Year of Meteors

Rating

Album: Year of Meteors
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Fire Snakes	More Info...	0:05
2)	Galaxies	More Info...	0:03
3)	Secret Someones	More Info...	0:05
4)	Magnetized	More Info...	0:02
5)	Parisian Dream	More Info...	0:03
6)	Rialto	More Info...	0:04
7)	Through the Glow	More Info...	0:02
8)	Cool Water	More Info...	0:03
9)	Spelunking	More Info...	0:03
10)	Black Gold Blues	More Info...	0:03
11)	Where Gravity Is Dead	More Info...	0:03
12)	Lake Swimming	More Info...	0:07

Album: Year of Meteors
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Fire Snakes	More Info...	0:05
2)	Galaxies	More Info...	0:03
3)	Secret Someones	More Info...	0:05
4)	Magnetized	More Info...	0:02
5)	Parisian Dream	More Info...	0:03
6)	Rialto	More Info...	0:04
7)	Through the Glow	More Info...	0:02
8)	Cool Water	More Info...	0:03
9)	Spelunking	More Info...	0:03
10)	Black Gold Blues	More Info...	0:03
11)	Where Gravity Is Dead	More Info...	0:03
12)	Lake Swimming	More Info...	0:07

Tracks

1. Fire Snakes

2. Galaxies

3. Secret Someones

4. Magnetized

5. Parisian Dream

6. Rialto

7. Through The Glow

8. Cool Water

9. Spelunking

10. Black Gold Blues

11. Where Gravity Is Dead

12. Lake Swimming

Performer Notes

Personnel: Laura Veirs (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Laura Veirs; Karl Blau (vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, electric bass, background vocals); Tucker Martine (drums, percussion, percussion programming); Eyvind Kang (viola); Steve Moore (piano, organ, keyboards); Keith Lowe (upright bass).
Audio Mixer: Tucker Martine.
Recording information: Flora, Seattle, WA.
Photographer: Michael Wilson .
Releasing albums at the impressive clip of one per year, Seattle singer/songwriter Laura Veirs trumps her excellent CARBON GLACIER with 2005's YEAR OF METEORS. A highly eclectic record, METEORS shifts from surging, guitar-driven rock ("Galaxies") to spare, spacey laments ("Magnetized") to beautifully chiming folk ("Rialto"). Part of Veirs's charm is in her adventurousness; she's not afraid to meld an edgy guitar riff to an otherwise gentle song. Like CARBON GLACIER, this disc features her backing group, the Tortured Souls, which includes drummer Tucker Martine, who also produces the album with the intuitive flair that only a band member can provide.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (No. 985, p.78) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...Veirs drops lovelorn minor-key ruminations and cascading choruses while her band fills in the blank spots with strings, keyboards and sculpted guitar noise...."

Entertainment Weekly (No. 838, p.145) - "...[T]houghtful and hummable." - Grade: B+

Dirty Linen (p.63) - "The fact that Veirs' latest art-pop songs are replete with natural, celestial, and aquatic imagery makes them all rather mysterious."