Album: July Flame by Laura Veirs (2010)
Style: Folk
Record Label: Bella Union
Format: Album

Description: "July Flame" is American singer-songwriter Laura Veirs' seventh studio album, released on January 12, 2010.
Back on the independent Bella Union label after three albums with Warner’s subsidiary, Nonesuch, Colorado-born chanteuse Laura Veirs has been making all sorts of changes since the release of her last album, 2007’s Saltbreakers. They include relocating to a new city (Portland, Oregon), setting up home with her long-time producer, Tucker Martine, and severing ties with her Seattle-based backing band. Indeed, the new album offers an airy, bucolic, for the most part drum-less, sound, effectively returning Veirs to the fingerpicking folk milieu  that characterised her early records.  
The title comes from a type of peach Veirs saw at a farmer's market. Jim James of American rock band My Morning Jacket contributes falsetto harmonies on several tracks, including "Carol Kaye" which is a tribute to the so named bass guitarist.

Artist Background: "Laura Pauline Veirs" (born October 24, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter. Laura Veirs grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she often spent summers camping with her family, which gave her much of her songwriting inspiration. Veirs has said that she didn't seriously listen to music until she was in her 20s; instead, she just heard what was in her environment. She listened to folk, country, classical and pop music around the house and on the radio during her youth. Attending Carlet... Part of the Colorado Springs, USA music scene. Associated with Folk movement.

Music Scene: Part of the Colorado Springs, USA music scene. Associated with Folk movement.

Tags: Folk, 2010s, Album, Bella Union

Additional Context: Rating score: 8. Based on 2 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


"July Flame" is American singer-songwriter Laura Veirs' seventh studio album, released on January 12, 2010.
Back on the independent Bella Union label after three albums with Warner’s subsidiary, Nonesuch, Colorado-born chanteuse Laura Veirs has been making all sorts of changes since the release of her last album, 2007’s Saltbreakers. They include relocating to a new city (Portland, Oregon), setting up home with her long-time producer, Tucker Martine, and severing ties with her Seattle-based backing band. Indeed, the new album offers an airy, bucolic, for the most part drum-less, sound, effectively returning Veirs to the fingerpicking folk milieu  that characterised her early records.  
The title comes from a type of peach Veirs saw at a farmer's market. Jim James of American rock band My Morning Jacket contributes falsetto harmonies on several tracks, including "Carol Kaye" which is a tribute to the so named bass guitarist.

July Flame

Laura Veirs

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