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  1. Murieta’s Last Ride

  2. These Wicked Things

  3. Bad Motel

  4. Just a Lost, Lost Dream

  5. Crow Killer

  6. Gone, Gone, Gone

  7. The Girl From the West Country

  8. Rosita (tango)

  9. The Key

  10. All the Pretty Horses

  11. Rosita (huapango)

  12. Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came

  13. The Evening Redness in the West

  14. The Last Man (Is Anybody Out There?)

  15. Long Way Home

These Wicked Things

Release Date: March 22, 2019 Innova Records

Produced by Brian Carpenter
All music and lyrics by Brian Carpenter
Recorded by Rafi Sofer at Q Division, Somerville MA
Vocals and strings recorded by Bryce Goggin at Trout Recording, Brooklyn NY
Stephen Ulrich and Jacob Valenzuela recorded by Chris Schultz at Wavelab, Tucson MA

Mixed by Craig Schumacher at Wavelab, Tucson AZ and Rafi Sofer at Q Division, Somerville MA
Mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering, Ventura CA

Artwork by Danijel Zezelj
Layout and design by Maricar/Maricor

Beat Circus
Brian Carpenter, vocals, harmonica, piano, bells, trumpet, jawharp, turntables
Andrew Stern, guitar, baritone guitar, acoustic guitar
Alec Spiegelman, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, flute, backing vocals
Abigale Reisman, violin, backing vocals
Emily Bookwalter, viola, backing vocals
Jordan Voelker, viola, backing vocals, saw
Paul Dilley, double bass, electric bass
Gavin McCarthy, drums

Additional musicians
Paran Amirinazari, violin
Brad Balliett, bassoon on "Crow Killer"
Catherine Bent, cello on "Crow Killer"
Quinn Carson, trombone
Ron Caswell, tuba
Bill Cole, Chinese suona on "The Evening Redness in the West"
Dana Colley, bass saxophone on "Bad Motel" and "These Wicked Things"
Tomas Cruz, backing vocals, voice of Murieta on "Rosita (huapango)"
Gita Drummond, boy's voice on "Childe Roland"
Adam Sachs, hand percussion
Jane Scarpantoni, cello
Stephen Ulrich, lap steel on "The Last Man (Is There Anybody Out There?)"
Jacob Valenzuela, mariachi trumpet on "Rosita (huapango)"