The Veil by Edie Carey

ABOUT THE VEIL:

I wrote the title track of this record in January of 2020, a week after my kids and I were in a serious car accident and about two months before COVID closed down the world. In one verse of that song "the veil" refers to the thin shroud of security we want to believe we have between us and danger and how disturbing it is when that shroud is suddenly torn away. I soon noticed other forms the veil theme took in songs I'd already written and ones I wrote as the pandemic carried on: the wedding veil and the intricacies of marriage, the painfully thin barrier between life and death, the blindspots which keep us from seeing ourselves and others clearly, and the opaque space between who we are now and who we've been. These songs belong together and I could never have created them this way at any other time. In this moment when our country (our world) feels deeply divided and we all feel pretty weary, I hope these songs bring a measure of healing and reconnection, and, most of all, I hope they move you.
With love and gratitude,
xo Edie
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PRAISE FOR THE VEIL:

"One of the best CDs of the year..."
- Americana Highways

"Carey's 11th album is a direct hit to the solar plexus...Carey has always had more talent than her national profile would suggest, and if this new work doesn’t raise that profile exponentially, there’s simply no justice left in the Americana genre."
-The Independent

"Carey’s voice has never sounded better...hauntingly beautiful...a brilliant record."
- Maverick Magazine

"Carey pulls her heart wide open in this collection of articulate, highly personal songs...it isn’t always comfortable listening but, for those willing to persevere, the experience is a highly rewarding one."
- At The Barrier

"Six albums into her career—more if you count her various collaborations and live recordings—Edie Carey has established herself as a singer-songwriter who is apparently unafraid to get all the way into the depths of her feelings with her songwriting. Carey writes the kinds of songs that can feel like a relief to listen to, and that is because she is undeterred by vulnerability. On her latest album, The Veil, she unpacks thoughts and feelings about family: making it, holding it, struggling with it, cherishing it."
-Why We Write with Kim Ruehl (Folk Alley Podcast)

"A song to mother you, to lift up those nurturing relationships that have the power to re-center us all."
- Folk Alley on "Rise" (off The Veil)

"Written pre- and pan-Covid, The Veil is the latest album from Colorado singer-songwriter Edie Carey who made her recording debut some twenty-five years ago. There is pain here and beauty too, and contemplation of the solitude of the pandemic, all wrapped up in country music played by a very fine band." - Rock 'n Reel (UK)

Tracklist

1.	The Veil	4:17

2.	The Old Me	3:28

3.	The Chain	4:28

4.	I Know This	4:26

5.	Rise	3:42

6.	The Day You Were Born	3:22

7.	Teacher	3:29

8.	All That Space	4:21

9.	Georgia	3:09

10.	The Cypress And The Oak	4:25

11.	Who I Was	5:28

12.	You're Free	3:04

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released June 3, 2022

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