Portland, OR – November 3, 2011 – Laurel Brauns’ voice can strike you like sunlight shooting through a hundred bits of stained glass. In certain moments it’s a multi-hued tremolo, colored with an indefinable accent from… from… from someplace cool and northern… it’s like the peaty glow of scotch whisky, like the singing of a Druid, maybe… It’s the quality that drew some of Portland’s most notable talent together on her fourth and latest album, “House of Snow.” Produced and arranged by Douglas Jenkins, creative director of the Portland Cello Project, “House of Snow” features such musicians as Jenny Conlee (The Decemberists), Skip VonKuske (Vagabond Opera), Anna Fritz (Portland Cello Project) and Sam Cooper (Horse Feathers). A CD release show is set for December 9 at the Alberta Street Pub (1036 NE Alberta St. / 9:30pm / 21+ / $5 cover / Free with $15 CD purchase) with Sam Cooper, Anna Fritz, and other special guests. More information at www.laurelbrauns.com. Recorded in a tiny Portland nursery school, “House of Snow” covers a full sonic and emotional range from the irresistibly snappy, spring-in-your-step ditty “Puppy Love” to the swirling azure cello tones and floating chorus of “Doldrums” which skillfully braids three metaphors – love ended, plastic culture, and the literal nature of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – into pure poignancy: North Pacific suspended in the gyre Vast trove of treasures we once desired All our secrets are on display now By a leviathan we can’t throw away now Please email Music Publicist matt.kalinowski@q.com for high res photos and music downloads.
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