Anticipate Laura Marling's fifth LP: Short Movie.

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March 23rd is the release date.

First single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdCdT_dcmUI

It's a short f***in movie man

She does live in LA now.

Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link

i'm anticipating the fuck out of this

Mordy, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link

Excited!

Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link

Hrm, lame cover.

https://consequenceofsound.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/laura_marling_short_movie_01.jpg

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link

Yeah it's a shame, I usually really like her cover art.

Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 19:41 (nine years ago) link

no way, that is great! that is very joni-esque. look at ladies of the canyon or court & spark!

marcos, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link

Yeah, I don't particularly love Court & Spark's art either.

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link

jesus that court and spark jpg is bad, the original lp had some embossed letters and not that dark print

marcos, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link

"Her father, Sir Charles William Somerset Marling, the 5th Marling Baronet ran a recording studio.."

Such a beautiful story.

xelab, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link

wow, it's really been a year and a half since the last one? still, 5 albums at age 24.

call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link

finally got to listen to the single - love it

Mordy, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 22:04 (nine years ago) link

You talk like a fucking cattle farmer XP.

xelab, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 22:11 (nine years ago) link

how appropriate u talk like a cow

Mordy, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 22:13 (nine years ago) link

Yeah sure

xelab, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 22:14 (nine years ago) link

I forgot to add prick tbh

xelab, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:00 (nine years ago) link

lol am i missing something here?

marcos, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:01 (nine years ago) link

The English class system and Mordy being a fucking arsehole

xelab, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:03 (nine years ago) link

And CAD being a stupid posh twat

xelab, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:05 (nine years ago) link

lol sorry dude, i was just making a joke ref to a video game. i love laura marling but have no opinion about her class standings, like most americans i try to suppress thinking about class entirely

Mordy, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:07 (nine years ago) link

fuck off whoever you are xp

call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:07 (nine years ago) link

Lol! i will do.

xelab, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link

FPing furiously over here

Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:15 (nine years ago) link

this took a turn

Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:16 (nine years ago) link

wtf just happened

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:18 (nine years ago) link

haha noooooo clue

marcos, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:19 (nine years ago) link

CAD are you secretly English nobility I had no idea! didn't know the celtics took off over there

franch montana (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:23 (nine years ago) link

but for real fuck whoever that lunatic is, no one even said a thing in response to xelab's initial barb about her being the daughter of some lord, which, who gives a fuck?

franch montana (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:24 (nine years ago) link

well thank god for your brevity and consistency, well actually no you are a boring fucking pleb.

xelab, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:34 (nine years ago) link

will somebody please think of the children

Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:39 (nine years ago) link

wow, my flag post finger is getting quite a workout! Well done, xelab. You have quite a knack for swooping into threads and randomly insulting everyone posting to it for no apparent reason.

Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 23:48 (nine years ago) link

suspected sock or just a bored drunk troll? you and nuki should hang out

in any case you fuck off and listen to sleaford mods you soppy limey prick, no one started a goddamn thing with you

franch montana (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 18 December 2014 00:12 (nine years ago) link

(xxxp)

franch montana (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 18 December 2014 00:12 (nine years ago) link

can think of a few potential puppets if that name is indeed a sock

in any case, laura marling's p cool

franch montana (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 18 December 2014 00:15 (nine years ago) link

Search function says xelab's first posts were on Dec 11, 2013, so it was a timebomb set to go off in a year it appears.

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 18 December 2014 00:17 (nine years ago) link

slothroprhymes is a worse new poster than raccoon tanuki

languagelessness (mattresslessness), Thursday, 18 December 2014 00:18 (nine years ago) link

OMG IM CRUSHED

franch montana (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 18 December 2014 00:19 (nine years ago) link

That's a magnificent achievement imo

Johnny Fever, Thursday, 18 December 2014 00:20 (nine years ago) link

also xelab rules get over your chill selves

languagelessness (mattresslessness), Thursday, 18 December 2014 00:21 (nine years ago) link

even tho he yelled at me i think xelab has pretty cool taste in music

Mordy, Thursday, 18 December 2014 00:24 (nine years ago) link

i literally have no idea who xelab is but i think my new goal is to get every british poster to hate me despite the fact that i rarely interact with them.

call all destroyer, Thursday, 18 December 2014 00:53 (nine years ago) link

Confused by the squabbling in here but I like the new song; mildly surprised that the album title isn't six syllables long; hoping that she pulls things in slightly different directions to her past stuff on this one, even if I do love all of what she's done before very much.

uxorious gazumping (monotony), Thursday, 18 December 2014 00:56 (nine years ago) link

xp I'm all for this pursuit it's def already happening for me and I too have rarely initiated arguments or even convos w them

franch montana (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 18 December 2014 00:59 (nine years ago) link

monotony it is a v good song & I apologize for contributing for the clog-up of the thread

franch montana (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 18 December 2014 01:00 (nine years ago) link

*to the clog-up

franch montana (slothroprhymes), Thursday, 18 December 2014 01:00 (nine years ago) link

Yeah, the single seems to indicate something in between her last two albums, something a little more breezier? Thematically it looks much of the same: Marling speaking directly to someone about relationship.

