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Laura Gibson & Ethan Rose

Bridge Carols

Halocene Music

The newest offering from beloved Portland folkie, Laura Gibson, is a kooky but refreshing little record. Gibson, a warbling, marbly mouthed singer, breaks with her usual style by pairing up with instrumentalist Ethan Rose on Bridge Carols, an album of seven strange and simple songs. For the most part, Gibson’s vocals are front and center here, with Rose weaving a tapestry of quiet plinks, placid drones and gentle static behind her. As a lyricist, Gibson keeps things simple and stark.

She relies on just a few short phrases on “Knife,” a technique that, with Rose’s soundscapes surrounding her, flings the listener further into the singer’s sadness and malaise. Rose shines brightest on the last track, “Frailty,” a peculiar 53-second song that forces Gibson’s voice into a deep cave – blurring her words as if they were sung decades ago and are only now surfacing for us to hear.

Recommended Download: “Knife”

This article appears in Mar 18-24, 2010.

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Laura Gibson & Ethan Rose: Bridge Carols

by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon
March 17, 2010

<h1>Laura Gibson & Ethan Rose: Bridge Carols</h1> <p class="byline">by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />March 17, 2010</p> <p>Laura Gibson &amp; Ethan Rose</p> <p><strong><em>Bridge Carols</em></strong></p> <p><strong>Halocene Music</strong></p> </p> <p>The newest offering from beloved Portland folkie, Laura Gibson, is a kooky but refreshing little record. Gibson, a warbling, marbly mouthed singer, breaks with her usual style by pairing up with instrumentalist Ethan Rose on <em>Bridge Carols</em>, an album of seven strange and simple songs. For the most part, Gibson&apos;s vocals are front and center here, with Rose weaving a tapestry of quiet plinks, placid drones and gentle static behind her. As a lyricist, Gibson keeps things simple and stark.<br /> <br /> She relies on just a few short phrases on "Knife," a technique that, with Rose's soundscapes surrounding her, flings the listener further into the singer's sadness and malaise. Rose shines brightest on the last track, "Frailty," a peculiar 53-second song that forces Gibson's voice into a deep cave - blurring her words as if they were sung decades ago and are only now surfacing for us to hear. <em></em></p> </p> <p>Recommended Download: "Knife"<strong></strong></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/music/laura-gibson-and-ethan-rose-bridge-carols-2135338/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=14825&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/music/laura-gibson-and-ethan-rose-bridge-carols-2135338/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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