Vox Humana by Patrick Carr

I didn't always sing. I've been playing guitar nearly fifteen years now, so in some ways I think of myself as primarily a guitarist. The "singer" in singer-songwriter is a newer identity that came part from necessity and the other part from wanting a new way to express things.

Vox Humana is Latin for "human voice." You would mostly find this phrase on a stop of a pipe organ, which added a vibrato effect in an effort to try and emulate the human voice on the instrument. I'll be honest and admit that one of the reasons I chose it as the EP title was to be a tad bit humorous, seeing as the EP is instrumental and therefore doesn't feature any voices. Jokes aside, the title did seem a bit evocative of the potential the acoustic guitar has. Beforehand, the guitar was, and still is in many regards, my voice and I tried my best to coax thoughts, feelings, and places from it. This EP is a reflection of those years and what came of it, featuring songs that are both old and new. "Eurydice" is, to my memory, one of the first (if not, *the* first) songs I ever put together. "In the Golden Hour" is the newest song I’ve composed and it just managed to make it onto this record.

Heavily influenced by artists such as Nick Drake, Ryley Walker, and Bon Iver, Patrick Carr mixes complex fingerpicked guitar-playing, alternate tunings, and an earnest voice to create songs that are confessional, introspective, and intricate.

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