Year of Meteors

Year of Meteors is the fifth studio album by Laura Veirs, released in 2005. On August 7, 2018, it was announced that this album, along with the rest of her releases through Nonesuch would be reissued for the first time in over ten years on both compact disc and vinyl by Veirs' own record label, Raven Marching Band.

Year of Meteors
Studio album by Laura Veirs
Released	August 23, 2005
Recorded	Flora, Seattle, Washington
Genre	Folk
Length	47:34
Label	Nonesuch Records
Producer	Tucker Martine
Laura Veirs chronology
Carbon Glacier (2004) Year of Meteors (2005) Saltbreakers (2007)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[3]
The Independent	[4]
Mojo	[5]
NME	7/10[6]
Now	[7]
Pitchfork	7.9/10[8]
Q	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Uncut	8/10[11]

Track listing

1. "Fire Snakes" – 4:57
2. "Galaxies" – 3:35
3. "Secret Someones" – 5:16
4. "Magnetized" – 2:37
5. "Parisian Dream" – 3:05
6. "Rialto" – 4:00
7. "Through the Glow" – 2:42
8. "Cool Water" – 2:52
9. "Spelunking" – 3:06
10. "Black Gold Blues" – 3:11
11. "Where Gravity Is Dead" – 3:40
12. "Lake Swimming" – 3:24
    • "Magnetized" (Demo version) (hidden track) – 1:39

Personnel

The Tortured Souls

• Laura Veirs – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Steve Moore - piano, organs, keyboards
• Karl Blau - bass, electric guitar, vocals, keyboards
• Tucker Martine - drums, beats, percussion

Special guests

• Eyvind Kang - viola on tracks 1,5,10
• Keith Lowe - upright bass on tracks 1, 6