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Aug 19, 2013Warp & Weft displays Veirs' sophisticated songcraft (though "America" falls short for its obviousness) is adorned by diverse textures, expert musicianship, and a generous use of space; it's almost almost perfectly balanced.
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Aug 22, 2013While the tunefulness of these tracks may not be so obvious--and in many cases, almost entirely elusive--she entices her listeners to peel back the layers and discover the shimmering glow that emanates from within.
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Aug 27, 2013It is a mature and impressive collection that connects love and fear holistically.
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Aug 19, 2013A lot of the time Warp & Weft is just very slow, and whilst there are a couple of earworms to be turned up here and there, it's mostly pretty stodgy.
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Aug 14, 2013Warp & Weft is a welcome return from Veirs and proves the chemistry between her and her producer husband Tucket Martine. The instrumentation, songwriting and melody-making effortlessly comes together thanks to the clever layering and lovingly crafted placement of each and every sound.
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MojoAug 14, 2013The album's dozen essays zigzag with the same unpredictability as Veirs's vertiginous melody lines, everything united by her compellingly aerated vocal tone and Tucker Martine's deep focus production. [Sep 2013, p.88]
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Aug 15, 2013This is possibly her most satisfying album to date; it is, at times, quite spellbinding.
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Aug 19, 2013It all amounts to a rich, evocative expression of a mother’s optimism and anxieties.
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Aug 20, 2013Displaying more of her raucous side, Warp and Weft is filled with tracks that easily find themselves among the best of her impressive catalog and manage to exceed expectations.
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Aug 22, 2013The delicately chained unison of the guitar and vocal melodies makes for a standout passage in a record that feels fresher and sharper than we've heard from Veirs in awhile, and perhaps serves as the dark flipside of children's record Tumble Bee.
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Aug 19, 2013Warp and Weft shows that there are many communications that form one big messy magnificence.
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Q MagazineFeb 4, 2014Supported by appearances from My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Neko Case and kd lang, Veirs still manages to find the magic and wonder in the big bad world. [Oct 2013, p.112]
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Aug 14, 2013Warp & Weft is Veirs's most expansive effort yet, with obvious musical and thematic ties to experimental Americana.
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Aug 19, 2013With Warp and Weft, Laura Veirs delivers her most satisfying set of songs since Carbon Glacier, but here, the arrangements devised by Veirs and her partner/producer Tucker Martine are so much more expansive and illuminating, creating a rich tapestry of ideas and idioms.
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Aug 19, 2013Fluent melodies, nature metaphors, and expressive settings are the robust ties that bind these reveries.
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Aug 14, 2013This is a creative and varied set of songs that spiral high and swoop low, sometimes both at once--and there isn’t a weak link amongst them. Mesmeric.
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UncutAug 14, 2013A work of lyricism and maturity, this is one of Veirs' finest yet. [Sep 2013, p.97]
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