case/lang/veirs | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Portland, Oregon U.S. |
Genres | |
Years active | 2016–present |
Labels | Anti- |
Members | |
Website | caselangveirs.com (archived version) |
case/lang/veirs is a Canadian-American supergroup consisting of Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Veirs, formed in Portland, Oregon in 2013. [1] [2] [3] The group launched with a June 2016 eponymous album, followed by a 19-city summer 2016 tour. [4]
The trio of case/lang/veirs was formed in 2013, three years before the album release, [5] when Lang, in a one-line e-mail, invited Case and Veirs to join her, and they responded affirmatively within 30 minutes. [1] [4] [6]
The three musicians had decades of experience making music, [7] and at that point had recorded over 30 studio albums between them. [6]
Lang, who previously collaborated with Dwight Yoakam, Madeleine Peyroux and Ann Wilson, [8] has said that she was considering retirement before forming the band, [9] and she always wanted to "be part of a band, a real collaborative effort". [10]
The band's sound is described as alt-country. [2] [11]
Two of the band members, lang and Veirs, live in Portland; Case joined them from her home in Vermont. [1]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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UK [12] |
US [13] | |||
case/lang/veirs | 28 | 33 |
case/lang/veirs | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Portland, Oregon U.S. |
Genres | |
Years active | 2016–present |
Labels | Anti- |
Members | |
Website | caselangveirs.com (archived version) |
case/lang/veirs is a Canadian-American supergroup consisting of Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Veirs, formed in Portland, Oregon in 2013. [1] [2] [3] The group launched with a June 2016 eponymous album, followed by a 19-city summer 2016 tour. [4]
The trio of case/lang/veirs was formed in 2013, three years before the album release, [5] when Lang, in a one-line e-mail, invited Case and Veirs to join her, and they responded affirmatively within 30 minutes. [1] [4] [6]
The three musicians had decades of experience making music, [7] and at that point had recorded over 30 studio albums between them. [6]
Lang, who previously collaborated with Dwight Yoakam, Madeleine Peyroux and Ann Wilson, [8] has said that she was considering retirement before forming the band, [9] and she always wanted to "be part of a band, a real collaborative effort". [10]
The band's sound is described as alt-country. [2] [11]
Two of the band members, lang and Veirs, live in Portland; Case joined them from her home in Vermont. [1]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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UK [12] |
US [13] | |||
case/lang/veirs | 28 | 33 |