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Laura Veirs to release new album
By Aly Barchi | Published on Friday 31 May 2013
Bella Union’s Laura Veirs is releasing a “beautiful, lush and at times deeply dark” new LP – her ninth to date – on 19 Aug. It features Jim James, KD Lang, Neko Case, Brian Blade and The Decemberists, so that’s nice.
Veirs, who was heavily pregnant whilst making ‘Warp And Weft’, says this of the ways in which that inspired her: “I’m haunted by the idea that something terrible could happen to my kids but that fear pushes me to embrace the moment. This record is an exploration of extremes – deep, dark suffering and intense, compassionate love”.
This is ‘Sun Song’, her collaboration with Neko Case:
