Lauran Hibberd
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Lauran Hibberd | |
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| Born | 8 July 1993 Isle of Wight |
| Genres | Indie pop, Indie folk |
| Instrument(s) | vocals, guitar, piano |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Website | www |
Lauran Hibberd (born 8 July 1997) is an English singer-songwriter from the Isle of Wight.
Biography
Hibberd started playing guitar and writing songs when she was 14,[1] later telling Music Week "I write two songs a week, I always have"[2].
She studied at Platform One College of Music in Newport. Her early work was influenced by indie-folk artists such as Laura Marling, Feist and Lucy Rose[3], but while at Platform One, she was encouraged to listen to the music of Weezer and "fell in love with the way stories are conveyed, like conversations[4]". From then on, her music began to move in a more indie-pop direction. Her breakout hit was "Call Shotgun", which was playlisted on BBC Radio 1 in August 2018[5]. This led to her playing the BBC Introducing stage at the Glastonbury Music Festival in 2019. She has accompanied US bands Hippo Campus and The Regrettes on the European legs of their tours, in addition to her own headline national tours.
Hibberd's music has often been described as "slacker pop".[6].
Discography
EPs
- Favourite Shade of Blue (2017)
- Everything Is Dogs (2019)
Singles
- The House I Built When I Was Small (2015)
- I Don't Like It When You Smile (2016)
- Old Head, Young Shoulders (2017)
- Eliza (2017)
- Hunny Is This What Adults Do? (2017)
- Fun Like This (2018)
- Call Shotgun (2018)
- What Do Girls Want? (2018)
- Sugardaddy (2019)
- Hoochie (2019)
- Frankie's Girlfriend (2019)
- Shark Week (2019)
- Sweat Patch (2019)
- Molly's Lips (2019)[note 1]
- Bang Bang Bang (2020)[7]
Notes
- ^ Cover of song by The Vaselines, sent exclusively to mailing list members.
References
- ^ "Interview with the up-and-coming Lauran Hibberd". Palatinate.
- ^ "On The Radar: Lauran Hibberd". www.musicweek.com.
- ^ "Lauran Hibberd music, videos, stats, and photos". Last.fm.
- ^ "Track by Track: Lauran Hibberd - Everything is Dogs". Dork.
- ^ "The BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra Playlists: Friday 3rd August 2018". BBC. July 31, 2018.
- ^ "Slacker pop queen Lauran Hibberd drops "Sweat Patch"". The Line of Best Fit.
- ^ Hibberd, Lauran (November 14, 2019). "Next year bby".