History Music / LauraMarling

[[DescribeTopicHere Describe Laura Marling here.]]

* IAmVeryBritish: She speaks and sings in RP (slightly Estuary-tinged [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Moderate RP]], but RP nonetheless). Of course, one would expect nothing less from the [[BlueBlood daughter of a]] [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever baronet]] born in [[UsefulNotes/HomeCounties Berkshire]]. It makes for a rather interesting contrast when she sings with other artists (her collaboration with William Rees on the Mystery Jets' "Young Love" and his middle-class London Estuary adds an extra UptownGirl dimension to the lyrics).

* IAmVeryBritish: She speaks and sings in RP (slightly Estuary-tinged [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Moderate RP]], but RP nonetheless). Of course, one would expect nothing less from the [[BlueBlood daughter of a baronet]] born in [[UsefulNotes/HomeCounties Berkshire]].

Laura Beatrice Marling (born 1 February 1990) is a British musician who has released five critically acclaimed albums at the age of 25. When she was 16, she released a few songs on her Website/MySpace profile (remember that?), and began touring. Around a year later, she had a debut EP ready to go, but she then signed with Virgin Records, and ''Alas I Cannot Swim'' came in 2008. This record was more poppy, earning comparisons to Music/ReginaSpektor and Music/MarthaWainwright, and merely a hint of the music to come.

* 2012 -"To Be a Woman" (record store day single)

* 2015- ''Short Movie''

* 2017- ''Semper Femina''

* 2020- ''Song for Our Daughter''

-> ''You’re described as folk artist Laura Marling. Is that a fair label?''

Laura Beatrice Marling (born 1 February 1990) is a British musician who has released five critically acclaimed albums at the age of 25. When she was 16, she released a few songs on her Website/MySpace profile (remember that?), and began touring. Around a year later, she had a debut EP ready to go, but she then signed with Virgin Records, and ''Alas I Cannot Swim'' came in 2008. This record was more poppy, earning comparisons to Regina Spektor and Martha Wainwright, and merely a hint of the music to come.

Laura Beatrice Marling (born 1 February 1990) is a British musician who has released five critically acclaimed albums at the age of 25. When she was 16, she released a few songs on her MySpace profile (remember that?), and began touring. Around a year later, she had a debut EP ready to go, but she then signed with Virgin Records, and ''Alas I Cannot Swim'' came in 2008. This record was more poppy, earning comparisons to Regina Spektor and Martha Wainwright, and merely a hint of the music to come.

Laura Marling is a musician who has released five critically acclaimed albums at the age of 25. When she was 16, she released a few songs on her MySpace profile (remember that?), and began touring. Around a year later, she had a debut EP ready to go, but she then signed with Virgin Records, and ''Alas I Cannot Swim'' came in 2008. This record was more poppy, earning comparisons to Regina Spektor and Martha Wainwright, and merely a hint of the music to come.

* FollowTheLeader: Oh boy. Every female British singer-songwriter, from Music/EllieGoulding to Lucy Rose, has at some point been compared to Laura Marling.

Then, in 2017, she came back with an album titled ''Semper Femina'', which, in English, means "Always a woman". ''Femina'' explores sexuality and gender in a way that Marling hasn't quite before.

** At last inverted with ''Short Movie.'' The sound is much brighter, and Laura's lyrics are much more free-flowing than ever before.

* {{New Sound Album}}s: Laura's somewhat famous for shifting genres from album to album, or even within the same album - ''A Creature I Don't Know'' in particular can go from jazz to VelvetUnderground-esque rock on a whim.

Two years later, she released ''I Speak Because I Can'', which was far more critically acclaimed than her first album. This album, produced by [[Music/KingsOfLeon Ethan Johns]], was more slick and had a DarkerAndEdgier feel. Like her first album, it was nominated for the Mercury Prize. In 2011, she released ''A Creature I Don't Know'', with Ethan Johns again at the helm. It was less... produced than her previous work, merely focusing on the band. It also gave her more comparisons to Music/JoniMitchell, one of Marling's heroes.

In March 2015, after a year of soul-searching in which she briefly worked in jobs other than music, she came back with ''Short Movie''. This is a much more uptempo affair than the dour ''Once I Was An Eagle'', where she displays a sense of humor not always seen in the last few albums. This is another exciting development in one of Britains' finest modern songwriters, and while she has always carried a reputation of only singing about heartbreak, she's had a fascinating career trajectory nonetheless.

** At last inverted with ''Short Movie.'' The sound is much brighter, and Laura is in a much better mood here than she has been.
* FollowTheLeader: Oh boy. Every female british singer-songwriter, from Music/EllieGoulding to Lucy Rose, has at some point been compared to Laura Marling.

** Pretty much all of her stuff deals with this.
* {{New Sound Album}}s: "I Speak Because I Can" and "A Creature I Don't Know" are different from each other; the only way to tell it's the same woman is her voice.

* IDontKnowMortalKombat: She applied to a poetry institute in upstate New York during the drifting period that inspired Short Movie and got rejected.

* TookALevelInBadass: At least one song on every album since her first, she has a darker more intense tone: ''Speak'' has Devil's Spoke & Alpha Shallows, ''Creature'' has The Beast, and now ''Eagle'' has Master Hunter.

Two years later, she released ''I Speak Because I Can'', which was far more critically acclaimed than her first album. This album, produced by [[Music/KingsOfLeon Ethan Johns]], was more slick and had a DarkerAndEdgier feel. Like her first album, it was nominated for the Mercury Prize. In 2011, she released ''A Creature I Don't Know'', with Ethan Johns again at the helm. It was less... produced than her previous work, merely focusing on the band. It also gave her more comparisons to JoniMitchell, one of Marling's heroes.

* BritishAccents: Being a BlueBlood from Hampshire (her father is a [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever baronet]]), she naturally speaks in a Home Counties accent that either is or borders on Moderate RP. This background and accent probably accounts for some of the displeasure of the British folk scene (which generally regards working-class regional accents more "authentic") at labeling her a folk artist.

* LampshadeHanging: Played with; "Master Hunter" winks at BobDylan's "It Ain't Me Babe", and Dylan is one of Marling's heroes and a point of comparison for many a critic.

* ShoutOut: She references a line from BobDylan's "It Ain't Me, Babe" in Master Hunter off ''Eagle.''

* BritishAccents: Being a BlueBlood from Hampshire (her father is a [[KnightFever baronet]]), she naturally speaks in a Home Counties accent that either is or borders on Moderate RP. This background and accent probably accounts for some of the displeasure of the British folk scene (which generally regards working-class regional accents more "authentic") at labeling her a folk artist.

Two years later, she released ''I Speak Because I Can'', which was far more critically acclaimed than her first album. This album, produced by [[KingsOfLeon Ethan Johns]], was more slick and had a DarkerAndEdgier feel. Like her first album, it was nominated for the Mercury Prize. In 2011, she released ''A Creature I Don't Know'', with Ethan Johns again at the helm. It was less... produced than her previous work, merely focusing on the band. It also gave her more comparisons to JoniMitchell, one of Marling's heroes.

* FollowTheLeader: Oh boy. Every female british singer-songwriter, from EllieGoulding to Lucy Rose, has at some point been compared to Laura Marling.