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Modern dustbowl crooner Laura Gibson named her third studio album after a northeastern Oregon town that "people usually pass through on their way to somewhere else, but which contains a certain gravity, a curious energy." It's a fitting sentiment as the same could be said about Gibson's music, a hodgepodge of retro Americana, dusty dirt-road folk, and cinematic, sepia-toned blues. Opening with the sprawling title cut, a dark, open-road anthem that sounds like Calexico fronted by Jolie Holland, the ten-track La Grande proceeds to pile on the atmosphere, offering up solid, pump organ-led, south-of-the-border-kissed balladry ("Red Moon") and galloping future public radio segues ("Skin, Warming Skin") with great aplomb. Gibson's reedy voice lacks power, especially when she forces the Ella Fitzgerald affectations, but when she dials back the theatrics and exposes the talented singer/songwriter within, as she does on the sweet and soulful "Milk-Heavy, Pollen-Eyed," the results are downright magical. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi

Performer	Laura Gibson
Music genre	Alternative
Music subgenre	CD - ALTERNATIVE ROCK
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Original release date	2012
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Laura Gibson - La Grande [CD]
Track listing	La Grande, Milk-Heavy, Pollen-Eyed, Lion/Lamb, Skin, Warming Skin, The Rushing Dark, Red Moon, Crow/Swallow, The Fire, Time Is Not, Feather Lungs
Record label	Barsuk
Songwriter	Laura Gibson
Track name	1. La Grande, 2. Milk-Heavy, Pollen-Eyed, 3. Lion/Lamb, 4. Skin, Warming Skin, 5. The Rushing Dark, 6. Red Moon, 7. Crow/Swallow, 8. The Fire, 9. Time Is Not, 10. Feather Lungs
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N