Leah Senior

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Leah Senior
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Leah Senior by Izzie Austin
Background information
Origin Woodford, Victoria, Australia
Genres Folk
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • singer
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • piano
Years active2015–present
Labels Poison City Records
Member ofGirlatones

Leah Senior is an Australian musician.

Career

Leah Senior grew up in Woodford, Victoria, and played classical piano and guitar. [1] She released her first album Summer's On The Ground in 2015 on Flightless Records. [1] It was nominated for Best Folk Roots Album at Music Victoria Awards of 2016. [2]

Contents

The album was likened to folk music from the 1960s and 70s, [3] and early Laura Marling, [4] and was built around acoustic guitar and strings. [5] This was followed in 2017 by her album Pretty Faces, featuring a similar folk style, with a full band on the song Black Limousine. [6]

Leah Senior performing at Seasonal Fruits Festival in Brisbane September 2023 Leah Senior.jpg
Leah Senior performing at Seasonal Fruits Festival in Brisbane September 2023

During 2017, Senior joined Jesse Williams, Jacob Booty, and Fabian Hunter-Shaw to record an EP as Girlatones. The band recorded a debut album Fitting In Well, with Tam Matlakowski replacing Fabian Hunter-Shaw. [7] This was followed by a second album Horn If You’re Honky in 2020 that was described by Rhythms as "a bit more rock’n’roll than the Go-Betweens". [8] It was released by Lost & Lonesome Recording Co. [8]

2020 also saw the release of Senior's third solo album The Passing Scene, [9] with an lenticular album cover created by Jamie Wdziekonski. [10] Senior wrote the album on piano before working on the songs further with her band, made up of Luke Brennan, Tam Matlakowski, Jesse Williams, and her sister Andi Senior. [11] [12] The Passing Scene was recorded at her home in Preston, [1] and was described as being more of "a baroque pop vein", different from the melancholic folk her early albums were known for. [13]

In May 2023, Senior announced her next album The Music That I Make would be released in August on Poison City Records. [14] She narrated 'Dawn of Eternal Night', the bonus song of the album PetroDragonic Apocalypse by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard released in June. [15]

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details
TitleDetails
Summer's On The Ground
  • Released: November 2015
  • Label: Flightless (FLT-019)
  • Format: CD, digital
Pretty Faces
  • Released: 2017
  • Label: Flightless (FLT-030)
  • Format: CD, digital, LP
The Passing Scene
  • Released: 2020 [16]
  • Label: Flightless (FLT-059)
  • Format: digital, LP
The Music That I Make
  • Released: 2023 [14]
  • Label: Poison City Records (PCR193)
  • Format: CD, digital, LP

Awards and nominations

Music Victoria Awards

The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating music from the Australian state of Victoria.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2016 Summer's On the GroundBest Folk Roots AlbumNominated [2]
2017 Pretty FacesBest Folk Roots AlbumNominated [17]
2020 "Evergreen"Best Victorian SongNominated [18]
Leah SeniorBest Solo ArtistNominated
2023 Leah SeniorBest Regional ActNominated [19]
Leah SeniorBest Folk WorkNominated

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