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- Summary: The Portland, Oregon-based singer-songwriter included more strings on her seventh album produced by Tucker Martine.
- Record Label: Raven Marching Band
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Singer-Songwriter
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 19
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Mixed: 3 out of 19
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Negative: 0 out of 19
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Veirs' new album July Flame sends us on hikes through dreamy landscapes evoked by her uniquely tangy voice, casting minimal instrumentation in glistening arrangements to captivate the melancholy imagination.
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July Flame is carefully composed, ever-deepening, glinting and glowing in new ways each time it’s played; there’s an inkling of something greater coming just around the bend, but for now it’s Veirs’ finest work.
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Q MagazineAlways an engaging songwriter with a strong mystical and elemental bent, the seamlessly flowing July Flame now adds an increased accessibility to her armoury. [Feb 2010, p. 112]
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It has such an unassuming, homespun quality that you're constantly surprised by how expansive and richly textured its songs are.
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July Flame is ultimately a record that's easy to get into and just as easy to stay with.
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The album showcases Veirs’ warm vocals, deft guitar picking and country-inflected songwriting. It’s not all so stripped down as to be dull, however, and songs like the title track are intricately woven tapestries of strings, woodwind and cooing backing vocals.
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With summer so far away, this record’s only downside is that it lacks a hit song to help it last until July.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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Sep 16, 2013
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ScooterMJan 22, 2010I think this is just a stunning piece of work!
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SeanC.Jan 15, 2010
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Aug 14, 2013
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