carbon poppies

Hailing from Lafayette, LA, these songsters joined up to record their self-titled 7-track EP, which marries ’60s pop duets with lo-fi indie folk and ’70s punk rock. The Carbon Poppies create an alternate version of music history—Mickey and Sylvia or Patience and Prudence time traveling to experiment with vocal processors and flew to New Zealand to record for Flying Nun Records. They sound of talented, pop-cultured musicians whose admirations are employed but ultimately overtaken by the irrepressible charm of their own melody-making, a sound that is as saturated, grainy, and nostalgia-inducing as photos of yesterdays valentines.