The Veil
Self-Released, 2022
8/10
The esteemed singer-songwriter Edie Carey returns with an 11th album, where she continues her rich and timeless song craft with themes of love, life and longing.
Carey puts the title track in the lead off position, where her very expressive pipes guide the soft, mysterious intimacy, and “The Old Me” follows with mesmerizing acoustic guitar alongside light drumming as a very poetic delivery unfolds with much beauty.
Moving along, the warm piano of “The Day You Were Born” helps cultivate a very heartfelt, emotive presence, as does the vivid storytelling of the piano ballad “Teacher”, which builds into a fuller, lush version of Americana.
Approaching the end, “Who I Was” offers a textured and powerful display of Carey’s soaring vocals, and “You’re Free” exits the listen with gentle acoustic guitar to accompany the eloquent singing.
Carey actually had aspirations to be a doctor, but her path towards music has kept her quite busy for 20+ years now, which is great for us, cause she’s making some very thoughtful and memorable indie-folk.
Travels well with: Amy Speace- Tucson; Jonatha Brooke- The Sweetwater Sessions