Laura J. Martin

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Birth nameLaura Jane Martin
BornLiverpool
GenresFolk, Pop, Indie, Electronic, psychedelic
InstrumentsVocals, Flute, Piano, Mandolin, Clarinet, Synths
LabelsStatic Caravan, Kartel Music Group, Shape Records, Finders Keepers, Summer Critics, First Word Records
Websitewww.laurajmartin.net

Laura J Martin is a musician, songwriter, and producer based in Liverpool. As a musician, Martin has worked and performed with Euros Childs (Gorkys Zygotic Mynci), Mike Lindsay (Tunng, Lump), Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Lavinia Blackwall (Trembling Bells), Lambchop's Matt Swanson and Tony Crow, Brian Kotzur (Silver Jews) and Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard) and Buck 65.

In February 2011, Martin performed with 'Jonny' (Norman Blake and Euros Childs) for their BBC Radio 6 Music session with Marc Riley.[1] This led to Riley inviting Laura to her own solo session and a further seven sessions have followed to date. Her debut album ‘The Hangman Tree’[2] which featured guest performances from Euros Childs and Buck 65, was released in 2011 on Static Caravan Recordings.[3] It was hailed as Sunday Times’ Breaking Act[4], “a musician of startling originality” and received glowing reviews from Uncut, Q Magazine, The Independent, The Daily Mirror and was featured in ‘The Word’s cover Mount CD. Her debut release had extensive play on BBC Radio 6 Music more sessions for Marc Riley [5][6][7][8][9][10] and Cerys Matthews[11] and repeated plays from Stuart Maconie[12], Gideon Coe[13] and Lauren Laverne.

In 2012, Martin released EP ‘Bónus Skór’[14] – a collaboration with Mike Lindsay (Tunng, Lump) which they wrote and recorded in Reykjavik, Iceland[15]. Her second solo album ‘Dazzle Days’[16] was released in 2013 and featured recordings made with Benge (Wrangler, John Foxx & The Maths). This again caught the attention of press and radio including BBC Radio 3's The Verb[17] and BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction, whereby Laura was asked to perform a session with Shawn Lee at Maida Vale.[18]

2014 saw Laura collaborate on writing and performing the score for Liverpool Everyman’s ‘Bright Phoenix’ with Martin Heslop and Vidar Norheim at Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.[19] Also in 2014, Martin was selected to participate in that year's Red Bull Music Academy, held in Tokyo, Japan.[20][21]

Her third solo album 'On The Never Never'[22] was released in 2016, and dealt with wider social issues and themes. This was a change of direction from her previous work and was inspired by reading Paul Kingsnorth's 2009 book 'Real England and conversations about the changing face and creeping blandness of her hometown with Liverpool writer Jeff Young. Tony Crow and Matt Swanson of Lambchop invited Laura to record with Mark Nevers (Bonnie Prince Billy, Lambchop, Charlie Louvin, Bill Callahan) in Nashville at the producer's Beech House studio[23]. As well as Tony Crow and Matt Swanson, Nevers installed Brian Kotzur (Silver Jews) and Duane Denison (The Jesus Lizard) to complete the in house band. String parts and gospel voices were further added to complete the Nashville session sound. A guest vocal from Benjamin Zephaniah was added back in England on the track 'That's the Way'. 'On The Never Never' caught the attention of Lauren Laverne “An extremely unique sound, I love the combinations of textures she puts together” particularly with the track 'My Landing Place' with Laverne featuring it as an 'MPFree' on her show.[24]

Laura's most recent release was a collaborative project 'Wyndow' written with Lavinia Blackwall of Trembling Bells. It was The Quietus’ ‘Album of the Week’[25] and received critical acclaim from Uncut – “understated Marvel”, The Scotsman, Prog Magazine[26], Shindig Magazine[27] and many more.

Martin has performed and toured with the likes of Euros Childs, Teenage Fanclub, PJ Harvey, Scout Niblett, Buck 65, Cate Le Bon[28], Stornoway, The Joy Formidable and Kidkanevil. Martin has also performed at various festivals including regular slots at Green Man Festival[29] and Latitude Festival, Bestival[30], Camp Bestival[31], Sŵn Festival[32] Shambala Festival,Tramlines[33], Moseley Folk Festival[34] and Soundwave Festival (Croatia).[35]

Discography

Solo albums

  • The Hangman Tree (2011)
  • Dazzle Days (2013)
  • On The Never Never (2016)

EPs

  • Bónus Skór (2012)
  • I Can't Bear to Feel Myself Forgotten (2016)

Singles

  • Spy (2011)
  • Red Flag (2011)
  • Do It (2016)
  • Counting Time (2023)

