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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">LAUREL Announces New EP
<i>Holy Water</i> Out December 15<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/classiclaurel/memorials-1"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">PRESS HERE</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">
to Listen to Her New Single “Memorials”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2014/12/premiere-laurel-ft-sivu-come-together/">PRESS HERE</a> to Listen
to B-side “Come Together (featuring Sivu)”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><img border="0" width="273" height="273" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D00D4B.BA9C5420"></span><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Holy Water EP Art<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">“It doesn’t take long to realize that she is not simply a doe-eyed teenager, but a seriously self-assured songwriter
whose drawn, and deserves comparisons to Lana Del Rey, Lorde, and Florence and the Machine.”
<b>­-Vogue</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">“One is instantly hypnotized by her enchanting energy and passion for life—making her ‘sweetheart’ title a founded
one.” <b>– V Magazine</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">“But that’s part of Laurel’s charm, the poise that’s taken her from plunking out simple melodies on the family piano
to self-producing lush electro-pop that tops Internet charts and lands on episodes of ‘The Vampire Diaries.’”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">- T Magazine<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">“Laurel’s heady mix of folk-inflected vocals, slow-burning piano, and soaring strings places her somewhere between Laura Marling
and Lana del Rey, but it’s her brooding and distinctly English lyricism that sets her apart.”
<b>– BULLETT<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">“Laurel is about to shine in the light of young female talent breaking in the indie pop world.”
<b>- Earmilk</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">London singer/songwriter/producer
<b>Laurel</b> has announced the release of her second EP entitled <b><i>Holy Water</i></b> on
<b>December 15<sup>th</sup>, 2014</b> via her own imprint, <b>Next Time Records</b>. The EP features her new single “<b>Memorials</b>,” which was premiered by Huw Stephens of
<b><i>BBC Radio 1</i></b> earlier this month, and was also played by Zane Lowe – </span>
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/classiclaurel/memorials-1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> to listen to the song. Today,
<b><i>Wonderland</i></b> has also premiered another song from the EP, “Come Together (featuring Sivu)”–
<b><a href="http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2014/12/premiere-laurel-ft-sivu-come-together/">PRESS HERE</a></b> to listen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Holy Water</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> is another beautiful and haunting body of work for
Laurel. She has created dreamy songs layered with subtle electronic beats and orchestral arrangements, all the while highlighting her sultry vocals. The new EP also features Atlantic Records singer-songwriter Sivu. Laurel and Sivu unite on the track “Come
Together” creating a heartfelt pop song.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Hailing from a tiny town somewhere between Southampton and Portsmouth in the UK, Laurel has been writing, producing and performing her own original material since
age 14. Following the completion of her college exams, Laurel moved to London and inked a deal with <b>Turn First Records </b>(Iggy Azalea, Ellie Goulding, Dan Croll) off the strength of a song demo. Laurel caused quite a stir after posting her arresting track
“Blue Blood,” which sent blogs into a frenzy, and her follow up “Fire Breather” was featured on the wildly popular
<i>CW </i>show <b><i>The Vampire Diaries</i></b>. She has been featured on <b><i>Vogue.com, Vice’s Noisey.com, W Magazine, The Lab, BULLETT, Pigeons & Planes, Myspace</i></b> and more. She is also represented by
<b>NEXT models</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal1" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:13.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Track Listing for
<i>Holy Water</i> EP<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">1. I Forget<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">2. Memorials<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">3. Come Together (featuring Sivu)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">4. Holy Water<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Normal1" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:13.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.classiclaurel.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">www.classiclaurel.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://soundcloud.com/classiclaurel"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://soundcloud.com/classiclaurel</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://classiclaurel.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">classiclaurel.tumblr.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/classiclaurel" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">www.facebook.com/classiclaurel</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/classiclaurel" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">www.twitter.com/classiclaurel</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">For more on LAUREL, contact:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">PRESS HERE<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Gina Schulman//Stephanie Williams<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">gina@pressherepublicity.com</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">//</span></i><a href="mailto:stephanie@pressherepublicity.com"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">stephanie@pressherepublicity.com</span></i></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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