Laura Veirs: July Flame

Laura Veirs
July Flame
Raven Marching Band Records [2010]









Fire Drill Review:
I always believed over the years with several releases Laura Veirs would be a household name by now but here we are on album number seven with July Flame and she is still trying to break out. Veirs has been around long enough to present listeners with different looks as she moved from a solid folk sound to a more "band" feel on her last several records. Her voice can carry either style but what July Flame accomplishes is basically mixing the two into one record. This all translates into July Flame feeling like the complete Veirs and it is easily one of her best. It is also worth mentioning that the record features My Morning Jacket's Jim James and the Decemberists' guitarist Chris Funk lending their talents, which only adds to the strength of July Flame and might be the extra ammo to push Veirs to the forefront because she is a singer/songwriter that should be heard and enjoyed by a larger audience.

Key Track: "Summer Is The Champion"

Band With Similar Fire: Sara Culler

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-Reviewed by Natalie Colibri