Laura Veirs announces 11th solo album with lead track "Burn Too Bright"

"Burn Too Bright" is Veirs' first single since February's "I Was A Fool".

Discussing her new single, Veirs says, "I wrote about a million versions of this song before landing on this version at the end of the recording session for my new album last summer. Sometimes a song pours out fully finished and sometimes I need to wrack my brain and try many different approaches until it feels right. This one messed with me for a long time and I almost gave up on it - but I’m glad I persevered because this is one of my favorite tracks on the new album."

She adds, "The song was inspired by the passing of the great NW producer and musician Richard Swift. I didn’t know him personally but he was a close friend to many in my community and I admire his artistry a lot. His death got me thinking about people who seem to 'burn too bright' for this world. The song is dedicated to the many bright, artistic and heroic souls who have sadly left this plane too soon."

My Echo will follow on from Veirs' 2018 LP The Lookout, and features collaborations with Jim James, Bill Frisell, Karl Blau, Matt Ward and more.

Veirs says of her forthcoming album, "My Echo is my 11th solo album. It’s my 'my songs knew I was getting divorced before I did' album. My conscious mind was trying as hard as I could to keep my family together but my subconscious mind was working on the difficult struggles in my marital life. I was part of a "Secret Poetry Group" that met and wrote poems monthly for a year during the writing of this record. Many of my poems turned into songs for this album. By the time the album was being mixed last fall, my ex-husband/producer Tucker Martine and I had decided to go our separate ways. We were a great musical team for many years but we struggled to be compatible in our marriage and family life and that struggle is reflected in this album."

"In this new batch of songs I imagine escaping from some sort of prison or cage," Veirs continues. "Advancing age, the confines of domesticity, our oppressive government and the threat of the apocalypse permeate these songs. In these songs my heart craves certainty and permanence but none is to be found. It’s an album about disintegration. It reveals my artist’s intuition at work."

Tracklist:

1. Freedom Feeling
2. Another Space and Time
3. Turquoise Walls
4. Memaloose Island
5. End Times
6. Burn Too Bright
7. Brick Layer
8. All the Things
9. I Sing to the Tall Man
10. Vapor Trails