Erin Cassels-Brown

Erin Cassels-Brown doesn’t know how to take a break. In the odd off-hours between working construction and working at a preschool he’s managed to perform over five hundred shows in 18 states since 2017. Building upon the elbow grease-fueled momentum of his EP, Northern Lights Vol. 1, the Winooski, VT-based songwriter finally swings for the fences with his debut album, Dreamin’ On Overdrive.

In an era of ever-shortening attention spans and fleeting digital singles, Dreamin’ On Overdrive’s ten songs carry the listener through the spectrum of emotions, harking back to the long-playing LP’s of years past. Cassels-Brown assertively leads a ragtag group of some of New England’s finest musicians. From the undeniable surge of the Greetings from Asbury Park-evoking title track, to the bar tab-burning boot-kicker “No Good Man” and the wistful longings of a heart out of place in “Northeastern Dreamer”, Cassels-Brown only further cements his status as “a master of painting a vivid word picture…with weariness more common to someone who's carried life's burdens for many more years.” #

# - Jordan Adams, Seven Days