From one of the countrys most inimitable songwriters portland, oregons laura veirs comes her ninth fulllength album. Here is a batch of inimitable, churning, exquisite folkpop songs. Laura veirss songs stream online music songs listen free. Laura veirs announces new album, shares everybody needs.
Listen to songs by laura veirs on myspace, stream free online music by laura veirs. Albums include case lang veirs, july flame, and carbon glacier. Veirs was raised in colorado, studied geology and mandarin chinese at carleton college, worked as a translator for a geological expedition in china, and now lives in portland, oregon. She is known for her folkalternative country records and live performances as well as her collaboration with neko case and k. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Laura veirss songs stream online music songs listen. She is known for her folkalternative country records and live performances as well as. Laura veirs grew up in colorado springs, colorado, where she often spent summers camping with her. Veirs seems equally comfortable whether leading her band through rockout tunes such as. She put out her own selftitled album laura veirs, recorded live and featuring just her and guitar. America by laura veirs, released 06 august 20 lightning dust channel the defiant spirit of 60s psychedelia on their fourth lp, which features turns by stephen malkmus and dan bejar. The lookout, warp and weft, hello i must be going, tumble bee, july flame, singles.
At that time, she joined an allgirl punk band called rair kx. So far weve heard two of its tracks, everybody needs you. Stream tracks and playlists from laura veirs on your desktop or mobile device. December 21, 2009 veirs latest release, july flame, is a strippeddown album, using atmosphere and tension as the connective tissue for the songs. Atomic number, sun song, greens of june, honey and smoke, july flame, biography. I can make this cold out here in the mock up everybodys packing heating and welcome dreaming their bills in the city streets of america america, america. Laura veirs is the selftitled debut album by laura veirs, released in 1999. Stream free music from albums by laura veirs iheartradio. Sufjan stevens, everybody needs you, america single, top tracks. Laura veirs the lookout 2018 official digital download.
Veirs was raised in colorado, studied geology and mandarin chinese at carleton college, worked as a translator for a geological. White cherry from one of the countrys most inimitable songwriters portland, oregons laura veirs comes her ninth fulllength. Laura veirs warp and weft 20, gatefold, vinyl discogs. Her latest kcrw session was broadcast recently to promote the new album the lookout. Im addressing whats happening around me with the chaos of postelection america, the racial divides in our country, and a personal reckoning with the. Less than 42 hours to go for the karl blau kickstarter. A prolific songwriter for over twenty years, laura veirs proves the depth of. Here are both sessions together in one post, if you burn to cdr both will fit onto a single disc. With warp and weft, laura veirs delivers her most satisfying set of songs since carbon glacier, but here, the arrangements devised by veirs and. Discreet but perfect, since the late 1990s laura veirs has been regularly putting out ethereal folk albums with a faint tinge of pop, rock and americana sometimes, her granite writing reaches real peaks, like on her great 2004 work carbon glacier. Laura pauline veirs born october 24, 1973 is an american singersongwriter based out of portland, oregon. Warp and weft by laura veirs, released 20 august 20 1. With carbon glacier, laura veirs has created an album with a strong, singular sense of place.
As with the past 9 albums of hers, the lookout was produced by her husband tucker martine and features a number of guests, including sufjan stevens, my morning jackets jim james, steve moore, and karl blau. Laura veirs writes smart songs, drawing on natural imageryhere predominantly the oceanto weave her tales on saltbreakers. Laura veirs seventh album july flame, which colin meloy of the decemberists calls the best album of 2010, explores the emotion of midsummer. Its easy to glide along, letting the imagery and catchy music carry one along, but beneath the albums surfaceagain like the oceanmenace and mystery lie in wait. Unlike her later albums, this features only veirs and her guitar and is noticeably less produced than her later work, having been recorded live in three hours rather than given an extensive studio process.
Another disc i pulled from the dms box under the stairs featured a laura veirs session from 2010. Listen to laura veirs soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create 180 tracks. How can it be so cold out here in america everybodys packing heat in america training their barrels on the city streets of america america, america the cart has come. Saltbreakers makes me feel like a bitter, harsh asshole for being so quick to judge, before slowly floating back to confirm most of my suspicions. Saltbreakers makes me feel like a bitter, harsh asshole for being so quick to judge, before slowly floating. Aug 06, 20 america by laura veirs, released 06 august 20 lightning dust channel the defiant spirit of 60s psychedelia on their fourth lp, which features turns by stephen malkmus and dan bejar.
After a fine parenthetical sortie with her sisters kd lang and neko case, laura veirs has returned to solitary work with the touching the lookout. We provide email, phone, address, along with clients info for thousands of entertainment professionals. Laura veirs is coming up on the lookout, her 10th studio album and the first since her collaborative trio with neko case and k. Laura pauline veirs is an american singersongwriter based out of portland, oregon. In 2016, laura veirs popped up as a central player on caselangveirs, the selftitled debut of the supergroup she shares with k. After the sparse acoustic approach of 2010s july flame and tumble bee. Drenched in wood smoke, sunlight, pollinators, pastoral dales, fireworks and warm nights, her lyrics explore the. Laura veirs announces new album, shares everybody needs you. Jan 30, 2018 in 2016, laura veirs popped up as a central player on caselang veirs, the selftitled debut of the supergroup she shares with k. A prolific songwriter for nearly twenty years, laura veirs proves the depth of her musical skill on her tenth solo album, the lookout. Laura veirs born laura pauline veirs on 24 october 1973 in colorado springs, colorado is an american singersongwriter. Create a custom radio station based on your favorite album by laura veirs on iheartradio. With its brooding intellectualism, intricate arrangements, and clever wordplay, laura veirs 2004 debut on nonesuch, carbon glacier, found its way on to a great many critics bestof lists and rightfully so.
Portland altfolk singersongwriter laura veirs is releasing her 10th studio album, the lookout, this spring and everybody needs you is its lead single, released late january. I can make this cold out here in the mock up everybodys packing heating and welcome dreaming their bills in the city streets of america ame. Jul, 2018 a prolific songwriter for nearly twenty years, laura veirs proves the depth of her musical skill on her tenth solo album, the lookout. Laura veirs was born in 1973 in colorado springs, colorado. Laura veirss best songs as picked by the jam community, 20112015 july flame laura veirs. Attending college in minnesota, she studied geology and mandarin chinese. Beautiful, lush and at times deeply dark, warp and weft captures the intensity of motherhood, love and violence. Veirs speaks on the lookout saying it is about the need to pay attention to the fleeting beauty of life and to not be complacent. Mar 08, 2018 portland altfolk singersongwriter laura veirs is releasing her 10th studio album, the lookout, this spring and everybody needs you is its lead single, released late january.
As with the past 9 albums of hers, the lookout was produced by her husband tucker martine and features a number of guests, including sufjan stevens, my morning jackets. Discover, buy and download high quality mp3 music by laura veirs at mp3caprice. Shop official laura veirs merch, vinyl records, shirts and more. Laura veirs carbon glacier new vinyl digital download. Music profile for laura veirs, born 24 october 1973. Laura veirs biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Like jolie holland, veirs is from the race of literary songwriters, granddaughters of joni mitchell who refused to cut ties with their teacher. Seattle singersongwriter laura veirs sings personal songs of romantic intoxication, everyday vignettes, and occasional social commentary that are often heavy on introspection and intense character scrutiny. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Mar 29, 2018 laura veirs is coming up on the lookout, her 10th studio album and the first since her collaborative trio with neko case and k. North america and bella union rest of the world on august 20.
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