Last year I told you to buy Laura Veirs' Carbon Glacier, but judging by the comments only gambling spambots were interested. To my surprise the Seattle alt-folkie remains fairly unknown. That'll change when the blogosphere hears Year Of Meteors, out 8/23 on Nonesuch. Simply outstanding, especially the first half.
"Galaxies" is the best track.
Stream it here.
Dig that synthesizer squeal on the chorus.
From the songwriter's press kit: It took three of us. I hit the key, then Steve brought the volume up and down, and then Karl did the modulator thing. Karl was trying to do it by himself but it was too much for one person to handle. It's funny that the three of us needed to be there to make that work. In fact, you can see what we did on our website under the 'videos' section. Watch (.avi).
Terri Timely (who did clips for Joanna Newsom and Wrens) is directing the music video.
Veirs has a distinct pop sensibility, never trying to outweird those shaggy nufolk acts getting all the press these days. Think Mirah covering early Suzanne Vega. She gets under your skin on the first listen.
Order Year Of Meteors here. L. Lo doesn't leave Nobu without it.
Anyone seeing Sufjan Stevens 9/8 - 9/16 should get there early for Laura! New Yorkers: she's at Joe's Pub 9/7.
