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| Background information | |
| Origin | Melbourne, Australia |
| Genre(s) | Post-Rock, Alternative |
| Years active | 2002-current |
| Label(s) | Alone Again Records |
| Members | |
| Nathan Biggin Andrew Chalmers David Gagliardi Carolyn Gannell Andrew Yardley Ben Yardley |
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Laura is a post-rock band from Melbourne, Australia.
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History
Laura formed in 2001. Their debut EP - Photographs..., was released in 2002 yet though it received positive reviews on the whole, failed to gain the band a significant following. However, with their follow up album Mapping Your Dreams (produced by noted Japanese engineer Naomune Anzai) in 2004, they became world renowned for their loud live shows and post-rock sound. The album garnered high-rotation airplay and promotional support from independent radio stations FBi Radio and 2ser in Sydney as well as 3RRR and 3PBS in Melbourne. It was critically successful notably in the naming of self-released single We Should Keep This Secret (from their Mapping Your Dreams album) as Beat Magazine's single of the week in September 04, and later becoming the magazine's single of that year. Radio Swan Is Down, their second album, was released in 2006 and was supported by a national tour. In February 2007, Laura supported US band Isis on their tour of Australia. (re)capitualte, released in October 2007, is a live recording that was recorded at the HiFi Bar in Melbourne earlier in 2007. The track 'Radio Swan Is Down part 1' was voted Beat Single of the week as well as receiving much critial acclaim for its intesity and power.
Acclaim
- 'Their massive wall of sound paralyses the room with awe…They’re like a hit of LSD – you can’t stop it or control it, you just flow with it until it ends abruptly, leaving you naked and disoriented.' - Brag Magazine
- 'Mapping Your Dreams drips in ethereal, other worldly wall of soundness.' - Rave Magazine
- 'The first tune in a long time to send a wave of goosebumps down my back.' - Beat Magazine
- 'This album is (as) beautiful and affecting as the sight of some majestic natural spectacle.' - Inpress Magazine
- 'Laura have successfully captured the entirety of their descriptive journeys; the patiently hungry climbs, to the omniscient-behmoth plateaus, to the heavy-breath wind-downs, each moment more alluring than the last.' - Inpress Magazine
Members
- Nathan Biggin (guitars, piano, synthesizers)
- Andrew Chalmers (guitars, vocals)
- David Gagliardi (drums, percussion, vocals)
- Carolyn Gannell (cello)
- Andrew Yardley (bass guitars)
- Ben Yardley (guitars)
Discography
Singles
- We Should Keep This Secret (2004)
- I Hope (2006)
- Radio Swan Is Down part 1 - Live (2007)
EPs
- Photographs... (2002)
Albums
- Mapping Your Dreams (2004)
- Radio Swan Is Down (2006)
- Live Album - (re)capitulate (2007)
