I stumbled across a great musician a few weeks ago and Jo's latest post about Iron & Wine's new album reminded me of it. Sean Carey, who is the man behind the music of S.Carey, is an amazing musician that excels in the realm of percussion and vocals. He is a native of Wisconsin, studied classical percussion at the University of Wisconsin, and is a lover of jazz percussion. There is great likelihood that you have never heard of him, but there is a pretty good chance you have heard him. This is due to the fact that he joined the band Bon Iver near the the time of its creation and performed as the drummer and backup vocals. So if you've heard Bon Iver, you've heard Sean Carey.
His debut album, All We Grow, was began in 2008 during hiatuses while on tour with Bon Iver. It was released in August of 2010, and was the result of experimentation rather than an intent to create a solo album. The song I chose is titled "In the Dirt" and I love it due to the interesting use/combo of instruments, but mostly for the piano and his vocals, but also mostly cause it's just great. The rest of the album is pretty solid as well and it reminds me of my favorite parts of Bon Iver, but with a touch of electronic in some songs and more instrumental in others.With that said, this song is powerful and amazing, so enjoy.
Don't drink and drive.
And by stumbled across you mean Jo told me about.. Minor detail.
ReplyDeleteummm, you sure didn't, but nice try.
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