Complete Strangers

by Vetiver

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1.	Stranger Still 07:00	buy track
2.	From Now On 03:18	buy track
3.	Current Carry 03:54	buy track
4.	Confiding 04:01	buy track
5.	Backwards Slowly 04:48	buy track
6.	Loose Ends 03:28	buy track
7.	Time Flies By 03:14	buy track
8.	Edgar 06:22	buy track
9.	Shadows Lane 03:45	buy track
10.	Last Hurrah 03:33	buy track

about

Vetiver is what I’ve been calling my songs and recordings since about 2003 or so. I live in San Francisco, have since 1998. My touring band and the musicians I’ve recorded with over the years are always changing, though many friends and players have stayed with me over albums and tours. The one constant has been Thom Monahan who has engineered and co-produced every Vetiver album. Thom lives in L.A., where most of Complete Strangers was recorded.
The album came together slowly over demos at my home in San Francisco and quick trips to L.A., continuing on with Thom at his studio. It moved in fits and starts for a couple years. Once we had the basic arrangements we jumped in the studio with Bart Davenport, Gabe Noel and Josh Adams for a few days to put down rhythm tracks. That’s when the album really took shape. Thom & I fleshed everything out with a few more musicians in San Francisco & L.A. and eventually Complete Strangers arrived.
The songs on Complete Strangers bear some resemblance to the album’s title. They share things in common but come from different places, different times. “Stranger Still” is an anthem for insomniacs, illuminating the hours when the world exceeds our grasp. “From Now On” rings out some emotional tinnitus, the moment a night runs away from you, when freedoms turn into responsibilities. The album builds around dualities, the way people pair at parties. “Current Carry” percolates with the confidence of love, while “Confiding” reveals how vulnerable we are chasing love. “Backwards Slowly” and “Edgar” are vignettes of transition, more ebb than flow. As with many of Vetiver’s better moments, sunshine is only a chord away from melancholy. An introspective lyric underlies an extroverted chorus. Subtlety tries to be outgoing, loneliness familiar, in an effort to connect the dots of life’s ellipsis.
I’m still figuring the album out. It feels like someone I’ve just met yet known for a long time.
- Andy Cabic

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released March 24, 2015

Produced by Thom Monahan & Andy Cabic

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Vetiver San Francisco, California

Vetiver is the long running stage and recording name of San Francisco's Andy Cabic. Vetiver craft nuanced, understated songs that reward careful listening, building a rich duality; a space where sunshine is only a chord away from melancholy, an introspective lyric underlies an extroverted chorus and subtlety tries to be outgoing in an effort to connect the dots of life’s ellipsis. ... more

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Jun 5

The Junction Beer Garden

Mill Valley, CA
Jun 6

Ojai Valley Woman's Club

Ojai, CA
Jun 7

Scribble

Los Angeles (LA), CA
Jun 21

Woollystar Music Festival

Markleeville, CA
Jun 21

Woollystar Ranch

Markleeville, CA

discography

Up On High

Nov 2019
Complete Strangers

Mar 2015
The Errant Charm

Jun 2011
Tight Knit

Feb 2009
More Of The Past

Nov 2008
Thing Of The Past

May 2008
To Find Me Gone

May 2006
Between

Jun 2005
Vetiver

May 2004

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