Album: Beasts of Seasons

Laura Gibson's second album Beasts of Seasons was released last year on the HUSH label. Incidentally, that alone tells you a great deal about what to expect. It's an intimate, folk-y, sparse, often lullaby-like collection of songs. Laura's voice sounds like a combination of Stina Nordenstam, Zooey Deschanel from She & Him, and Cat Power (Cat Power's You Are Free and The Greatest deserve a listen as well). A word of warning: Do not listen to Laura Gibson while driving overnight or operating heavy machinery.

A good choice for: listening through headphones (some albums really lend themselves to that, you know?); playing late in the evening when feeling particularly stressed; accompanying a cold winter's day.

Tracks to try: Come By Storm, Spirited, Sleeper

Listen here.