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S. Carey with White Hinterland

While many are familiar with the cabin mythology of Bon Iver, the story behind S. Carey joining the band is equally kismet. After hearing through mutual friends that Justin Vernon was looking to put together a band, he spent two weeks in his bedroom listening to "For Emma, Forever Ago" on Myspace, dissecting and learning the drum and vocal parts so well that Justin invited him to join the band upon Sean's approach. S. Carey's solo debut, "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. Minimalist electronic popsters White Hinterland knocked our socks off when they rolled through Portland last summer with their live looping, electronic and acoustic percussion, and kaleidoscopic sound.