An absorbing, brilliant work whose grip tightens with each hearing.   Full text...

Year of Meteors is no flat-out masterpiece.  Full text...

"Year of Meteors" captures Laura Veirs, bandleader, lyricist and, above all else, a songwriter with a gift.   Full text...

Come with an open heart and you won’t leave disappointed.  Full text...

Pretty and strange in equal measure, this album confirms Veirs as one of the most intriguing talents to come along in years.  Full text...

It's no criticism to say that Laura Veirs's new album, Year of Meteors, will sound familiar to listeners, newcomers and old fans alike.   Full text...

From its schoolmarmish cover photo to the eccentric alt-pop arrangements inside, Veirs' new CD has all the earmarks of a self-conscious stab at contrarian credibility.  Full text...

Authenticity is doubtless and flashes of melancholy come in abundance across this record.  Full text...

Laura Veirs continues to grow and flourish from album to album, and if Year of Meteors is any indication, her next effort will take her to the next level of pure pop perfection.   Full text...

I'm not sure if I would agree that this is Veirs' best album yet, but even if it's more consistently very good rather than sporadically startlingly excellent, there are lines to treasure in every song, and I would be a fool to deny that the damn thing's growing on me.   Full text...

Year of the Meteors is decidedly a band record, and by definition less intimate.  Full text...

Laura Veirs hails from Seattle, but she just as easily could have climbed down the side of a snow-capped, Scandinavian mountain.  Full text...