Saltbreakers is exceptionally strong, and it shows Veirs has more than just poetic whimsy up her sleeve.  Full text...

This is an album that has read "The God Delusion" and found itself more in love with the universe than ever.  Full text...

Saltbreakers is a wonderful album - a little glossy on the surface maybe, but saved from preciousness by its intelligence, restraint and soaring images.  Full text...

The album takes a middle ground between the skewed spookiness of Carbon Glacier and the expansive art-rock of its follow-up, Year of Meteors; some songs are hypnotic nu-folk (Nightingale), while others rock out (Phantom Mountain).  Full text...

Laura Veirs has still crafted a strong album here, with greater riches, both musically and lyrically, than 90 per cent of her contemporaries. But to her growing number of fans (read: sticklers), this is not as good as its predecessor. Perhaps it’s time for her to find new modes of inspiration.  Full text...

For a few songs, Saltbreakers makes me feel like a bitter, harsh asshole for being so quick to judge, before slowly floating back to confirm most of my suspicions. While ultimately harmless, it's a perfect example of the mediocrity that comes in the wake of innovative revivalists, routinely competent "smart" songs that aim low and leave no impression on landing.   Full text...