Covey (folk rock project)

Freeman originally formed Covey while in Boston.{{Cite web|url=http://allstonpudding.com/covering-covey-single-premiere-interview-with-tom-freeman/|title=Covering Covey: Single Premiere + Interview With Tom Freeman|website=Allston Pudding|date=19 August 2015 |access-date=July 12, 2023}} The band formed at Berklee College of Music in February 2013, including Freeman, drummer Rovere, keyboardist Joradan Rich, lead guitarist Mike Kerr, and Michi Tassey providing female vocals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.umb.edu/news/detail/wumb_and_berklee_college_of_music_summer_concert_series_begins_august_1|title=WUMB and Berklee College of Music Summer Concert Series Begins August 1|date=July 29, 2015|website=UMass Boston|access-date=July 17, 2023|archive-date=July 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717141502/https://www.umb.edu/news/detail/wumb_and_berklee_college_of_music_summer_concert_series_begins_august_1|url-status=dead}} Freeman borrowed the name "Covey" from the street where he grew up in England.{{Cite web|url=https://first-avenue.com/performer/covey/|title=Covey|website=First Avenue|access-date=June 29, 2023}} Covey released their first single in 2014 with the indie folk song titled "Comes and Goes."{{Cite web|url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/cvsn-covey-stable-now-song/|title=Premiere: Covey's Poignant Acoustic Lullabye "Stable Now"|date=April 9, 2019|website=Atwood Magazine|access-date=June 28, 2023}} Covey released their debut album, Haggarty, on September 22, 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://nylive.org/2017/09/22/covey-shares-debut-album-haggarty-via-the-405/|title=COVEY SHARES DEBUT ALBUM HAGGARTY VIA THE 405|website=NY live|date=22 September 2017 |access-date=June 30, 2023}} Haggarty includes performances by Guillermo Goldschmied on bass, Adam Marks on keys, and Dillon Rovere on drums.{{Cite web|url=https://music.allaccess.com/an-interview-with-covey-about-their-debut-collection-haggarty-and-more/|title=An Interview With COVEY About Their Debut Collection, 'Haggarty' And More!|date=December 4, 2017|website=All Access Music|access-date=July 11, 2023|archive-date=July 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706000448/https://music.allaccess.com/an-interview-with-covey-about-their-debut-collection-haggarty-and-more/|url-status=dead}} Covey performed as the opening act for national touring artists such as Hozier and others.{{Cite web|url=https://music.allaccess.com/an-interview-with-covey-about-their-debut-collection-haggarty-and-more/|title=An Interview With COVEY About Their Debut Collection, 'Haggarty' And More!|date=December 4, 2017|website=All Access Music|access-date=June 30, 2023|archive-date=June 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629210629/https://music.allaccess.com/an-interview-with-covey-about-their-debut-collection-haggarty-and-more/|url-status=dead}}

After Freeman relocated from Boston to Brooklyn, Covey's second album, Some Cats Live, Some Cats Die, was written in an "old house on Long Island," and released in May 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/covey/exclusive-listen-to-brooklyn-indie-folk-outfit-cov|title=Exclusive: Listen to Brooklyn Indie-Folk Outfit Covey's New Album, Some Cats Live, Some Cats Die|date=May 22, 2019|website=Paste|access-date=July 18, 2023}} Front View Magazine described the album as "[s]oul-baring and bursting with a breadth of authentic emotion."{{Cite web|url=https://www.frontview-magazine.be/en/news/meet-covey-the-british-born-brooklyn-based-folk-artist-releases-his-new-tour-to-nobody-sessions|title=Meet Covey The British-Born Brooklyn-Based Folk Artist Releases His New Tour To "Nobody" Sessions|date=November 4, 2020|website=Front View Magazine|access-date=June 30, 2023}}