Van Horn Street, Thursday, 18 December 2014 01:03 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nny4zzUlkSQ

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link

interesting track, not sure that I wanted to hear her rock more

Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link

I like it alright.

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link

I can imagine her welcoming a new direction after Eagle but this is still a bit strange to me.

Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 23:02 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hnKz9rlna4

slightly misjudged video for "gurdjieff's daughter" imo unless she's meant to seem like an annoying manic pixie etc who keeps bothering her friends who are trying to read their books or hang out in peace

the album just keeps getting better though, she's so good at highlighting her best lyrics with melodic twists

lex pretend, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 10:47 (nine years ago) link

two months pass...

I made myself listen to this. I think she's great, but I am not that into the type of thing she does, so I had to make myself. I'm glad I did. "Gurdjieff's Daughter" is a standout, partly because her normally distinctive phrasing is even more distinctive there. Watching the video for the first time now and I noticed the kids are drawing enneagrams. On the strength of "Gurdjieff's Daughter" alone I think I need to give Marling much more attention. The only previous song of hers that I liked in a big way was "Devil's Spoke."

I think I'd be happy if she went more rock-oriented, although it just depends on what she does with it, obviously.

_Rudipherous_, Sunday, 19 July 2015 15:45 (nine years ago) link

When I read people talking about her American accent, I thought: I don't hear any American accent. But I wouldn't, or maybe I would if it were poorly done and affected?

_Rudipherous_, Sunday, 19 July 2015 15:59 (nine years ago) link

I may be crazy but some of the phrasing is reminding me of "Bette Davis Eyes" of all things. Not saying there is much overall similarity.

_Rudipherous_, Sunday, 19 July 2015 16:15 (nine years ago) link

Intro. reminding me of some other song, but it's escaping me.

_Rudipherous_, Sunday, 19 July 2015 16:42 (nine years ago) link

slightly misjudged video for "gurdjieff's daughter" imo unless she's meant to seem like an annoying manic pixie etc who keeps bothering her friends who are trying to read their books or hang out in peace

I don't know exactly what she's going for, either lyrically or in the video, but it seems to fit as a cartoonish version of Gurdjieff badgering people into wakefulness. At other times it seems more like she is an embodiment of things the people in the house are trying to ignore.

As long as I'm making ridiculous comparisons, I also keep thinking of this (where her faces, and Brit in California image, are concerned). Terrible rip.

_Rudipherous_, Sunday, 19 July 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link

(A Laura.)

_Rudipherous_, Sunday, 19 July 2015 17:00 (nine years ago) link

"Consider" is a Fourth Way term of art, but she doesn't appear to be using it that way in her lyrics. Not sure what she is going for there.

_Rudipherous_, Sunday, 19 July 2015 17:52 (nine years ago) link

(Opening is reminding me of HAIM's "Honey & I" though I can't say it's very close, listening to them back to back.)

_Rudipherous_, Sunday, 19 July 2015 18:02 (nine years ago) link

On the other hand, a lot of people are going overboard with the Sultan's of Swing comparison.

_Rudipherous_, Monday, 20 July 2015 00:58 (nine years ago) link

- the damn "'"

_Rudipherous_, Monday, 20 July 2015 00:59 (nine years ago) link

two weeks pass...

I think this is her best and most consistent album so far. Despite the tagline about this being her electric album, my favorites on this are the acoustic tracks, for the most part.

o. nate, Wednesday, 5 August 2015 02:08 (nine years ago) link

three months pass...

Is the rest of this album as good as Gurdjieff's Daughter? I've never really been that taken with LM but that song is incredible.

― nate woolls, Tuesday, April 28, 2015 6:42 AM (6 months ago)

OTM

tayto fan (Michael B), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 23:50 (eight years ago) link

one year passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCS4OTgaHeM

A very nice surprise.

_Rudipherous_, Monday, 28 November 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link

(Maybe someone should start a thread for the new album.)

_Rudipherous_, Monday, 28 November 2016 17:21 (seven years ago) link

song's fairly good, strings are promising; concept is a bit less so

a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Monday, 28 November 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link

I like the fact that it is as much of a change in direction as it is, but I agree it's more solidly good than amazing.

_Rudipherous_, Monday, 28 November 2016 18:10 (seven years ago) link

Also, I didn't expect her to have a new album in the works so soon.

It seemed like she was looking for a different approach on the last album, but I was expecting that to mean rocking harder. So this is an interesting curveball.

_Rudipherous_, Monday, 28 November 2016 18:21 (seven years ago) link

New single's groove reminds me of an understated Fiona Apple. Gorgeous track.

Ross, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 06:54 (seven years ago) link

Currently feeling: the delivery of the line "I need soothing..."

Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Monday, 5 December 2016 00:40 (seven years ago) link

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EUdZFcq-QE

I think I like this more than "Soothing." I'm looking forward to the new album.

_Rudipherous_, Monday, 16 January 2017 01:32 (seven years ago) link

The second single is so good yeah. I'm much more excited about this one than the last, which I liked but never really properly connected to as with her others

monotony, Monday, 16 January 2017 02:43 (seven years ago) link

one month passes...
three weeks pass...

