Recorded music686 entries

Laura Veirs - July Flame

Released: 11/01/2010 Bella Union
Laura Veirs lets the music do the talking on her seventh album. Like Cat Power, she’s a singer-songwriter whose folk-inflections benefit from a more conventionally indie backing group. Her background in feminist punk might explain her unwillingness to sex it up for the camera in press pictures. For more information visit: http://www.lauraveirs.com/http://www.lauraveirs.com/ Buy: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002Q8H6HY?ie=UTF8&tag=cultur00-21&linkCode=as2&ca…
75 %
Pitchfork“Her best record...” A little bit of starry-eyed hero worship amidst all the poetic imagery keeps the album grounded in spite of all its poetic flights, and July Flame is ultimately a record that's easy to get into and just as easy to stay with...
 
.
70 %
allmusic“A kind of scaling back...” There are no wasted notes anywhere on July Flame, neither in Martine's production nor Veirs' tightly written (but still expressionistically poetic) compositions...
 
.
80 %
Guardian“The tapestry of sounds is so mesmerising...” It has such an unassuming, homespun quality that you're constantly surprised by how expansive and richly textured its songs are...
 
.
80 %
The Independent“Laura Veirs reverts to the simpler mode of her earlier records...” Instead of the fascination with water, which has coursed through all her albums since the sublime Carbon Glacier, it's the sun that dominates July Flame...
 
.
80 %
MusicOMH“One of the most under-recognised singer-songwriters working today...” On the fragile back of Veirs' deft and subtle acoustic finger-picking and her whispered, often lazy voice, July Flame succeeds in transporting the listener to a countryside vista, thick with ragweed, moonlit dances, barns and banjos...
 
.
 
The Times“Not yet reviewed”
 
.
 
The Telegraph“Not yet reviewed”
 
.
 
Uncut“Not yet reviewed”
 
.
 
Dusted Magazine“Not yet reviewed”
 
.
 
Drowned In Sound“Not yet reviewed”
 
.
Review and recommend 
Reviewing: Laura Veirs - July Flame

You need to be logged in to write a review on CultureCritic, or sign up now.




characters left. All HTML will be stripped from your review.

Yes? No?

CultureCritic gives you all the latest arts and entertainment reviews. Write a review, set up your critic circle... Sign up now.
Critometer
Ads 
  • Top Girls Button