Nov 24 2007
Laura Sings Liver
It’s amazing what you can find by just exploring the Myspace friends of bands that you enjoy. Last night my route took me from the excellent Sky Larkin to the rather good Kotki Dwa (who will probably end up here soon enough) until I eventually landed on Laura Sings Liver. Or maybe it’s Laura Hocking. I have no idea which the official “band” name is, but it really doesn’t matter.
The formula for Laura Sings Liver is “one girl + guitar + glockenspiel + Audacity, with occasional mechanical interruptions”, which most people will agree is an excellent combination. The songs are simple, usually just the gently played guitar and the words. Which is fine when you have a voice like this. Each song is a remarkably literate little story. Usually when I’m trying out new bands I end up listening to about a minute of a few songs before moving on. Every one of the songs on her Myspace pages had me engrossed from start to finish, something that’s rather rare these days.
MP3 Laura Sings Liver - Strongmen & Acrobats (expired)
MP3 Laura Sings Liver - City Song (expired)
MP3 Laura Sings Liver - Swim Thru (expired)
Laura Sings Liver has not one, not two, but three Myspace accounts, all with songs for free downloads, meaning you’ve got no less than 14 songs to go and download. Make sure you do, every single one is worthwhile.
Laura Sings Liver: Myspace || 2nd Myspace || 3rd Myspace
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Good find. I really like her voice!
Kotki Dwa are brill !!! Laura Sings Liver is a weird name eh…nice stuff tho…i love it when you find a myspace gem !!!
hello a.f.or chums, i also recently discovered that laura makes wonderful music, we actually we to school together so it was doubly pleasing :)
katie sky larkin
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Thank you for the tip off…this girl is great! I have stolen your idea and also blogged about her…giving you due credit for leading me to the discovery of course! I’m really impressed (and I really like the rest of your blog too, by the way).
:o)
D.x