Check out this: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89836427 This feature got me interested in Laura Gibson's music. I hear similarities to Joni Mitchell and Natalie Merchant, but it doesn't sound like she's trying to imitate them.
absolutely lovely. there is room for breath and quiet in these songs - a thing altogether rare. so wonderfully constructed, each detail in place. if you think these sounds will speak to you, get this now.
I had never heard of Laura Gibson when a friend pulled me to the CD release show in Portland. To say that I was blown away is an understatement. The music is so perfectly timed: slow, moody, never rushed. I've never found another CD that so brilliantly captures heartbreak and the melancholy of winter. Her voice is lovely and I'm sure compared to Jolie Holland; but, she's different in so many ways. The addition of instruments outside the usual: concertina, saw, vibraphone, etc, just add to the lovely, sweet, easy sound. I bought the CD and listened to it way too many times. It can dangerously pull you right down into the melancholy. She has surplanted Morrisey as my new mopefest favorite. I particularly like: wintering, hands in pockets, and the longest day, though I love them all but one:country country seems out of place. If you are suseptible to music inspired weepiness, bring along a whole box of tissues.
