Taken from her new album Found Light due out 8th July via Bella Union, Laura Veirs has shared her new single and video, “Seaside Haiku”. Additionally, Veirs has announced that as part of her UK tour next month, she’ll be appearing at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, performing on the acoustic stage on Saturday 25th June (see tour dates below).
Commenting on the track “Seaside Haiku” Veirs says: “I took a solo vacation last winter and wrote a bunch of haikus after wandering around on a windy beach in Seaside, Oregon. Later I turned the haikus into the lyrics for this song. I love the breakdown in the middle of this song, how the instruments clear out and my vocals sound very close and intimate. I also love how mixer Phil Weinrobe warped my out-of-time acoustic guitars in the choruses. It reminds me of cold, sandy ocean waves rolling in and receding back into the sea. This song captures the feeling I had of my emerging independence as a solo woman in the world during that wintry time. It’s been a learning curve for me to figure out how not to give too much of myself in relationships at the expense of my own needs. This is a song to remind myself not to give too much, and also to remind all women who are socialized to give so much to others. This song is a call to hold onto our strength and power and to share it reciprocally instead of blithely giving it away.
Regarding the video, she adds: “I returned to the beach a year later to make this video. I thought getting buried up to my neck in the sand would be a weird, eye-catching beginning to the video. (Little did I know a wave would almost overtake me in the first verse!) This video captures the threads of unburying and freedom that run throughout my new album.”
Laura Veirs June UK tour:
Thursday 9th June – Norwich – Norwich Arts Centre
Friday 10th June – Nottingham – The Bodega Social Club
Saturday 11th June – Cambridge – Storey’s Field Centre
Sunday 12th June – Birmingham – Hare & Hounds
Tuesday 14th June – Gosforth – Civic Theatre
Wednesday 15th June – Edinburgh – Summerhall Arts Venue
Thursday 16th June – Glasgow – Stereo
Saturday 18th June – Leeds – Belgrave Music Hall
Sunday 19th June – Manchester – The Deaf Institute
Tuesday 21st June – Pentrych – Acapela Studios
Wednesday 22nd June – Bristol – Thekla
Thursday 23rd June – Exeter – Phoenix
Saturday 25th June – Glastonbury – Glastonbury Festival
Monday 27th June – Portsmouth – Wedgewood Rooms
Tuesday 28th June – Guildford – The Boileroom
Wednesday 29th June – Brighton – Komedia
Thursday 30th June – London – Union Chapel