Collaborations and Appearances

  • Wyndow - Wyndow (Summer Critics)
  • Lump (Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay): Lump (Chrysalis/Partisan)[36]
  • Lump: Animal (Dead Oceans)[37]
  • Euros Childs - Situation Comedy (National Elf)
  • Euros Childs - Sweetheart (National Elf)
  • Low Roar - St. Eriksplan (Nevado Records)[38]
  • Lavinia Blackwall - Muggington Lane End[39]
  • Georgia Ruth - Mai[40]
  • Gary Daly – Gone From Here
  • The Joy Formidable - Hitch
  • Richard James - All The New Highways
  • Short and Curlies: Euros Childs, Sweet Baboo, H.Hawkline and Laura J Martin) At The Dance (National Elf)[41]
  • Bonus Skor - Bonus Skor (Static Caravan)
  • Laura J Martin and The Simonsound - Inside Your Bones (Finders Keepers)[42]
  • Alice Russell - Lights Went Out
  • Charlotte Greig: Dr Freud's Cabaret – Studies In Hysteria
  • Stateless - Exit (!K7 Records)

References

  1. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Marc Riley, Jonny". BBC. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  2. ↑ "Laura J Martin: The Hangman's Tree". 2023-09-21. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  3. ↑ "Laura J Martin - The Hangman Tree". Static Caravan Store. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  4. ↑ Davis, Mark Edwards, Dan Cairns, Stewart Lee, Clive (2023-09-21). "Pop, Rock & Jazz, Jan 22". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-09-21.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Marc Riley, Laura J Martin". BBC. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  6. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Marc Riley, Laura J Martin, Laura J Martin live in session for Marc Riley". BBC. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  7. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Marc Riley, Laura J Martin". BBC. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  8. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Marc Riley, Laura J Martin, Laura J Martin in live session for Marc Riley". BBC. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  9. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Marc Riley, Laura J Martin". BBC. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  10. ↑ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  11. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Cerys Matthews, With a live session from Laura J Martin, Laura J Martin - Interview with Cerys Matthews". BBC. 2011-09-18. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  12. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone, Folk guitarist Jon Renbourn". BBC. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  13. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Gideon Coe, Label Of Love is Spark". BBC. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  14. ↑ "AMN Reviews: Laura J. Martin & Mike Lindsay – Bónus Skór (Static Caravan)". Avant Music News. 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  15. ↑ Bónus Skór - Bónus Skór, 2012, retrieved 2023-09-20
  16. ↑ Laura J Martin - Dazzle Days, 2013, retrieved 2023-09-20
  17. ↑ "BBC Radio 3 - The Verb, Michael Morpurgo, Alan Connor, Benjamin Zephaniah & Laura J Martin". BBC. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  18. ↑ "BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, Late Junction Sessions, Thursday - Max Reinhardt, Late Junction Session: April 2014, with Laura J. Martin and Shawn Lee - Laura J. Martin and Shawn Lee". BBC. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  19. ↑ "Bright Phoenix | Everyman". www.everymanplayhouse.com. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  20. ↑ "Tokyo 2014". www.redbullmusicacademy.com. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  21. ↑ "Introducing the Participants of Red Bull Music Academy Tokyo 2014". daily.redbullmusicacademy.com. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  22. ↑ Laura J Martin - On The Never Never, 2016, retrieved 2023-09-21
  23. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  24. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Lauren Laverne - MPFree - February 2016". BBC. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  25. ↑ "The Quietus | Features | Album Of The Week | Such Gravity Without A Centre: Lavinia Blackwall & Laura J Martin Are Wyndow". The Quietus. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  26. ↑ "WYNDOW". pocketmags.com. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  27. ↑ "Shindig! 119 on sale 2nd September. | Silverback Publishing". Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  28. ↑ "Live report : Cate Le Bon, Laura J Martin - Paris, Point Éphémère - 25.10.2016". Sound Of Violence (in français). Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  29. ↑ Laura J Martin 'Salamander' @ Green Man Festival 18 August 2012, retrieved 2023-09-20
  30. ↑ Perry, Sally (2010-02-04). "Bestival 2010: Dizzee Rascal, The Flaming Lips, Hot Chip and More". Isle of Wight News from OnTheWight. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  31. ↑ Fullerton, Jamie (2010-01-28). "Friendly Fires, Billy Bragg, Marc Almond for Camp Bestival 2010". NME. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  32. ↑ "Sŵn Festival 2012 reveals first eighty acts". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  33. ↑ "Laura J Martin - Tramlines 2016, Sheffield, 22 Jul 2016". www.loudmemories.com. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  34. ↑ "Laura J Martin". www.ukfestivalguides.com. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  35. ↑ "Laura J Martin - Soundwave Festival Croatia 2012, Tisno, 19 Jul 2012". www.loudmemories.com. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  36. ↑ LUMP - Animal, 2021-07-30, retrieved 2023-09-20
  37. ↑ LUMP - Lump, 2018-06-01, retrieved 2023-09-20
  38. ↑ Low Roar - Once In A Long Long While..., 2017-04-14, retrieved 2023-09-20
  39. ↑ Lavinia Blackwall - Muggington Lane End, 2020-05-01, retrieved 2023-09-20
  40. ↑ Georgia Ruth - Mai, 2020-03-20, retrieved 2023-09-20
  41. ↑ "Short & Curlies – At The Dance". National Elf Library. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  42. ↑ "Inside Your Bones". Finders Keepers Records. Retrieved 2023-09-20.

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