Song Premiere: Laura Gibson - "La Grande"

Laura Gibson’s forthcoming album La Grande draws its name from a northeastern Oregon town where she wrote this collection of songs. Gibson, a native Oregonian, found that La Grande inspired her, recalling a place which she describes as “people usually pass through on their way to somewhere else, but which contains a certain gravity, a curious energy.”

It’s a town similar to many of the places she’s passed through touring behind her last album Beast Of Seasons. Like her travels, La Grande curiously captures the richness of the places she’s visited as well as the people she’s encountered. Along the way, Gibson received help from the likes of Calexico’s Joey Burns, The Dodos’ Meric Long and Logan Kroeber and The Decemberists’ Nate Query and Jenny Conlee in creating what became her beautiful Barsuk debut.

While La Grande doesn’t come out until Jan. 24, you hear the first single off the record here. Check out here upcoming tour dates below

January
23 – New York, N.Y. @ Other Music (Free In-Store)
25 – Boston, Mass. @ TT The Bears
26 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Johnny Brendas
27 – Alexandria, Va. @ Iota
28 – Norfolk, Va. @ Attucks Theater
30 – New York, N.Y. @ Mercury Lounge

February
3 – Portland, Ore. @ Mississippi Studios**
4 – Seattle, Wash. @ Tractor Tavern***
5 – Eugene, Ore. @ House Of Records (Free In-Store)
6 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Bottom of The Hill**
8 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Echo**
9 – Joshua Tree, Calif. Pappy & Harriet’s**
10 – Tucson, Ariz. @ Plush**
14 – Denton, Texas @ Dan’s Silverleaf**
15 – Norman, Okla. @ Opolis**
16 – Albuquerque, N.M. @ Low Spirits**
17 – Denver, Colo. @ High Dive**
18 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ Kilby Court**
19 – Boise, Idaho @ Neurolux**

- * = w/ Alexa Wilding
- * = w/ Breathe Owl Breathe
- ** = w/ Grand Hallway and Devil Whale