Her new album July Flame doesn't arrive until January 12 but critical
darling Laura Veirs isn't wanting for advance press from some famous
friends. Fellow Portlander Colin Malloy of the Decemberists (with whom
Veirs collaborated on a track from the Crane's Wife album) has already
used his predictive powers to declare July Flame as his favorite album
of 2010 while another Veirs fan (and Flame guest) Jim James of My
Morning Jacket describes their relationship in more apiological terms:
"Laura抯 like the queen bee and my ear is her hive; she nests and makes
honey in the hairs of my cochlea."