Laura Veirs sets release date for July Flame; starts “Raven Marching Band Records”
So I was wondering what exactly was the deal with Laura Veirs’ July Flame, and now I’ve been told the answer indirectly through a twitter update! You can check out Veirs’ website for the details, or you can read on…
The album will drop on January 19th here in the states (which ironically is as far from July as you can be, oh well…) and I am extremely excited to hear what she has developed this time around. She certainly started to develop more of a harmonic sound on her last record, as I’m interested to see if that theme continues. I’m also very, very excited to catch her and her new band next week at Terminal 5 in New York (along with Colin Meloy and his band of rapscallions) but it’s the first time I’ll be seeing her so I’m slightly more excited for her part of the show.
In other big news, she decided to essentially self-release her own album this January, bringing up the fundamental question as to why she would want to do that (a question that undoubtedly has a complicated answer) and sadly I’m guessing that’s probably not what she wanted to do. That’s a real shame because though there are few songwriters today who could reasonably call themselves Veirs’ superior, it seems as though she gets tossed aside far too often. At any rate, I’m very excited to hear some new material next week, and even more excited to hear the whole thing come January. I’ll leave you with my favorite Laura song, which I think is a perfect introduction if you’re unfamiliar.
Laura Veirs – Where Gravity is Dead
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-Donovan
