current_members associated_acts years_active label article_title background genre origin name
brian mcmahan slint 1994 -- present touch and go , matador the for carnation
 group_or_band slowcore , post-rock louisville , kentucky , united states the for carnation
the for carnation

the for carnation are a slowcore/post-rock band from louisville , kentucky who formed in 1994 .
the band was formed by brian mcmahan , who is the only constant group member .
mcmahan 's previous band slint hinted at the distinctive sound and sombre aesthetic he would create in the for carnation .
to date they have released two ep and one -lsb- self-titled -rsb- album : `` fight songs '' -lrb- matador records , 1995 -rrb- , `` marshmallows '' -lrb- matador , 1996 -rrb- , and `` the for carnation '' -lrb- touch and go records , 2000 -rrb- .
fight songs and marshmallows were compiled into one record , `` promised works '' , and released by runt in 1997 .
`` promised works '' was re-released by touch and go records in 2007 .
the band has included doug mccombs and johnny `` machine '' herndon of tortoise , bobb bruno of best coast , todd cook -lrb- shipping news -rrb- as well as britt walford and david pajo of slint .
they returned in december 2009 to play a show at the `` ten years of atp '' all tomorrow 's parties music festival in england .
a new track ` there 's something on your mind ' appeared as a free download on last fm in november 2009 .
