Carey - The Driver

In a distant land where the spectacles of spires and arches are equal to the fanfare of sound, the Driver fills both great halls and courtyards. Harmony stretching through the width of time, these sonic passages hold keystones made of both marble and unknown alloys. Pulsating rhythms work through thoughts as dreamlike voices convey their stories. How can written words fixate with so many facets of sound? The task is still jumbled and in process, an aural glimpse is all that can be offered.

Carey manipulates all sonic fields to defy the gravity of genres. The Driver has tethers to the mysterious early seventies tripped out beginnings of sounds, bands like Popol Vuh and albums like A Saucerful Of Secrets. This connection has seamless transformative qualities, in a blink displaying driving dreamlike rhythms of more recent bands like Stereolab. Carey effortlessly traverses styles and decades. The Driver's eight tracks spin the listener's perspective like a child on a swing. Playful buoyancy of back and forth rearranging into subtitle dizzying frenzies. The complete foray of Carey's depth gives thoughts of many musicians working together, but Dan Carey Bailey is the only person responsible. On this composition he has guest Jenn Beierle helping with vocals on some of the tracks, and mastering by Michael Potter. A small group making a flat out heavy weight contender. A thought exemplified best by side B's opening track The Dimmer The Light. A long groove of beats and rhythms perfectly balanced with vocals, this track alone assuages the spirit, providing the sonic skeletal structure similar to the title track The Driver on the first side. Diverse and fluid, this composition is worth some time in the tape deck.

Released on Already Dead Tapes and Records in a larger edition of one hundred and fifty. Currently there are only fourteen copies remaining. Last years The Great Southeastern Dissatisfaction on \\NULL|ZØNE// is completely sold out, The Driver is following on the same road very quickly.







Links
Already Dead Tapes site - facebook - bandcamp
Dan Carey Bailey - bandcamp - facebook