In 2020, Tom Freeman performed and recorded his so-called “Tour to Nobody” experience, in which he performed on the road in the Northeastern United States amid the COVID-19 pandemic, documented on his TikTok page, which has amassed over 4 million views.{{Cite web|url=https://substreammagazine.com/2020/11/covey-tour-nobody-streaming-news/|title=Covey releases "Tour to Nobody" live sessions|date=November 3, 2020|website=Substream Magazine|access-date=June 28, 2023}} During the Tour to Nobody, Freeman performed songs at a wide variety of venues, including an abandoned asylum in New York,{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/covey/covey-shares-tour-to-nobody-live-sessions|title=Brooklyn Indie-Folk Artist Covey Shares New Live Album Tour To Nobody|date=October 30, 2020|website=Paste Magazine|access-date=July 17, 2023}} as well as a dinosaur park, roadside stores, and the Bread and Puppet Theater, and shared videos of these performances on TikTok and YouTube.{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/meet-covey-the-folk-punk-artist-building-an-audience-1845895060|title=Meet Covey, the folk-punk artist building an audience (and a twisted fantasy world) on TikTok|date=December 16, 2020|website=AV Club|access-date=July 11, 2023}}

Covey released their third studio album, Class of Cardinal Sin, on June 18, 2021. According to an interview with Sam Taylor of the music magazine Dork, Freeman recorded the songs himself and worked with a mixing engineer named Jake Cheriff to complete the album.{{Cite web|url=https://readdork.com/features/covey-july-2021/|date=June 28, 2021|title=Covey: "If you're already evil, they probably won't have much use for you"|website=Dork|access-date=July 6, 2023}} The songs were composed, arranged, and recorded by Freeman. Drums were performed by Dillon Rovere. Horns were performed by Neal Rosenthal. The album was mixed by Jake Cheriff. The album was mastered by Joe Lambert.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/20404315-Covey-Class-Of-Cardinal-Sin/image/SW1hZ2U6ODY2OTEzNjE=|title=Insert from Cardinal Sins vinyl record release|website=Discogs|access-date=July 7, 2023}} Edie McQueen, writing for Dork, noted that "the album deals with the residues of childhood trauma and bleak schoolboy days," and the site rated the album 3 out of 5.{{Cite web|url=https://readdork.com/albums/covey-class-of-cardinal-sin/|title=Covey – Class Of Cardinal Sins|website=Dork|date=17 June 2021 |access-date=June 30, 2023}} According to Mike LeSuer, writing for Flood Magazine, Covey's third album contains "brutally open lyrics," and the songs might have seemed "corny" if they had not been so "entirely genuine."{{Cite web|url=https://floodmagazine.com/89695/covey-class-of-cardinal-sin-track-by-track/|date=June 18, 2021|title=Covey Walks Us Through His Oversharing Opus "Class of Cardinal Sin"|website=Flood Magazine|access-date=July 5, 2023}} Covey released two singles for the album, ‘Sam Jam’ and ‘Crooked Spine’. ‘Sam Jam’ is about imagining revenge on a man who assaulted his sister by pouring hot coffee on her head; ‘Crooked Spine’ is about his sister’s struggles with scoliosis.{{Cite web|url=https://readdork.com/news/covey-sam-jam-crooked-spine/|date=March 5, 2021|title=New indie type Covey has shared two new singles, 'Sam Jam' and 'Crooked Spine'|website=Dork|access-date=July 7, 2023}} Covey created videos for TikTok to introduce the various characters seen on the cover of the album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.frontview-magazine.be/en/news/meet-covey-the-british-born-brooklyn-based-folk-artist-releases-his-new-tour-to-nobody-sessions|title=Meet Covey The British-Born Brooklyn-Based Folk Artist Releases His New Tour To "Nobody" Sessions|date=November 4, 2020|website=Front View Magazine|access-date=July 17, 2023}}

