ARTISTS

Saint Corsair

Lucas Carpenter & friends

Years Active: 2014-2016
Genre: Alternative / Indie Rock
Home: Brooklyn, New York / Los Angeles, California / Savannah, GA, USA
Associated Acts: Breakers, Triathalon (touring)
For Fans Of: The National, Grizzly Bear, Destroyer

Press Photos at bottom of page

Biography

Saint Corsair led and directed by Lucas Carpenter is a new age ensemble with a penchant for the past. Saint Corsair has gone through several iterations finding focus in the mix between technical, complex composition and simplistic, straightforward songwriting. The name is a nod to the holy and unholy — a saintly pirate. Always looking for lyricism with stories of the lost and reincarnate and melodies with subtle mementos, melancholy or menace.

The story of Saint Corsair was told in the preface EP ‘Velvet & Soil,’ released February 19th 2016 digitally worldwide, as well as on limited edition cassette via Furious Hooves. The songs that make up ‘Velvet & Soil’ began taking shape two years prior to its release and even their first live show, which just so happened to be at the Savannah Stopover Festival in Savannah, GA. Carpenter would record sessions whenever he returned to his home in Los Angeles, or at a studio he worked at in New York City.

Nowadays, Carpenter runs his own recording studio Outhouse Recorders based in Brooklyn, NY – specializing in recording, producing, and mixing in both analog and digital formats. They have worked with such artists as The Muckers, Triathalon, Adam Green (of The Moldy Peaches), Yumi Zouma, Snail Mail, and more.

Press & Accolades

“‘Velvet & Soil’ offers nods to acts like The National or Grizzly Bear through bright pop melodies that emerge from dark, pulsing rhythms.”
– The Blue Indian, premiere of ‘Saint Corsair’ EP

“‘Velvet & Soil seems to be a perfectly fitting name for the album. On it, the Savannah, Georgia-based band paints two seemingly contradictory sounds—one is a smooth, shimmering instrumental waltz, equally synthesized and organic, while the other is a voice whose gravelly drone draws the instruments back down to earth.”
– ThrdCoast, review of “Brushes Like A Fox.”