comes out 2/7 on Jagjaguwar & saki is offering a pretty crazy deal for pre-orders! First, all pre-orders are 15% off! Just pay in advance and pick up the record on or after 2/7. In addition to the pre-order discount, we also have a pair of tickets for each of Sharon's shows at Lincoln Hall on 2/16 and 2/17! The first two customers to order will be put on the guest list for the night of their choice (with a +1! In addition to all of this, we'll also have a limited number of Sharon Van Etten promo 7"s and posters to give away with purchase. If you pre-order, you'll get your poster and 7" when you pick up your record.

We love Sharon Van Etten and we're so excited to offer this promotion for all of you! Don't miss out. Come pre-order Tramp right away!

The guest list spots for this show have been claimed, but you can still pre-order the CD or LP at 15% off!