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The debut album from S. Carey, All We Grow, is the result of a young lifetime spent immersed in music. As a band member of Bon Iver from the very beginning, Sean Carey endured a flip of his formal training to step firmly into a worldwide-touring rock band. His performance degree in classical percussion from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire and his love for jazz drumming prepared him for a central role in the inspiring force of the Bon Iver live show.

All We Grow is a convergence of Carey’s Waltz For Debbie 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.

For as much room to breathe as Carey allows his compositions, there are incredibly dynamic moments of bombast held right next to moments of subtle depth and texture. Engineered by Jaime Hansen and Brian Joseph, intermittently at home and at April Base (Justin Vernon’s studio outside Eau Claire), All We Grow is an all-encompassing headphone experience as intimate as chamber music and as ambitious as a symphony.
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  • RivalGary

    ily

    25 Nov 2012 Reply

  • hazebass7

    Hoyas differs so much from All We Grow, but I love it regardless

    8 Nov 2012 Reply

  • traktorzystka

    can't stop listening... one of my favourite albums <3

    17 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Daxo_30

    * - *

    18 Sep 2012 Reply

  • KuriousBanana

    Dosva is 100% correct.

    17 Sep 2012 Reply

  • addictedtoramen

    LOVE move...with ALL my heart

    17 Aug 2012 Reply

  • GeovaniRocha

    Que doçura. *-*

    9 Aug 2012 Reply

  • Dosva

    I find it interesting that people tend to get so upset when an artist changes their sound significantly. Though it isn't the same as the album that made you fall in love with his music, doesn't mean that it's a wrong direction. I really think people should try to enjoy new directions of artist more openly, enjoy it for what it is, not based on how it scales to early albums of a completely different style... Maybe that's just me.

    7 Aug 2012 Reply

  • Final_Whistle

    Recently heard him and already hooked!

    11 Jul 2012 Reply

  • Ryantalope

    Beautiful stuff!

    6 Jul 2012 Reply

  • LuisManuu

    Beatiful music :)

    13 Jun 2012 Reply

  • neau

    Scarey

    7 Jun 2012 Reply

  • casablanca

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    14 May 2012 Reply

  • niklaskrueger

    Hoyas is excellent! It sounds completely different than All We Grow, of course, because he's trying to achieve a new sound and a whole new dimension with using electronic instruments what he really proved within this project. Give it a try, folks.

    12 May 2012 Reply

  • FrenchBeekeeper

    Completely agree with you goncalomira...

    26 Apr 2012 Reply

  • goncalomira

    Sean, you're going the wrong way. Hoyas is miles away from All We Grow.

    26 Apr 2012 Reply

  • thiagokunz

    This is my favorite artist ever! I'm so curious to hear more of your musical thinking in another album. Please!

    13 Apr 2012 Reply

  • framo58

    the session with Bon iver in 4AD is so cool!

    11 Apr 2012 Reply

  • MaarikaTalja

    Can't really find the right words to describe your beautiful music. :)

    10 Apr 2012 Reply

  • zaraki38

    From Astronautalis' FB: "started a new band this week with my friends Arson Only, S. Carey, and Bon Iver...already finished tracking for the album. so excited about this." !!!

    7 Apr 2012 Reply
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