Dan Dyer greets his second decade as a musician with a self-titled album. From this soul-revivalist recording, produced out of an old snake-charmer church turned studio on the East side of Austin, emerges a spooky, diaphanous, and bright release drawn from an ever-deepening soul.


Coming from humble beginnings in a small East Texas town, Dyer quickly rose to prominence in Austin during the late 90’s with the much-heralded band Breedlove. After many years of back-to-back releases and touring, Dyer took a few years to winter from performing - living in St. Louis, raising a family, and further developing his unique solo sound. Sensing a need to return to his roots as a musician, he started making trips to Austin in 2006, his musical birthplace, to advance his career.


His most recent self-titled release on Fat Caddy Records has a strong, underlying cadence that ties the album together and entices one to discover the many intrinsic subtleties. From the chain-gang inspired “Love Chain” to a gospel take on Dr. John’s “I Walk On Guilded Splinters,” Dyer and producer David Boyle weave a diverse fabric that extends beyond conventional musical boundaries. There is always music in the haunts of Dyer’s wandering soul: the soul of a melodious character filled with talent that is impossible to chase away.