ARTiST: Laura Veirs
TiTLE: Saltbreakers
LABEL: Nonesuch Records
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 43:48 min
SiZE: 55,8 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Feb-27-2007
RELEASE DATE: Mar-26-2007
WEBSiTE: www.lauraveirs.com
Track List:
01. Pink Light 04:04
02. Ocean Night Song 03:08
03. Don't Lose Yourself 04:01
04. Drink Deep 04:36
05. Wandering Kind 03:32
06. Nightingale 03:12
07. Saltbreakers 03:20
08. To The Country 05:09
09. Cast A Hook 03:20
10. Phantom Mountain 03:14
11. Black Butterfly 02:22
12. Wrecking 03:50
Release Notes:
Laura Veirs' new album Saltbreakerswill be released
by Nonesuch Records on March 26. On her third
Nonesuch release Veirs remains fascinated by the
natural world, filling her work with images of the
ocean and the stars. But she digs even deeper this
time, incorporating the turbulence of her own life
and the larger world into this collection of songs.
The album includes the single "Don't Lose Yourself",
which will be released on March 19.
The continuing collaboration with producer Tucker
Martine (The Decemberists) allows for
experimentation and inventiveness, which, according
to Pitchfork, showcases Veirs' "indulgence in
flights of verbal fancy". An example of this is the
track "To The Country", which was recorded in the
Nashville cabin of Johnny Cash and June Carter and
which features an eight-person Baptist choir. Veirs
describes the experience as "transcendent".
On Saltbreakers, Veirs is accompanied by her
longtime studio and touring band, originally called
the Tortured Souls, who now bear the same name as
the album. Over the last three years, the band has
travelled the world touring in support of Veirs'
previous albums Carbon Glacier and Year of Meteors.
"The band has gotten really close," says Veirs.
"We've become a family." The group includes Veirs
on vocals and guitar, Karl Blau on bass, Steve Moore
on piano, and Tucker Martine on drums. The title
track of Saltbreakers also marks the debut of her
fellow players as backing vocalists. Most of the
album was recorded in Seattle.