As of March 15, 2022, Freeman stated in an interview with Backward Noise, that he had been writing new songs and planned to record about 10 new tracks for a "follow up" album to Class of Cardinal Sin, which will continue the story from that album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.backwardnoise.com/features/in-conversation-with-tom-freeman-of-covey|title=In Conversation with Tom Freeman of Covey|website=Backward Noise|date=March 15, 2022|access-date=July 21, 2023}} However, according to Covey's Instagram account, on May 24, 2023, Freeman departed the U.S. to deal with mental health concerns.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cur38IENmw8/|date=May 24, 2023|title=Covey Instagram Profile|website=Instagram|access-date=July 18, 2023}} In June 2023, Freeman encountered difficulties returning to the U.S. relating to visa issues, and he remained in Canada for part of that time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Ctm9NRSyH7q/|date=June 17, 2023|title=Covey Instagram Profile|website=Instagram|access-date=July 18, 2023}} On August 18, 2023, Freeman announced on social media, with an Instagram story, that he would be returning to the United States after about 3 months out of the country.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/coveysux/?hl=en|date=August 18, 2023|title=Covey Instagram Profile|website=Instagram|access-date=August 18, 2023}}

As of July 17, 2023, Covey has over 130,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BWtQmbjRgQ6YaEIizJ5Pe|title=Covey Spotify Profile|website=Spotify|access-date=July 17, 2023}} As of June 28, 2023, Covey has amassed 1.4 million followers and over 24 million likes on TikTok.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tiktok.com/@coveysux?lang=en/|title=Covey TikTok Profile|website=TikTok|access-date=June 28, 2023}}

Covey's musical influences include Neutral Milk Hotel, The Smiths, and Nick Drake,{{Cite web|url=https://music.allaccess.com/an-interview-with-covey-about-their-debut-collection-haggarty-and-more/|title=An Interview With COVEY About Their Debut Collection, 'Haggarty' And More!|date=December 4, 2017|website=All Access Music|access-date=June 29, 2023|archive-date=June 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629143523/https://music.allaccess.com/an-interview-with-covey-about-their-debut-collection-haggarty-and-more/|url-status=dead}} as well as Blink 182.{{Cite web|url=https://nylive.org/2017/09/22/covey-shares-debut-album-haggarty-via-the-405/|title=COVEY SHARES DEBUT ALBUM HAGGARTY VIA THE 405|website=NY live|date=22 September 2017 |access-date=June 30, 2023}} Covey debuted with an indie folk single, 'Comes and Goes.'{{Cite web|url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/cvsn-covey-stable-now-song/|title=Premiere: Covey's Poignant Acoustic Lullabye "Stable Now"|date=April 9, 2019|website=Atwood Magazine|access-date=July 10, 2023}} According to Front View Magazine, Covey's third album includes songs from several genres, including indie rock, folk-punk, pop-punk, and emo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.frontview-magazine.be/en/news/covey-releases-new-single-and-video-for-cut-on-the-crease-new-album-class-of-cardinal-sin|date=December 14, 2020|title=Covey Releases New Single And Video For "Cut On The Crease"; New Album "Class Of Cardinal Sin" Coming Soon|website=Front View Magazine|access-date=June 30, 2023}} According to Danielle Chelosky, writing for Stereogum, Covey's music mixes folk and indie rock, and Freeman's voice is pleasant, clean, and too "polished" to be considered folk-punk."{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2144219/covey-1991/music/|date=April 15, 2021|title=Covey – "1991|website=Stereogum|access-date=July 13, 2023}}

