Liz Lawrence

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Liz Lawrence
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Lawrence at the merch stand at the Deaf Institute in Manchester, England, 2020
Background information
Birth nameElizabeth Lawrence [1]
Born (1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 (age 33)
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire [2] [3] [4]
Genres Indie pop
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • composer
  • musician
  • record producer
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • keyboards
  • synthesizer
Years active2012–present
Labels
  • Chrysalis Records
  • Ceol Music Ltd
  • Second Breakfast
Website lizlawrencemusic.co.uk

Liz Lawrence (born 9 July 1990) [5] [6] is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, known for her solo work and for being half of electro-pop duo Cash+David. [7] [8] [9]

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She has toured with Bombay Bicycle Club, [10] [11] [12] and supported Black, Scouting for Girls, and Ani DiFranco, amongst others. [13] [14] Q magazine compared Lawrence favourably to indie rock band Florence and the Machine, considering her "a starlet in the making". [15]

Career

Having played in various bands in her youth before embarking on a solo career and relocating to London, [16] [2] [17] Lawrence's debut studio album, Bedroom Hero, was released in 2012, reaching No. 2 on the Bandcamp album chart. [15] In February 2017, Lawrence featured on the song "Party for Two" from the album The Pace of the Passing by former Bombay Bicycle Club member Ed Nash's solo project, Toothless. [18] [19] [20] [21] 2018 saw the release of singles "The Good Part" and "Woman"; the former was mixed by Bombay Bicycle Club's Jack Steadman. [22] Her second album, Pity Party, was released on October 25, 2019. NME called the album "powerful" and considered that it "embraces her lo-fi folk past but also brings it into the here and now with satisfying pop elements" [23] Lawrence featured as a vocalist on Bombay Bicycle Club's 2020 album Everything Else Has Gone Wrong . [24] On September 17, 2021, Lawrence’s third album “The Avalanche” was released.

Discography

Albums

TitleRelease details
Bedroom Hero
Pity Party
  • Release date: October 25, 2019
  • Label: Second Breakfast
  • Formats: CD, LP, streaming, digital download
The Avalanche
  • Release date: September 17, 2021
  • Label: Second Breakfast
  • Formats: CD, LP, streaming, digital download

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Oo Song"2012Bedroom Hero
"Bedroom Hero"
"Health & Safety"2014Health & Safety (EP)
"Chainsmoking" / "We Got Love"2017non-album single
"Circling Numbers" / "Floors"2018
"The Good Part" / "Woman"
"Navigator"2019Pity Party
"None Of My Friends"
"USP"
"California Screaming"2020Whoosh (EP)
"Hope (Or Something Like It)"
"Where The Bodies Are Buried"2021The Avalanche
"Down For Fun"
"Saturated"

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