There are some emails that immediately pique my interest. The first kind are those that I keep getting from Minnie Mouse asking me if we could hook up. I don’t answer these, mind you… I just put them in a folder called “To be used when you’re REALLY frikkin’ horny” because A) Mickey’s my bro and I can’t do that to him and B) I know that Donald Duck’s been wanting to tap that and I can’t do that to Donald.
The second of these emails are the ones that include the words Bon Iver. This time, though, the email wasn’t so much about Bon Iver… it was about a member of the group, Sean Carey, who is set to release his first solo record, All We Grow, on August 24th.
Here is a snippit of the press release for All We Grow:
All We Grow is a convergence of Carey’s Waltz For Debby-era Bill Evans inflected jazz tendencies, and traditional rock band experience, taking leads from Mark Hollis’ Talk Talk. It also retests the waters of modern classical composition, investigating the moodiness generated by percussive repetition in a manner familiar to fans of Steve Reich. In his downtime on tour with Bon Iver, Sean would spend time pining for his soul-mate’s arms, and in that context, dreaming and composing. During infrequent tour breaks at home he would patiently record these pieces, adding layers each time. Two years later, the parts converged to make an album.
The sample track, “In the Dirt,” sounds exactly as you’d expect based on the press release. There are layers upon layers of rhythms, repetition, and a sense of incohesiveness that somehow is the glue that holds it all together. It’s really an interesting rhythmic exercise, one that I’ve been now playing for the past 20 minutes.
Take a listen, but I highly recommend headphones for this experience. It’s so easy to get lost in this composition… it’s a bit different, but that’s never a bad thing. I look forward to hearing the rest of the album.
You can follow Sean Carey at Twitter here, and check him out on MySpace here.
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So glad you're back to writing!
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