Laura Veirs will release her new album Temple Songs, on August 14th, 2026 via her own Raven Marching Band Records. Ahead of the LP’s arrival, the Portland, Oregon artist has shared lead single “Flying Into Darkness.” Says Veirs: “This song comes from a feeling of being existentially unmoored in a dark, uncertain moment. I kept circling the same questions: how do I stay grounded? How do I feel like I’m doing some real good, nudging things–even slightly–in a better direction?” Veirs explains. “At its core, the song wrestles with restlessness–how hard it is to find true rest when the world keeps us in a constant state of unease. There’s also a thread of ‘No Masters’ running through it, which shows up across the album. I’m reaching for a world shaped more by freedom and love than by greed and fear, and all the ways those forces show up in daily life: hollow work, vast inequality, systems that feel too big to push against, and the steady backdrop of violence and conflict.”

Temple Songs was recorded with just two mics and a laptop in a 10’ x 14′ room, Veirs embraced the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi throughout the process, choosing not to pitch-correct vocals or edit out rough edges. “I wanted to make something that sounds as organic and human as possible,” she says. Mixing by Philip Weinrobe (Adrienne Lenker) adds sympathetic finishing touches. Because the Temple of Bloom wasn’t built for recording, the studio itself became a collaborator. Veirs paused takes for rain on the skylight–or let it stay. She waited out neighbors’ conversations, raced to finish a sensitive vocal before a stump grinder roared to life, and included the presence of resident bluejays, passing crows, and other neighborhood sounds. These ambient intrusions lend the album an intimate, lived-in authenticity. To fully realize the personal, handmade world of Temple Songs, Veirs’s longtime photographer and friend Shelby Brakken captured the front cover at Portland venue Mississippi Studios, where Veirs has played her music many times, and where she got married; the back cover and lyrics insert feature Veirs’s calligraphy, collage work, and illustrations.

Laura Veirs
Temple Songs
Tracklist
Raven Marching Band Records

1. Arc Still Bends
2. Golden Seams
3. Pulse
4. Feeling Returns
5. Flying Into Darkness
6. Colors Sing
7. Out From Undercover
8. New Life Over There
9. No Masters
10. River’s Song
11. Sunlight and Doom

Laura Veirs 2026 tour dates

09/10/26 – Cambridge, UK @ Storey’s Field Centre
09/11/26 – Sheffield, UK @ Upper Chapel
09/12/26 – Newcastle, UK @ Cluny 2
09/13/26 – Glasgow, UK @ Saint Luke’s
09/14/26 – Manchester, UK @ St. Michael’s
09/16/26 – London, UK @ Earth
09/17/26 – Southampton, UK @ Papillon
09/18/26 – Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew
09/19/26 – Birmingham, UK @ Kitchen Garden Cafe
09/20/26 – Nottingham, UK @ Old Cold Store
09/22/26 – Galway, IE @ Monroe’s
09/23/26 – Dublin, IE @ Whelan’s
09/24/26 – Belfast, UK @ The Black Box
09/25/26 – Kilkenny, IE @ Cleere’s
10/08/26 – Vienna, VA @ Jammin Java
10/09/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Nikki Lopez
10/10/26 – New York, NY @ Cafe Wha
10/11/26 – Boston, MA @ Club Passim
10/13/26 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
10/14/26 – Columbus, OH @ Natalie’s
10/15/26 – Evanston, IL @ Space
10/16/26 – Fort Atkinson, WI @ Cafe Carpe
10/17/26 – Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
10/19/26 – Los Angeles, CA @ Peppermint Club
10/20/26 – San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord
10/22/26 – Trout Lake, WA @ Trout Lake Hall
10/23/26 – Vashon, WA @ Open Space for Arts & Community
10/24/26 – Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
10/25/26 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
10/26/26 – Mount Vernon, WA @ Lincoln Theatre

pre-order Temple Songs by Laura Veirs HERE