LAURA GIBSON + Musee Mechanique

Thu 26th Nov 2009

The Local presents
LAURA GIBSON
+ Musee Mechanique



 
Doors 7.30
Opening support 8.15 (30)
Musee Mechanique 9.00 (30)
Laura Gibson 9.45 (60)

£8.50 at WeGotTickets
£10 door

"Laura Gibson treats syllables with the same patience and loving precision a mosaic maker might put into cutting and arranging his / her tiles…rewards repeat listens." - Pitchfork

'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 into focus with perceptive musicality.

"One of the year's most breathtaking albums. Beasts of Seasons is nothing short of a masterpiece, both for its flawless and often haunting execution and for its inspired statements on the human experience. If it's the sonic equivalent of darkness and what may be lurking there, then Gibson's fragile voice and plaintively strummed guitar soon emerge as a flicker of light. It's a mesmerizing contrast, as the curtain rises for Gibson's beautifully gloomy and arresting meditations on life and death." NPR National Public Radio
 
"A new soundtrack for your next long hike through the enchanted forest." - Rolling Stone

 

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