The Lookout, by Laura Veirs

The Lookout

by Laura Veirs

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Knut Einar Skjær Great melodies, lyrics, voice, and instrumentation. Very true to her own style, and that is a good thing, indeed!

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1.	Margaret Sands 02:57	buy track
2.	Everybody Needs You 02:55	buy track
3.	Seven Falls 04:04	buy track
4.	Mountains of the Moon 04:16	buy track
5.	Watch Fire (feat. Sufjan Stevens) 02:36	buy track
6.	Heavy Petals 02:39	buy track
7.	The Lookout 02:04	buy track
8.	The Meadow 02:42	buy track
9.	The Canyon 03:42	buy track
10.	Lightning Rod 03:20	buy track
11.	When It Grows Darkest 04:31	buy track
12.	Zozobra 02:45	buy track

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A prolific songwriter for over twenty years, Laura Veirs proves the depth of her musical skill on her tenth solo album, The Lookout. Here is a batch of inimitable, churning, exquisite folk-pop songs; a concept album about the fragility of precious things. Produced by Grammy-nominated Tucker Martine, Veirs’ longtime collaborator, The Lookout is a soundtrack for turbulent times, full of allusions to protectors: the camper stoking a watch fire, a mother tending her children, a sailor in a crows nest and a lightning rod channeling energy.

“The Lookout is about the need to pay attention to the fleeting beauty of life and to not be complacent; it’s about the importance of looking out for each other,” says Veirs. “I’m addressing what’s happening around me with the chaos of post-election America, the racial divides in our country, and a personal reckoning with the realities of midlife: I have friends who’ve died; I struggle with how to balance life as an artist with parenting young children.”

Written and produced on the heels of Veirs’ acclaimed album with Neko Case and kd Lang (case/lang/veirs), The Lookout integrates the fluency of collaboration with Veirs’ notorious work ethic. The twelve songs on the album are the result of a years’ worth of daily writing in her attic studio in Portland, Ore.

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released April 13, 2018

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Laura Veirs Portland, Oregon

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Nov 06

Tractor Tavern

Seattle, WA
Nov 22

Komedia Bath

Bath, UK
Nov 23

Leaf Tea Shop & Bar

Liverpool, UK
Nov 24

Liberty Hall Theatre

Dublin, Ireland
Nov 25

PowerHaus (FKA Dingwalls)

Camden, UK
Nov 27

The Stables

Milton Keynes, UK

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