Erik Neave is from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He makes beautiful music under the name Cedarwell, and accompanied by a great band from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, The Daredevil Christopher Wright, he stopped through my living room earlier this year for what has been one of my favorite sessions to date.  Never ideal in my mind, my house had to end up as the backdrop for this session. Given what little I knew about Erik Neave, I hoped he would be unaffected by the odd/unprofessional setting. See, Neave appears to reflect the sound and simplicity of his Lake Michigan roots. He dresses in flannel and comes heavily beared. Everything is and feels very relaxed and natural. I guessed that performing in the comforts of a home might sit just fine with him. Also, since I first discovered Cedarwell in mid-January 2009 after he played a house show here in Indianapolis, I thought the setting might just feel like a bit of an Indianapolis homecoming. I probably thought about it all too much really. All the fretting aside, the songs turned out beautifully.

After that first house show performance, his track Black Lung was sent over to me by one of our contributors and it grabbed on to me and still hasn't let go.  I wanted very badly to ask him to play it during this session with The Laundromatinee, but I'll instead refer you to MOKB to catch it, and am happy to share these four incredible tracks that he and the members of The DCW performed for us.

It is quite simply put in the band's website bio..."Cedarwell, an acoustic pop-rock duo with really good songs; you will enjoy them."  Call me lazy, but sometimes it's just that easy.

MP3 Session Downloads : 

Cedarwell - Untitled
Cedarwell - Run Into Hiding!
Cedarwell - Past Year
Cedarwell - Burn Up The Sky:Which One?

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Loads more free music/mp3 downloads from Cedarwell here.

Shot and edited by Doug Fellegy & Emily Riggs
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jeff DuPont
Words by Dodge