Laura Stevenson, “Value Inn”

Laura Stevenson
“Value Inn”
The Big Freeze (out 03.29 on Don Giovanni)
Though the Long Island singer-songwriter has been at it for nearly 10 years, “Value Inn” is my first taste of the Laura Stevenson experience, and goddamn, it is a delicious one. “Value Inn” is a stark, brooding piece of electric folk that pairs her bewitching voice with reverb-soaked guitars that start as a drizzle before building into a dense storm. Recorded in her childhood bedroom, the track crackles with dark clouds of dread that are only parted by her piercing vocals. One to watch.