Carla Bozulich
Visceral, grit-flecked songs that bridge the gap between avant-garde noise and alt-country. Raw emotional intensity for listeners who prefer the edges to the center.
Visceral, grit-flecked songs that bridge the gap between avant-garde noise and alt-country. Raw emotional intensity for listeners who prefer the edges to the center.
Carla Bozulich makes music that feels like a physical confrontation. It is a sound rooted in the dirt of American country music but shattered by the industrial noise and experimental impulses of the Los Angeles underground. Her voice is a remarkable instrument: raspy, commanding, and capable of shifting from a vulnerable whisper to a terrifying, soul-purging howl in a single breath. It is the sound of someone who has seen everything and isn't afraid to describe the wreckage.
What truly sets her apart is her refusal to settle into a single lane. Whether she is deconstructing a Willie Nelson classic or leading the sprawling, improvisational collective of Evangelista, there is a consistent thread of 'country feedback.' She uses dissonance and noise not as a gimmick, but as an emotional vocabulary to express things that a standard melody cannot reach. The production often feels tactile and lived-in, incorporating field recordings and suitcase-studio textures that give the music a nomadic, restless quality.
For those new to her world, the Evangelista project is the definitive starting point for her experimental era, offering a dense, dark, and ultimately rewarding immersion into her psyche. If you want to hear how she bridges the gap between tradition and subversion, her reimagining of Red Headed Stranger is a masterclass in artistic bravery. This is music for the late hours when you need something as honest and bruised as you feel.
Carla Ragin Bozulich (born December 24, 1965) is an American musician based in Los Angeles, known as the lead singer, lyricist and founder of The Geraldine Fibbers and Evangelista as well as a founding member of Ethyl Meatplow and Scarnella. The Geraldine Fibbers recorded two albums for Virgin Records. Their first album (Lost Somewhere Between The Earth And My Home) was described as "...a Country Feedback Masterpiece" by Vice. Bozulich's Evangelista project began in 2006. The album was under her own name and titled Evangelista. The album was released by Montreal, Quebec-based Constellation Records and was that label's first release by a non-Canadian artist. In 2007, The Sunday Times called Evangelista "...a vivid inner darkness which shames rock's weeping millionaires." On the albums Hello, Voyager (2008), Prince of Truth (2009) and In Animal Tongue (2011), Bozulich adopted Evangelista as a project name. Some consistent members include bassist Tara Barnes, keyboardist/sampler Dominic Cramp, guitarist Nels Cline, violinist Jessica Moss, organist Nadia Moss, drummer Ches Smith, multi-instrumentalist and co-producer Shahzad Ismaily. Various members of Godspeed! You Black Emperor contributed to arranging, recording and additional collaborative songwriting. The line-up of Evangelista changes each time they play or record. The Hello, Voyager album features 14 musicians over various pieces. In 2014, Constellation released Boy, under Bozulich's name, as solo artist. Her most recent album with Constellation, Quieter was released in May 2018 and is a compilation of previously unreleased recordings. Bozulich has also been involved in other projects, including collaborations with Francesco Guerri, Noveller/Sarah Lipstate and Devin Sarno.
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