Laura Stevenson is a songwriter living in New York. Her newest album, Late Great, is out now on Really Records.
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I had kind of a fucked up year so my music listening was more comfort than discovery — I really could only listen to records that I knew I already loved and that I always return to. It was actually pretty recently (like, last month) that my friend Jeff played me this Saintseneca record, Highwalllow & Supermoon Songs, and I was really stunned by it.
This is the type of record that gets songwriters excited to hunker down and write because it’s a reminder that there are still great songs to be written out there. I’ve known this band for quite some time, we toured in the same circles since we started, I’ve always been a fan and this record is really a total triumph. Every song is so amazing and well-crafted and it has this familiar feeling, probably because it makes me think of so many different formative bands that I have always loved — the ones that made me want to play music myself. Zac Little is such a consistently incredible songwriter, and then the production, and then the HARMONIES (you know I love harmonies)… Anyway, this is serious. I am so excited to hear what they do next, and I want to personally thank them for forcing me out of a musical funk.
Laura Stevenson’s Late Great is out now.
