Empire Builder (album)

Empire Builder is the fourth studio album by American musician Laura Gibson. It was released in April 2016 under Barsuk Records.

Empire Builder
Studio album by Laura Gibson
Released	April 1, 2016
Genre	Indie pop, indie rock
Length	40:10
Label	Barsuk Records, City Slang
Producer	John Askew, Laura Gibson[1]
Laura Gibson chronology
La Grande (2012) Empire Builder (2016)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
MusicOMH	[3]

Gibson has stated that the title track was written when travelling from Oregon on the Empire Builder in order to start an MFA program in creative fiction at Hunter College New York.[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Cause"	4:20
2.	"Damn Sure"	4:08
3.	"Not Harmless"	3:13
4.	"Empire Builder"	5:16
5.	"Five and Thirty"	4:44
6.	"The Search for Dark Lake"	3:28
7.	"Two Kids"	3:19
8.	"Louis"	3:02
9.	"Caldera, Oregon"	4:11
10.	"The Last One"	4:29

References

1. Day, Laurence (January 22, 2016). "Laura Gibson has announced new record Empire Builder, its lead single "The Cause", and a bunch of new UK/EU shows". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
2. "Metacritic review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
3. Boardman, Tony (2016-04-01). "MusicOMH Review". Musicomh.com. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
4. Christensen, David. "Laura Gibson Performs 'Empire Builder' On A Train Through The Columbia Gorge". www.opb.org. Retrieved 2019-03-04.