Join S. Carey in celebrating the release of his new EP, Watercress, out Oct. 3 via Jagjaguwar. Joined by a talented band of longtime friends and collaborators, S. Carey will premiere never-before-played songs from the EP and classic favorites, reflecting on a beautiful year of touring and studio work.

There’s a cool, clean strum that introduces “Watercress.” An immediately noticeable shift in mood from the last time we checked in with S. Carey. He was heavy-hearted on 2022’s “Break Me Open”—crestfallen and reckoning after a big love lost. And so, “Watercress” sets us off with the ringing of hard-won hope. It is in fact only in the clear, shallow waters that watercress grows. And these are the very places that Sean Carey the human being returns to again and again—to fish, to reflect, and to grow. Seasons have passed over and he’s spent time healing in the water, flowing and still. The pieces have been collected and reassembled. Of course, there’s always gonna be a wistful quality to S. Carey’s music. But here, it’s the bright, crisp October morning kind of wistful.

Band Members:
Sean Carey
Ben Lester
Jeremy Boettcher
Zach Hanson
Casey Foubert

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In addition to being the longest-standing member of Justin Vernon's Bon Iver—and collaborating with Dylan Bizhikiins Jennings and Joe Rainey on the project Bizhiki—S. Carey is prolific in his own right. Beginning with 2010’s All We Grow, his four albums and some epic EPs have all been, in ways both overt and subtle, naturalistic explorations of landscapes of the heart and of the real world, each crafted with the patience of a true fisherman and the acumen of a folk-jazz phenom.