VINYL FORMAT. Beast of Seasons opens with a hum and drone, a veil of fog conjuring a sense of atmosphere not unlike the Pacific Northwest coastal timber town where Laura Gibson was raised. A plaintive strum emerges with a voice in tow; a candle, a tender and flickering wisp of a voice suffusing the space with a warm glow. This voice, registering as little more than a whisper, rises above the subtle and evocative instrumentation with uncommon intimacy. Coos and cracks, chirps and slurs, clucks and pur   [ read more ]

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Beast of Seasons opens with a hum and drone, a veil of fog conjuring a sense of atmosphere not unlike the Pacific Northwest coastal timber town where Laura Gibson was raised. A plaintive strum emerges with a voice in tow; a candle, a tender and flickering wisp of a voice suffusing the space with a warm glow. This voice, registering as little more than a whisper, rises above the subtle and evocative instrumentation with uncommon intimacy. Coos and cracks, chirps and slurs, clucks and purrs all come in   [ read more ]

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Beast of Seasons opens with a hum and drone, a veil of fog conjuring a sense of atmosphere not unlike the Pacific Northwest coastal timber town where Laura Gibson was raised. A plaintive strum emerges with a voice in tow; a candle, a tender and flickering wisp of a voice suffusing the space with a warm glow. This voice, registering as little more than a whisper, rises above the subtle and evocative instrumentation with uncommon intimacy. Coos and cracks, chirps and slurs, clucks and purrs all come in   [ read more ]

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Daughter of the town kindergarten teacher and a forest ranger, Laura Gibson's root runs deep in the small coastal town of Coquille, Oregon.An outsider to the burgeoning Portland music scene, Gibson's early choice of venues (an AIDS hospice here, a kindergarten class there) and complete lack of music scene knowledge may have confused erstwhile veterans, but her homespun sincerity, enchanting voice, and mature songwriting won ?em all over in a heartbeat. Listening to If You Come to Greet Me, it's immediately    [ read more ]

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Listening to If You Come To Greet Me, it's immediately apparent something magical happened at Portland's Typefoundry Recording Studio in the spring of 2006 with the capable assistance of Adam Selzer (Norfolk and Western) behind the board. Gibson demonstrates a confident fingerpicking style while bathing the punctuated notes in her languorous vocal phrasing. It's haunting. And it's perfectly bolstered with gorgeous, warm, orchestral arrangements that never detract from the melodic backbone of Gibson'   [ read more ]

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