If you are into the folksy rock sound staight out from the Portland scene, check out this new addition to PCLP's music catalog:
La Grande by Laura Gibson. La Grande is a small town in the Pacific Northwest where native Oregonian Gibson found inspiration for her third album. Gibson is now with Barsuk Records, the independent Seattle label that includes such bands as Nada Surf and Death Cab for Cutie but don't be misled; she is far from alternative rock. Her sound is closer to folk and blues. Gibson cites singer/guitarist Mississippi John Hurt and Elizabeth Cotten as her influences. Closer to our time, she sometimes reminds me of Eleni Mandell.
For this record, Gibson shared the studio stage with friends like Calexico's Joey Burns and Nate Query and Jenny Conlee from The Decemberists. Although her music has been called out for nostalgic, the 10 tracks in La Grande would be better described as a timeless exploration, neither sad nor happy, of longing. The words she chose to talk about The Innocence Mission, one of her favorite bands, can be aptly used for her art: "Winter waiting for Spring".
-Julian
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