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
Born
Elizabeth Lawrence [1]

(1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 (age 35)
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England [2] [3] [4]
Genres Indie pop
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • composer
  • musician
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • keyboards
  • synthesizer
Years active2012–present
Labels
Website lizlawrencemusic.co.uk

Elizabeth 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
Peanuts
  • Release date: June 7, 2024
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • 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"

References

  1. ↑ "ACE Repertory". Ascap.com. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 "What people do | Pocketmags.com". Pocketmags.com. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Chris Hawkins, Liz Lawrence". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Liz Lawrence | Health & Safety". Sos-music.co.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  5. ↑ American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, IPI no. 584168323
  6. ↑ "ACE Repertory". Ascap.com.
  7. ↑ "Cash+David: elevated electro-pop - Telegraph". Telegraph.co.uk. 8 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "2015 - Cash+David". Bbc.co.uk.
  9. ↑ Paul Lester. "The playlist: new bands – Beach Baby, Cash + David, Ellenberg and more". The Guardian .
  10. ↑ "Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour joins Bombay Bicycle Club to perform 'Wish You Were Here'". Nme.com. 14 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "TMC Interviews: singer Liz Lawrence". The Most Cake. 24 April 2014.
  12. ↑ Patrick Smith (14 March 2014). "Bombay Bicycle Club, Brixton Academy, review". Telegraph.co.uk.
  13. ↑ [ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ Helen Earnshaw (26 November 2012). "Liz Lawrence Exclusive Interview". Femalefirst.co.uk.
  15. 1 2 Jake Morley. "Liz Lawrence". Redgrapemusic.com.
  16. ↑ "Liz Lawrence | Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  17. ↑ "Liz Lawrence". Redgrapemusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  18. ↑ "Ed Nash (Bombay Bicycle Club) releases solo album". Indieisnotagenre.com. 20 January 2017.
  19. ↑ "Toothless - Party For Two ft. Liz Lawrence". YouTube. 28 February 2017.
  20. ↑ "Toothless pumps iron in his 'Party For Two' video". Diymag.com.
  21. ↑ Editor, The Gryphon Web (3 February 2017). "The Pace of the Passing by Toothless". The Gryphon.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  22. ↑ "Liz Lawrence Blasts Back With Two New Singles". Clash Magazine. 21 June 2018.
  23. ↑ "Liz Lawrence's powerful new album 'Pity Party' is a sly middle finger to her doubters". Nme.com. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  24. ↑ Everything Else Has Gone Wrong (liner notes). Bombay Bicycle Club. Mmm...Records, Caroline International, Island Records. 2020. 0827596.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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