Laura Sheeran ‘What The World Knows’
Laura Sheeran releases her second full studio album, WHAT THE WORLD KNOWS, to cap off what has been an incredibly productive year for the 24-year-old from Galway. A feature spread in the Sunday Times Culture magazine last month together with an RTE 2FM live session caused a recent spike in interest in the singer. The first single from the album, FOREVER LOVE ,was an instant hit. Her free download, available from Soundcloud, reached the 7,000 plays mark within five days of release, an astonishing figure for a new Irish artist. The attention the record has been recieving from iTunes (who want to promote it worldwide) and from UK bloggers and bookers, is sure to push Laura Sheeran to the next level in the coming months.
Laura released her debut album Lust of Pig and the Fresh Blood, exactly one year ago. It was a collection of demos that were weaved together to form an album with the magic of producer/mixer/musician Marc Aubele (Pig, The Walls, BellX1, Nanu Nanu).
Lust of Pig and the Fresh Blood was released to huge critical acclaim. The album’s beautiful sweeping orchestration and dark poetic lyrics showed that a huge talent was emerging onto the Irish music scene. Laura followed that record up with the nine-track mini-album Murderous Love, tracks of which was championed across the internet and in Ireland by respected journalist and DJ Aoife Barry.
Late last year Laura was asked by aerial performance group Paper Dolls to compose the music for their fringe festival show. The resulting 40-minute soundtrack is available from her Bandcamp.
On top of all this she formed the alien electro pop outfit Nanu Nanu with Marc Aubele and the pair have already recorded an incredible album, which is due for make an impact before summer.
What The World Knows is an album containing all the evidence that Laura Sheeran is one of the most exciting talents that this island has produced in many years. Again, mixed by Marc Aubele, it features beautiful songs, a hugely enjoyable and interesting sound, amazing beeps and blips, soaring vocals and a musical intelligence way beyond her years.
Laura is a Dublin based musician, composer and artist who also works with film and theatre. Her reputation and following have been growing steadily since she started her solo music project in 2005. 2010 saw the release, and immediate success, of her debut offering, the free-to-download EP Music for the Deep Woods. Following a successful crowd-funding campaign (with UK-based Pledge Music), Laura’s double album Lust of Pig and the Fresh Blood was released in April 2011 in double vinyl album, CD and digital formats.
Laura was born in Galway in 1987. At the age of 15, her voice came to the attention of a family friend, Clodagh Simonds (Mellow Candle, Mike Oldfield, Fovea Hex), who was looking for someone to sing harmony vocals on material from her new group project, Fovea Hex. Laura appeared with Brian Eno and Robert Fripp on two Fovea Hex records.
What The World Knows is available to order from Laura’s Bandcamp and from www.flamingjunerecords.com. It comes in two formats, digital and a limited edition run of 200 handmade CDs. The vinyl version will be released before summer.
http://laurasheeran.bandcamp.com/
http://www.laurasheeran.com/
www.flamingjunerecords.com
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