Empire Builder (album)

Empire Builder is the fourth studio album by American musician Laura Gibson. It was released in April 2016 under Barsuk Records.

Empire Builder
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)
GenreIndie pop, indie rock
Length40:10
LabelBarsuk Records, City Slang
ProducerJohn Askew, Laura Gibson[1]
Laura Gibson chronology
La Grande
(2012)
Empire Builder
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
MusicOMH[3]

Gibson has stated that the title track was written when travelling from Oregon on the Empire Builder in order to start an MFA program in creative fiction at Hunter College New York.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Cause"4:20
2."Damn Sure"4:08
3."Not Harmless"3:13
4."Empire Builder"5:16
5."Five and Thirty"4:44
6."The Search for Dark Lake"3:28
7."Two Kids"3:19
8."Louis"3:02
9."Caldera, Oregon"4:11
10."The Last One"4:29

References

  1. Day, Laurence (January 22, 2016). "Laura Gibson has announced new record Empire Builder, its lead single "The Cause", and a bunch of new UK/EU shows". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  2. "Metacritic review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  3. Boardman, Tony (2016-04-01). "MusicOMH Review". Musicomh.com. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  4. Christensen, David. "Laura Gibson Performs 'Empire Builder' On A Train Through The Columbia Gorge". www.opb.org. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
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