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Two things: a show we are playing and a single for you for whatever you want

A SHOW WE ARE PLAYING

hi hi hi! like laura? then consider also grails: http://www.grailsongs.com/. they run a lovely line in floridly exploratory compository allegory.

you can come see us & them, laura and grails, play this thursday (oct 18) at the northcote social club, with high tea, too (http://hightea.bandcamp.com/)

git yr tix at 

   lifeisnoise: http://tickets.lifeisnoise.com/

   oztix: http://tickets.oztix.com.au/default.aspx?Event=28163

   Presale $35+BF

A SINGLE FOR YOU FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT

we've just made our new single, the slow, available for digital download. it includes two out-takes from the twelve hundred times sessions. it's on bandcamp. we love you. what more is there to say?

   http://lauraisnotaband.bandcamp.com/

LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO

   1) a)  i) laura loves you

         ii) http://www.lauratheband.com/

lovers and others, we're happy to announce that we'll be playing the tote on saturday the 18th of august.

be in the first 50 through the door to be issued your special gift: a copy of our limited run next single, featuring "the slow" and two never-before-heard out-takes from the twelve hundred times sessions. we haven't cracked the curtains to let prying eyes in like this before. put down those x-ray glasses; this is a new age etc. & we've had these lead aprons on the whole time anyway.

joining us on the night will be I, A MAN as well as DRILL FOLLY. my sadness that LAURA has only one word and so is not susceptible to spoonerism is surpassing.

in fact, i think i've cracked the assorted codes, and that these groups' secret identities are MANIA and FRILLY DOLL. which means we'll have to appear as AURAL, i guess. like i said, not really susceptible to spoonerism or anagrams. word games, people. that's where it's at these days. upper it up, do crosswords until you palpitate, then nitro-glycerin patch, then start in on the anagrams. grrrrrrr.

the tickets: they are $17.35 presale (http://thetotehotel.oztix.com.au/default.aspx?Event=28599) or $18 at the door if available.

if you have a t-shirt, hoodie, compact disc, vinyl single or digital download-shaped hole in your life, then fill it! your heart's most secret desire can be found in our online store: http://lauraisnotaband.bandcamp.com/

we love you

beloved,

   we tease: the rumours were true.   

   we hint at revelation: we've never been to the west coast.   

   we reveal: In May/June, we're touring Adelaide, Melbourne, and for the first time, Perth and Fremantle.   

   we reflect: what can this mean? is it a sign that the end times approach and/or impend?   

   we opine in a way that seems at first remarkable, but then trite, but then just a little deep: yes, the end times DO approach, at the rate of approximately one day per day.     

   we provide show dates, locations and ticketing information: 

      Saturday May 26th - Jive, Adelaide

        Guests tbc,

        $15, tix available the door

    ... brief intermission for 12 consecutive rest days ...

      Friday June 8th - The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy 

        w/ Meniscus, This is Your Captain Speaking and Lunaire       

        $15+BF from http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=56378

      Saturday June 9th - Rosemount Hotel, North Perth

        w/ Usurper of Modern Medicine, The Silent World and Craig McElhinney

        $19+BF from http://tickets.lifeisnoise.com/?regevent_action=register&event_id=27&name_of_event=LauraSaturdayRosemountShow

      Sunday June 10 - Mojos Bar, North Fremantle

        w/ The Long Lost Brothers and Race to Your Face

        $19+BF from http://tickets.lifeisnoise.com/?regevent_action=register&event_id=28&name_of_event=LauraSundayMojosShow

   we embrace you:

        ngggggh.

love,

laura

very excited to announce that we'll be accompanying boris up and then down the east coast on their australian tour in march!

three shows, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne.

  Sydney  - Thursday March 22 - w/Boris & sleepmakeswaves @ the Metro, tix here
  Brisbane - Friday March 23 - w/Boris & nikko @ the HiFi, tix here
  Melbourne - Saturday March 24 - w/Boris @ Corner Hotel, tix here

i would also like to take this moment to point out that you can purchase boris underwear via their website. i quote: "We hope you will secretly enjoy the comfort and rich color of the graphics from high-grade ink jet printing."

obviously, laura can't compete with that kind of full-spectrum, holistic care for your well-being, but i'd still like to point out that at http://lauraisnotaband.bandcamp.com/, you can buy our full back catalog of albums and EPs in both physical and digital forms. we hope you will secretly enjoy them.

love, laura

hi lovers,
  the twelve hundred time-related news continues...

  1) to launch twelve hundred times, we're playing melbourne, sydneyand brisbane in mid-november - dates and venues and tickets below, promo video right here: 

  these shows are going to be something new for laura - we'll be playing virtually the whole new album, which means we'll be hitting some mellower notes than usual for a laura live show, as well as coming over the table at you when it's warranted. we're really excited to be playing these new tunes live -

     friday 11th november - melbourne, corner hotel
        $15 + b/f

        tickets @ https://corner.ticketscout.com.au/gigs/14-laura

     friday 18th november - sydney, annandale hotel
        $15 + b/f

        tickets @ http://www.annandalehotel.com/anh/eventdetails.asp?id=2887

     saturday 19th november - brisbane, woodland bar
        $15 + b/f

        tickets @ http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Event=23512

  our wise and impartial counsel is to get your tickets ahead of time...

  2) to go with the new album, we've just released twelve hundredtimes t-shirts and hoodies on our online store - http://lauraisnotaband.bandcamp.com/. you can also get the album as a digital download or (and this is where it gets weird) a shiny disc of rainbow-y plastic enclosed in some cardboard emblazoned with a picture of volcanic ash that we will have delivered directly to your door.

love
laura

at long last, we've released our third studio album, twelve hundred times.

you can listen to it, or purchase it on CD/digital/both, at our new store. old stuff (shirts and back catalog) are still available on the old store.

we want to say thanks to everybody who helped make the album happen, especially Nao Anzai and Bart Kowalski.

we loves you.

it's done.

the carrier pigeons have been dispatched, we lit a special fire in the upstairs fireplace, and i'm wearing a white camellia for the first time in five years. hello, metaphorical boys.

the new laura album, Twelve Hundred Times, will be released on october 14. here's a sampler video to whet your carbon-steel appetites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK7H97kRx9w

as near as i can say, it'll have been 191 million heartbeats since our last full-length studio release. for that, we're truly sorry. for what it's worth, all of us here think you should be very proud of your heart; it just keeps going, and you never give it a break.

we'll let you know as soon as the album's available for order on our website. in the meantime, check out the first two singles from the album on youtube:
  mark the day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwtgMQ8dwIc
  this grey earth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17Vuc12Q_8I

love,
laura

the clip for our newest single, This Grey Earth, is out now - check it out on youtube

thanks to everyone who gave so much time and energy:

      Dave Dreimann - Director

      Darius Family - Editor 

      Sydney Smith - Dancer 

      Cam Zayec - Camera (DOP) 

      Timothy Eyles - Camera 

      Ash Koek - Camera 

      Alex Burgess - Production Assistant 

      Thom Feenan - Production Assistant 

This Grey Earth's available right now on vinyl 7" and CD as a double a-side with Mark the Day - you can get them here.

We had a great launch/thank-you party last week at Screenspace gallery (thanks for hosting!) - thanks to everybody who came down to check out the clip and act all civilised and stuff.

re: the album - we are getting to know her much better now. the album is a she as it turns out and she is nearing completion and/or fruition and is quite different to her older sisters - she knows a lot of things they didn't seem to know, which seems backwards but makes sense i guess.

our unlimited love to you,

laura