Album
Temple Songs
2026 · Folk, World, & Country
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Temple Songs is a Folk album by Laura Veirs, originally released in 2026. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.
About
Uncertainty powerfully animates the bulk of Laura Veirs’ 14th LP, <i>Temple Songs</i>, one which she deliberately left rough and raw, with shaggy moments used as accents. It’s an immediate reflection on the tragedies and injustices that filter through our purview with an almost staggering ambivalence. Take opener <b>“Arc Still Bends,”</b> which from the jump reckons with the cruelty that seems to be commonplace in many daily occurrences. Over a lilting finger-picked pattern on acoustic guitar, Veirs asks: “The arc still bends towards justice, right?/I’m not so sure in the middle of the night.” If bad people do bad things to good people and there are no consequences, what’s the point of any of this? The album is stoic but never pessimistic. This balance is summed up on album closer <b>“Sunlight and Doom,”</b> on which Veirs sings, “Sunlight and doom/Two sides of the coin coming for you.” <b>Our Favorite Lyric:</b> “Here, the winter light is low and strange/Ten Alaska nights burn in my veins”—<b>“Golden Seams”</b>
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Arc Still Bends
- A2Golden Seams
- A3Pulse
- A4Feeling Returns
- A5Flying Into Darkness
Side B
- B1Colors Sing
- B2Out From Undercover
- B3New Life Over There
- B4No Masters
- B5River's Song
- B6Sunlight and Doom
Sound DNA
- Folk
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Limited copies include a signed thank-you card and Temple Songs songbook.
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 2 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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