Covey has been praised for music videos that are "as creative as they are heartbreaking."{{Cite web|url=https://floodmagazine.com/89695/covey-class-of-cardinal-sin-track-by-track/|date=June 18, 2021|title=Covey Walks Us Through His Oversharing Opus "Class of Cardinal Sin"|website=Flood Magazine|access-date=July 10, 2023}} For Covey's first studio album, Haggarty, they released an official music video for the track 'Same White Shoes' on April 12, 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neEMwZlwfO0|title=Covey - Same White Shoes (Official Music Video)|website=YouTube|date=12 April 2018 |access-date=July 10, 2023}} For Covey's second album, Some Cats Live, Some Cats Die, Covey released music videos for 'Gecko' on April 5, 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf0Voz-hyAw|title=COVEY -- GECKO [Official Music Video]|website=YouTube|date=5 April 2019 |access-date=July 10, 2023}} and 'Dog & Bone' on November 10, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwtsA4_USFE|title=Dog & Bone [Official Music Video]|website=YouTube|date=10 November 2019 |access-date=July 10, 2023}} For Covey's third studio album, Class of Cardinal Sin, Covey released music videos for 'Cut the Crease' on December 10, 2020,{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8vIUFoj_RM|title=Covey - Cut On The Crease (Official Music Video)|website=YouTube|date=10 December 2020 |access-date=July 10, 2023}} 'Sam Jam' on March 4, 2021,{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6pKRY--OXc|title=Covey - Sam Jam (Official Music Video)|website=YouTube|date=4 March 2021 |access-date=July 10, 2023}} '1991' on April 15, 2021,{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdq-DjROdPo|title=Covey - 1991 (Official Music Video)|website=YouTube|date=15 April 2021 |access-date=July 16, 2023}} and 'Point Mutation' on June 15, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IequYX01_QM|title=Covey - Point Mutation (Official Music Video)|website=YouTube|date=15 June 2021 |access-date=July 10, 2023}} According to Randall Colburn, writing for AV Club, the music video for 'Cut on the Crease' is a "twisted clip with an offbeat emotional edge" for the song, which has "piercing lyrics and stirring melodies."{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/meet-covey-the-folk-punk-artist-building-an-audience-1845895060|title=Meet Covey, the folk-punk artist building an audience (and a twisted fantasy world) on TikTok|date=December 16, 2020|website=AV Club|access-date=July 10, 2023}} Several of Covey's music videos, including 'Sam Jam,' '1991,' and 'Point Mutation,' were directed by Emmy Award winning director Robert Kolodny.{{Cite web|url=https://www.robertkolodny.com/musicvideos|title=Robert Kolodny music videos|website=Robert Kolodny|access-date=July 16, 2023|archive-date=July 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717012546/https://www.robertkolodny.com/musicvideos|url-status=dead}}

Current members

• Tom Freeman – vocals, guitar
• Saguiv Rosenstock – guitar{{Cite web|url=https://soundbetter.com/profiles/198667-sagiv-rosenstock|title=Sagiv Rosenstock Profile|website=SoundBetter|date=18 December 2020 |access-date=June 29, 2023}}
• Dillon Rovere – drums{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dillon-rovere-mn0004008448?1688071071220|title=Dillon Rovere Profile|website=All Music|access-date=June 29, 2023}}
• Dan Hemerlein – bass{{Cite web|url=https://danhemerlein.com/about|title=Dan Hemerlein About|website=Dan Hemerlein Site|access-date=June 29, 2023}}

Former members

• Joradan Rich – keys
• Mike Kerr – lead guitar
• Michi Tassey – female vocals
• Guillermo Goldschmied – bass
• Adam Marks – keys

Covey's premier track 'Comes and Goes' won BostInno’s “Song of the Week," and Covey was named “New England Band of the Month” by Deli Magazine.{{Cite web|url=https://music.allaccess.com/an-interview-with-covey-about-their-debut-collection-haggarty-and-more/|title=An Interview With COVEY About Their Debut Collection, 'Haggarty' And More!|date=December 4, 2017|website=All Access Music|access-date=July 11, 2023|archive-date=July 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706000448/https://music.allaccess.com/an-interview-with-covey-about-their-debut-collection-haggarty-and-more/|url-status=dead}}

Studio albums{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BWtQmbjRgQ6YaEIizJ5Pe|title=Covey Spotify Profile|website=Spotify|access-date=June 28, 2023}}

• Haggarty (2017)
• Some Cats Live, Some Cats Die (2019)
• Class of Cardinal Sin (2021)

• Bless My Cardinal Sin Tour (2022){{Cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/sincere-engineer-covey-announce-solo-co-headlining-tour/|date=May 17, 2022|title=Sincere Engineer & Covey announce solo co-headlining tour|website=Brooklyn Vegan|access-date=July 10, 2023}}

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