Really enjoying the new one and how concise it is. "Nothing, Not Nearly" reminds me of Nina Persson's solo work, which is never a bad thing.

Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 01:35 (seven years ago) link

The album is beautiful, in particular "Next Time" and its strings which seem to endlessly unfold

monotony, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 03:21 (seven years ago) link

"the valley" also devastating in its stillness

monotony, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 03:22 (seven years ago) link

Good points :) can totally see why Blake Mills (producer) is also working with Fiona Apple, similar little theatrical touches here and there.

Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 03:27 (seven years ago) link

Semper Femina has knocked me out, what a gorgeous album
I generally liked her before, I never heard the last one, but this is really hitting me
great production, between this and the new Mark Eitzel it's nice to hear some records that are produced so well

blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 16 March 2017 13:50 (seven years ago) link

I really dislike the way her voice lurches up when she sings "you can't come in, you don't live here anymore". It disproportionately bothers me given it's one of the first things you hear on an otherwise excellent album.

Kinda feel like she was in danger of becoming one of those artists who becomes less engaging as they mature artistically and the move towards Laurel Canyon-esque folk rock on the last few records hasn't really done it for me but this is great. Sounds amazing on good headphones as well.

Matt DC, Thursday, 16 March 2017 13:53 (seven years ago) link

yeah this is great, I need to hear her last couple albums. I kinda tuned out a while ago for no good reason

a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 16 March 2017 14:01 (seven years ago) link

where to start with her? heard a more trance-like minimal acoustic-leaning kind of one on the radio which i liked then listened to one of her albums and it was more rock-y than i thought it'd be

global tetrahedron, Thursday, 16 March 2017 14:13 (seven years ago) link

Once I Was An Eagle = trance-like and acoustic

Short Movie = more rock oriented

Both are very good though

Moodles, Thursday, 16 March 2017 14:23 (seven years ago) link

one month passes...

new one is pretty but i don't like the tapping/drum machine lots

j., Tuesday, 2 May 2017 01:59 (seven years ago) link

she also sing-talks in a british movie lady accent on this one, so i guess she's been shaking the seeping americanism people were noting ca. 'eagle'?

j., Tuesday, 2 May 2017 02:03 (seven years ago) link

one year passes...

Has anyone listened to LUMP? I didn't even realize this came out until right now. Seems good so far.

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 5 July 2018 04:22 (six years ago) link

I'm amazed this new one seems to be flying under the radar. Listening to it, I keep thinking it reminds me a lot of Hannah Peel, and turns out Peel plays trombone on it, so go figure. It's nice to hear Marling trying out a new direction.

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 6 July 2018 18:32 (six years ago) link

the single I've heard was nice, totally forgot the album was out as well

aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Friday, 6 July 2018 19:38 (six years ago) link

one year passes...

Living Room Tiny Desk Concert for new album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RzBrwRLX2E

There are about five Laura Marling threads, this one seemed the most active.

My Chess Hustler (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 May 2020 12:18 (four years ago) link

New album's pretty good, I need to listen to it again.

So I have it on now, and am I wrong in thinking this is her most Sheryl Crow-ish sounding album? I don't mean that as a criticism.

I love Laura Marling, and this new one really hasn't connected with me so far. Not yet ready to say it's the album's fault though.

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 9 May 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link

Her voice sounds so good on that Tiny Desk video

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 10 May 2020 02:39 (four years ago) link

four years pass...

New album is getting unexpectedly rave reviews for something that on first contact felt kind of slight, but several plays in now and it has completely taken over my brain and feels massively substantially precision-gorgeous and moving.

I was pretty ambivalent about LM's early records when she first emerged but now each new album further convinces me that she is total genius. I slept on the last album a bit re pandemic but it really holds up; Short Movie and Semper Femina have also brought much aggro/luxe sumptuousness this year. Need to go back to her first ones as I may be way more receptive now.

technopolis, Tuesday, 29 October 2024 20:09 (one week ago) link

I heard Patterns earlier and loved it - the first thing of hers I've really paid attention to. Am now desperately trying to unsee that her dad has the 5th Marling Baronetcy.

I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Tuesday, 29 October 2024 20:42 (one week ago) link

heh! - that was always the proverbial straw for me tbh. Obscenely class war really, but I can't fucking help myself.

vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Tuesday, 29 October 2024 21:21 (one week ago) link

She does cover a track by her dad on this album!, which is poss not a great selling point (it is lovely, though)

technopolis, Wednesday, 30 October 2024 10:32 (one week ago) link

I have also always been a bit underwhelmed by her, but caught her by accident on Later last week and thought she was easily the best act on there.

John Backflip (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 30 October 2024 11:23 (one week ago) link

This is really doing it for me, like some undiscovered treasure from the early 70s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QH0bONb7RQ

assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 1 November 2024 06:47 (six days ago) link

the title track has a nice little callback to "Breathe" from Once I Was An Eagle

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Saturday, 2 November 2024 17:05 (five days ago) link

I love the run from A Creature through Femina, especially Short Movie.

o. nate, Sunday, 3 November 2024 22:55 (four days ago) link


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