#carrollhood

[fyeahcarrollhood]

With your clothes off your body feels different

"Body" - Carrollhood // S/T

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Carrollhood/Halt And Catch Fire

S/T - Carrollhood

Released: Jan 12 2018

Right off the bat here is me sounding pretentious, I am recommending a band (Carrollhood) that most of you have probably never have heard of. While you may have never heard of Carrollhood you have most likely heard of the previous bands the members of this band have all been apart of. Carrollhood is made up of Tim Mctague of UnderØath, Nate Young of Anberlin and Reed Murray of Say Anything.

Now that I have listed off who all is in the band you would expect that you would be getting some sort of post-hardcore or alternative rock band, but that is far from what they are. I would describe the sound of Carrollhood on this release as Synth-Pop. The vocals are a haunting and have effects on them, while the instrumentation is mostly heavily synth driven there are moments when Tim’s guitar playing shines through and leads the music. The drums on the record are a mix of synth based samples and live drums. There is very much a darkwave and dream pop influence on this record. The record lyrically is dark and touches on themes such as questioning religion and how one is most vulnerable in the act of sex.

The record sonically fits more where Alternative music has been going in the past few years, sonically based off this record it wouldn’t be surprising to see Carrollhood playing at festivals like Coachella or Osheaga not Warped Tour where all these musicians came from. I would say normally I would recommend one song to listen to check them out but this is my first post so there is no real precedent and this album/EP is only 21 minutes long so just take the time to listen to this whole album and soak it in.

Halt And Catch Fire

AMC, Finale has aired all 4 season available on Netflix (at least in Canada)

I never watched this show when it was on air, so maybe I am part of the problem of why it eventually ended. But in my defence one of the 2 cable logins I use to watch TV does subscribe to AMC so if I had know how good it was I would have watched it. So I think right around when the finale aired my buddy Nick was tweeting how good it was so I thought maybe i’ll finally check it out. So in the month or so after the finale i watched the first 3 seasons, then in December when Netflix got season 4 I started watching it and I finished the show about an hour before I started writing this.

In reading about the show people called the show somewhat of a spiritual successor to Mad Men. After finishing it I could see why it got that comparison, It is a period piece about a business. Halt And Catch Fire is about the tech business it starts out set in 1983 in Texas and by its end in late 1994/ early 1995 it has moved its setting to Silicon Valley in California.

It was an interesting show that showed the progression of tech those 12 years through the lens of people who were running companies that were always a step behind their real life successful counterparts. Also the show has very dominant and strong female leads, which is very cool especially based off the industry it is set about and the time period probably would have not been as likely the norm. Over the course of the 4 seasons because of the writing on the show the viewer becomes attached to all the characters despite all of them being flawed and we feel for them in their success and failure. The show is easier to watch if you have a knowledge of the tech industry but anyone can identify and relate to the personal struggles of the cast.

The show has 40 episodes and on average the episodes clock in at just over 40 minutes so it’s not hard to digest. I would totally recommend this show for everyone to watch.

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@carrollhood crushing. @timmctague is an inspiring gentleman. Great to hang with @thejagecage too. #newmusic #nashville #carrollhood (at Mercy Lounge)

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START TODAY // POP UP SHOP

On February 26th the Tampa based positive-vibe brand Start Today brought it’s first pop-up shop to the public at the first live show for Tampa local band, Carrollhood, at New World Brewery in Ybor City. 

The creative sand box for Oldsmar based Merchline, the merchandiser and online fulfillment provider to apparel, design and entertainment industries (think Skrillex, Dude Perfect, Underoath and Owsla amongst others), “Start Today” has been an internal mantra of Merchline for years.

Now, working alongside Creative Brand Strategy House RIVALS//GRP, Merchline has made “Start Today” an externally facing brand representative of their beliefs and strengths as a team. Joel Cook, CCO of RIVALS//GRP, said recently “we plan to use the Start Today mantra to grow this idea, and this mantra has always been built on the idea of saying yes to challenges, and believing in yourself and always ignoring your critics. We’re working in our own creative sandbox, so there’s no expectations outside of our own vision, which creates possibilities that are limited only by our ability to execute, and Merchline and RIVALS execute like no one else in the industry. It’s exciting.”

The Start Today line shown off at the Carrollhood show was made up of of super soft 50’s singles cotton tee’s, a bomber jacket, a reflective baseball jersey, and accessories like the Mizu x Start Today thermos collaboration. The most eye catching products, however, are the ones that celebrate Tampa, including the most popular product in the offering: the TPA hat, an Ebbets Field Flannel collaboration that seems to be popping up all over the Tampa Bay area, despite the fact that it was only made for sale once at the Start Today pop up.

Keep an eye out in the future for more news from Start Today, Merchline and RIVALS, and keep saying yes.

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Underoath, Anberlin, Say Anything members perform first show as Carrollhood - News - Alternative Press

Underoath guitarist Tim Mctague, Anberlin drummer Nathan Young and Say Anything drummer Reed Murray recently performed their first show as Carrollhood. read the article: x

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Carrollhood @ New World 2.26.16 by Nicole Kibert Via Flickr: Carrollhood plays New World Brewery, Ybor City, Tampa, FL on February 26, 2016. Note: Please share, download and use these photos for non-commercial purposes but be sure to abide by the creative commons license by crediting the photos to Nicole Kibert / www.elawgrrl.com and if using online, add a link back to this page or to www.elawgrrl.com. This license does not permit commercial use. Thanks.

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I guess if scene kids from Central Florida have to grow up this is a good way to do it #carrollhood

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KNOW // CARROLLHOOD 

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