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This NZ Music Month, Carb on Carb will release their third album Take Time and head out on a 10-date lap of Australasia. Today they release of the third and final single from the album, ‘I Know The End 2‘.

Carb on Carb are a product of many places. In the band’s lifetime they have been based in 4 cities and played in at least 70. Recorded at the now demolished Munki Studios in Wellington, the band’s first and self-titled album was “noisy and heartfelt, bridging the gap between 1990s emo bands like Rainer Maria and current counterparts like Waxahatchee” (Mess + Noise). Relentless touring won over fans across Australasia and the band temporarily relocated to Australia. This time away drew the band’s focus back to home with their celebrated second album For Ages; an extended love letter to NZ, with “soaring vocals, a guitar tone warm as a woollen blanket, mathy lead bits, ever changing dynamics and crash cymbals that wash over you like the ocean…as good an emo release as you will hear anywhere this year” (4ZZZ).

Their third album Take Time (out May 17th) on the other hand was written entirely at home and ruminates on time; looking forward and backward to triangulate the right place to be in the present. “Heart-swelling” (Undertheradar.co.nz) album opener ‘2009‘ began at the start, a song with “fuzzy guitars and an explosive chorus line” (Rolling Stone AU) about the unrestrained nights with friends on dark city streets that were a genesis of the band. This third single ‘I Know The End 2‘, also the album closer, looks the other way and sees a rare appearance of drummer James on lead vocal. The spare verses lilt towards the eventual crusher of a chorus, considering possible ends and how to deal with them. Like a conversation with a good friend, ‘I Know The End 2‘ is raw and embracing.

The album release tour will see the band visit 5 cities in each country and link up with old friends/new band Sun Run for 3 of the Australian dates. ‘I Know The End 2‘ is out now, with Take Time following on May 17th. Take Time LPs can be pre-ordered now via bandcamp (everywhere), Flying Out (NZ), 19th Nervous Breakdown (AU) and Salinas Records (US).

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