J. Carter - Vessels (2023)

I could smell the curves of the river beyond the dusk and I saw the last light supine and tranquil upon tide-flats like pieces of broken mirror, then beyond them lights began in the pale clear air, trembling a little like butterflies hovering a long way off.

- William Faulkner (The Sound and the Fury)


Vaagner is proud to present the third and final installment of Jeremiah M. Carter’s album triptych, ‘Vessels’.

Following ‘Rejoice’ and ‘Speak You Also’, all three albums were conceived within a 6-month period during ferociously exalting creative sessions.

The Emotional turmoil of the early pandemic is as present on ‘Vessels’ as it is in the other two albums, yet the final installment showcases as more distinctive sense of focus, where the earlier albums saw Jeremiah expel a state of uncertainty and trepidation into an intense, almost spiritual form of musical cleansing, Vessels still bears those same hallmarks, yet comes across with an air of refinement and finality.

Spanning 6 pieces, each work feels like an integral part of the album's overarching narrative, fervently nestled amid divinity and humility. By its final piece, which also clocks in as the longest in the entire triptych, we are treated to one of Jeremiah’s finest moments, and for a few seconds, it all comes together for one last swansong, forming a sonic distillation of elation and grief, desire and passion. – It’s all here.