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Laura Marling

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? by cheltenhamperson

i cant wait for the album. i think she is without doubt one of the biggest talents to come out of this country in recent times. anyone else agree? shame i cant see her live for 5 months as i'm off travelling. unless she plays in bagkok.

cheltenhamperson | 07 Jan '08, 19:50 | Send note | Report this | Reply

you mean

Laura Marling, radio darling?

woahmassimo | 7 Jan '08, 19:51 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Definitely!

I really like the idea of this songbox thing she's shifting too, seems very reasonable for twenty notes.

http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/3515029/Alas-I-Cannot-Swim/Product.html

Anyone know the tracklisting?

Donnie | 7 Jan '08, 19:55 | Send note | Report this | Reply

..

no i dont know the tracklisting, ive ordered it though and looking forward to it. the EP was brilliant, night terror and typical are sheer genius.

cheltenhamperson | 7 Jan '08, 19:57 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I've only just heard some of her stuff

Absolutely beautiful voice. I don't know much about her though. Who is she? And when's her album out?

TravisPerkins | 7 Jan '08, 23:05 | Send note | Report this | Reply

February the 4th

I think... that may be the limited 'songbox' thing though. I love her new video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XonJJbV54BE

passedisco | 8 Jan '08, 12:55 | Send note | Report this | Reply

i don't like her music much but

from what i've seen she plays nice venues, soi'd probably go and see her. she played a jazz club in Manchester last year, and she's done other small venues like that that aren't the normal ones every artist plays. well done.

twee_loser | 8 Jan '08, 12:58 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I can't get over the fact

that she's singing such serious love songs when she's only 17/18

noise_annoys | 8 Jan '08, 15:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I didn't realise

that she was that young, does anyone know if the song New Romantic is on the album?

Moshing-Indie-Gouger | 8 Jan '08, 16:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Shes shit.

Nuff said.

chocfishcake | 8 Jan '08, 16:30 | Send note | Report this | Reply

no

or at least i doubt it to the Nth degree

industry inside info suggests otherwise. it was written when she was 15 or something ridiculous, and she really dislikes it now. it was only put it on the last EP at the last moment to appease her label; most of her fans are fans on the strength basis of that song.

look the her jools holland appearance for example. she looked well pissed off at having to play it... and recorded another song for the internet.

there's a lovely acoustic version of Ghosts (then entitled Heartbreakers Handbook) online which is about 1000x times better...

yours faithfully,

industry scum

jog_on_tom | 8 Jan '08, 16:32 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Cheers mate

I can't see why she doesn't like it though, or maybe the lyric about her mother has something to do with it.

Moshing-Indie-Gouger | 8 Jan '08, 16:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Or

she got as pissed off with Ryan Adams' recent albums as everyone else.

simon_t | 8 Jan '08, 16:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

.

probably in the same way my diary when i was 17 now reads like a scummy wet ballon.

i would also suggest she's far too clever to let herself be pigeonholed in the same media bucket as Kate Nash. this, surely, is obvious.
i'm here all night Marling fans...

jog_on_tom | 8 Jan '08, 16:39 | Send note | Report this | Reply