Name: Empire Builder
Brand: Laura Gibson

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LPBARK162

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Colour

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2016-04-07

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

655173116210

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

CDBARK162

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2017-08-22

655173116227

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Laura Gibson

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Barsuk

Laura Gibson's album <i>Empire Builder</i>. Available here on LP and CD.

Empire Builder is named for the Amtrak route Laura Gibson took while moving from Portland, Oregon to New York City in the summer of 2014. Out of her comfort zone, she found even more of a challenge than she'd envisioned. Immediately upon arrival, she broke her foot and barely left her 5th floor apartment for the first two months. Then, on March 26th, 2015, her East Village building burned to the ground in a horrific gas explosion which killed two people and left many homeless. Gibson escaped from her apartment unharmed, but lost everything: all identification, eyeglasses, musical instruments, years of notebooks and every word she had written in response to her move. It is no surprise that Empire Builder stands as her most personal record to date. But while the making of the album was cathartic, it’s not just an auto-biographical mirror-gazing exercise; it’s a huge leap forward for Gibson as a songwriter, composer and producer. Gibson gathered a stellar band of old friends to complement her songs: guitarist/bassist Dave Depper (Death Cab for Cutie, Menomena), drummer/percussionist Dan Hunt (Neko Case) and composer/violinist Peter Broderick. Other contributors include Nate Query of the Decemberists and vocalist Alela Diane. 

Empire Builder

Music US