Laura Veirs lives in Seattle and writes songs for a living. Her first album was called "Troubled By The Fire" and was full of lots of nice warm folksy vignettes. Her next album was called "Carbon Glacier" and was colder, darker, and better. Someone at Pitchforkmedia said it was "a cold, beautiful and engaging record that translates the bleak, isolated vastness of nature into the bleak, isolated vastness of the modern city-sprawl, leaving one voice to sing in solitude." Which means it's really good.

Releases

• Saltbreakers - single, out 30/07/2007 on Nonesuch. (post review)
• Saltbreakers - album, out 26/03/2007 on Nonesuch. 1 review (read/post)
• Don't Lose Yourself - single, out 19/03/2007 on Nonesuch. (post review)
• Galaxies - single, out 03/10/2005 on Nonesuch. (post review)
• Triumphs & Travails of Orphan Mae - album, out 07/03/2005 on Bella Union. (post review)
• The Triumphs And Travails Of Orphan Mae - album, out 06/03/2005 on Bella Union. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Wed 30 Jan at Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire. (post review)
• Les femmes s'en mêlent 10, Tue 24 Apr at Paris La Maroquinerie. (post review)
• Mon 09 Apr at Norwich Arts Centre. (post review)
• Tue 01 Aug at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms. (post review)
• Thu 16 Feb at Bristol Fleece and Firkin. (post review)

News

• 08/02/2007: Laura Veirs announces new album

Features

• 05/04/2007: Label Focus #3: Bella Union

Links

• Bella Union - record label
• Laura Veirs - official site

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