Phone Orphans

The prolific Portland songwriter mines eight years' worth of voice memos for this sparse collection of sketches.

The prolific Portland songwriter mines eight years' worth of voice memos for this sparse collection of sketches.

With ‘Phone Orphans,’ Laura Veirs exposes her creative process and, in doing so, maps out the rich topography of her psyche.

With ‘Phone Orphans,’ Laura Veirs exposes her creative process and, in doing so, maps out the rich topography of her psyche.

Laura Veirs' Phone Orphans works because of its roughness. She's not gilding the lily, and she offers her direct sensibility as a way to address her ignorance.

Laura Veirs' Phone Orphans works because of its roughness. She's not gilding the lily, and she offers her direct sensibility as a way to address her ignorance.