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Laura Gibson: Goners (City Slang)

Some artists simply can’t avoid certain topics; they are the creative tics forged from emotional motifs that run like an undercurrent through their lives. For Oregon singer-songwriter Laura Gibson, the primary thread running through her four previous albums is a tight-knit blend of loss and heartache. On her fifth solo work, Gibson has, so to speak, jumped into the abyss. Across ten songs, she dwells on ...