Out Of Print
UAR045 CD
Released: 2005-11-07
There is a story about waking up in your room in the dark hours of the morning with only the streetlight outside for company. There is a story of a rabbit falling down a mole's burrow, losing its sight and developing magical hearing powers. But was the rabbit a girl all along? Welcome to the tales of Laura Jean, where the fantastical is earthed by the painful beauty of everyday life. Where strange lyrical concepts, such as a deer in the ribs instead of a heart, are accompanied by imagined chords and timings, intricately crafted.
Despite her early twenties, Laura Jean has been gracing Australian stages for many years. Invitations to share them have come from overseas artists such as Richard Buckner, M. Ward, Faun Fables, Tuck and Patti, and Australian acts like Augie March, Ben Lee, Claire Bowditch, Machine Translations, and Sarah Blasko.
Her first E.P, 'The Hunter's Ode' (2003) was embraced by community radio and street press across the country, as well as Triple J. The title track is apparently still sometimes heard late at night. It's been two years since a release, but rest assured activity rarely ceased behind the scenes. After securing an Arts Victoria recording grant in July 2004, Laura's vision for her debut album became closer to reality... Chamber orchestras don't come cheap!
'I'm a Rabbit, I'm a Fox' is the first single from the forthcoming album 'Our Swan Song'. Wally Gunn, the composer and arranger of all orchestral instruments for the recordings used clarinet, oboe and bassoon in 'I'm a Rabbit, I'm a Fox' to evoke the spirit of 'Peter and The Wolf' and 'Watership Downs'. Included on the single are three non-album tracks; two older songs that refused to be left behind and her latest tune, 'Alone In The Valley'.
'I'm a Rabbit, I'm a Fox' E.P. Released 7th of November through UAR