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Carson is an alternative rock band from Charlotte, North Carolina.

Career
The band started in mid 2009 with Laun, Stripicevic, and Bethea in Charlotte, North Carolina. Caudill and Couture joined shortly after in October of 2009. All the members met in high school.The band is named after Carson, the little brother of Taisha’s friend.

In the summer of 2011 the band won the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands for the 2011 Van's Warped Tour and performed in Charlotte, North Carolina on July 28 with pop rock group Automatic Loveletter.

On August 27, 2011, the band released The Carson EP which includes five original songs; Moving Forward, No Sleep November, Resilience, Heart Meet Habit, and Apparition.

On June 30, 2012, the band released their music video for their single "Keep Calm" on YouTube.

On July 30, 2012, the band played the acoustic stage for the 2012 Van's Warped Tour.

On November 27, 2012 the band released a new album titled Leap which includes the five songs from their previous album in addition to four new ones. The album was produced by AJ Perdomo and Cody Payne from The Dangerous Summer with art work done by Lee Herrera, the guitarist from the band Hrvrd. The album features a hand-drawn, aged, bearded man and generally recieved positive reviews. Carson wanted their album cover to symbolize the passage of time so the album cover represents them "growing, changing, and developing as a band over the past four years."

In January of 2013, Bethea was shown auditioning for season 12 of American Idol on Fox. She made it passed the audition stage of the competition with her rendition of Alanis Morissette's You Oughta Know. She did not make it passed Hollywood Week.

Influences
Carson finds common ground with many bands including Circa Survive, Thrice, Every Time I Die, and The Starting Line.

Critics and Fans have often compared Bethea's voice to that of Paramore's lead singer, Hayley Williams. Bethea responded positively: "the fact that music fans can so easily compare us to a band as talented and accomplished as Paramore tells us we’re on the right track."

Bethea writes all of the lyrics and melodies for the band.

Band Members

 * Taisha Bethea - lead vocals (2009 - present)
 * Peter Stipicevic - guitar (2009 - present)
 * Shaun Couture - guitar (2009 - present)
 * Spencer Caudill - bass (2009 - present)
 * Ben Laun - drums (2009 - present)

Albums

 * The Carson EP (2011)
 * Leap (2012)