Pre-Release
- 25 OCT 2024
- 11 Songs
- Twenty One (Deluxe Edition) · 2008
- I Speak Because I Can · 2009
- Patterns in Repeat · 2024
- Patterns in Repeat · 2024
- New Romantic - Single · 2007
- Patterns in Repeat · 2024
- Alas I Cannot Swim · 2007
- Song For Our Daughter · 2020
- I Speak Because I Can · 2010
- Once I Was an Eagle · 2013
Essential Albums
- The second album by Laura Marling is tailor-made for winter. The dense mania of “Devil’s Spoke” and “Hope in the Air” evoke stormy nights, while she adopts a grave tone. The 19-year-old starkly examines expectations of young women by trying on roles like maid, mother, lover and on the title track, Penelope, wife of Odysseus. There are welcome moments of light amid the darkness: the conversational tumble of “Maid by Maid” and the cosy bonhomie of “Darkness Descends”.
- 2024
- 2021
- 2021
Artist Playlists
- Epic, complex, feminist: prepare to fall for a folk visionary.
Appears On
More To Hear
- Another chance to hear Matt's chat with the Mercury nominee.
- Laura Marling discusses her new album, Song For Our Daughter.
- Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay talk their new project, LUMP.
- Elton John sits down with Hannah Reid to discuss the band’s album Truth Is a Beautiful Thing.
More To See
About Laura Marling
British singer-songwriter Laura Marling learned to play guitar from her father, who owned a recording studio frequented by such artists as Black Sabbath and The La’s. ∙ While playing shows as part of West London’s nu-folk scene, Marling attracted the attention of Virgin Records, which signed her to a contract when she was only 16. ∙ Alas I Cannot Swim, her 2008 debut, was the first of four Marling albums to be nominated for the UK’s Mercury Prize. ∙ Beginning with 2010’s I Speak Because I Can, she’s had six consecutive Top 10 albums in the UK. ∙ Marling won top British Female Solo Artist at the 2011 BRIT Awards. ∙ Produced by Ethan Johns (Paul McCartney, Kings of Leon), Once I Was An Eagle was included among Rolling Stone’s list of the 50 Best Albums of 2013. ∙ She earned Best Folk Album Grammy nominations for 2017’s Semper Femina and 2020’s Song for Our Daughter.
- HOMETOWN
- Eversley, Hampshire, England
- BORN
- 1 February 1990
- GENRE
- Alternative