don’t despair, don’t you dare

♫ S. Carey – In The Dirt

That beautiful album photo on the right is the cover to Sean Carey’s debut LP, All We Grow, which will be out in September. You have never heard of S. Carey before but you have definitely heard him. A long time buddy of Justin Vernon (and also hailing from Eau Claire, Wisconsin) he has been Bon Iver’s drummer ever since there was a full band to drum in. Carey is now setting out on his own for and the results are so far marvelous. I would be lying if I tried to pretend that it wasn’t similar to Bon Iver’s music. The layered floaty vocals, the drifting piano work, the general mood of longing and loss, all these things smack of his day job, however I am just fine with that. Let’s just call it “The Eau Claire Sound” and get on with basking in it’s beauty.

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