Carley’s Wreck and Ruin Release Debut Single ‘In My Time of Dying’
‘In My Time of Dying’, a haunting traditional gospel-blues song, first recorded by Blind Willie Johnson almost a hundred years ago in 1927. It's been done by many artists over the years, perhaps most famously Led Zeppelin and also Bob Dylan.
“I hope you enjoy us channelling the raw spirit of the song – part gospel, part blues, part primal howl into the void!”
The music is the stripped-back, beat-up brainchild of Jo Carley (vocals, mandolin, washboard, percussion, keys) and Tim Carley (battered archtop guitar, rattlin' shoe, kick drum, distorted vintage amps, backing vocals and bass). Together, they’ve forged what they call “trashy roots on junkyard instruments — raw, rhythmic, and possessed by something older than rock ’n’ roll itself.”
It was recorded between the band’s Voodoo Shack and The Crunch Studios in Great Yarmouth.
‘In My Time Of Dying’ will be available as a limited edition CD and digital download exclusively from the band’s online store and Bandcamp page!
DOWNLOAD – https://carleyswreckandruin.bandcamp.com
The duo’s debut single “In My Time of Dying” (with accompanying video) is out now. It’s the first in a series of singles building to a debut album in 2026.
Single Details
Single: ‘In My Time Of Dying’
Release Date: 23rd September 2025
Label: Voodoo Shack Records
Recorded: The Voodoo Shack and The Crunch
Mixed / Mastered: Jason Baldock at The Crunch
Catalogue Number: OHR007CD
File Under: Blues / Alternative
Website: www.wreckandruin.uk
For fans of: Blues, Trashy Roots Music, Trash Blues, Punk Gospel, Old Time Music, Rock n Roll and more
Band Members
Jo Carley – Vocals, Washboard, Percussion and Keys
Tim Carley – Battered Archtop Guitar and Distorted Vintage Amps, Kick, Rattlin' Shoe, Backing Vocals, Percussion and Bass
About Carley’s Wreck and Ruin
A British blues duo with a dark, unmistakable edge. Primitive and raw – Blues Trash from the underworld!
Blending gritty blues with trashy roots, their influences range from 1930’s Delta Blues, through to the gospel fire of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the occult style of Black Sabbath, the theatrics of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, the witchy glamour of Stevie Nicks, the spiritual side of Robert Plant, the Rock n Roll splendour of Wanda Jackson, and the guitars of Rockabilly and Punk – all blended together with the constant echoes of old-timey Country and British Folk that creep in through the cracks into the speakers.
Jo and Tim met through a shared obsession with live music and a lifelong love of the strange, folk horror and the occult. Destined (or maybe cursed) to spend eternity together, making their own unholy racket seemed the answer to the question nobody was asking.
Their journey has led them back in time to the gritty sounds of early blues, where they found the source that inspired some of their favourite music, and from that wellspring, Carley’s Wreck and Ruin was born.
Before Wreck and Ruin, Jo and Tim spent nearly a decade touring the UK and Europe with their band Jo Carley & The Old Dry Skulls, developing their own dark roots style and building a loyal underground following.
It was during this time they left London for the windswept east coast, settling in a crooked shack by the sea — affectionately dubbed “The Voodoo Shack.”
They’re proud to be joining Reverend Beat-Man for select dates on his UK tour in December 2025, bringing their gritty, possessed live show to new stages.
