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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">LAUREL Premieres Music Video for “Memorials” on
<i>V Magazine<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">EP
<i>Holy Water </i>Available Now – <a href="http://www.spin.com/articles/laurel-holy-water-ep-stream/">
PRESS HERE</a> to Listen on <i>SPIN</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><img border="0" width="273" height="273" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D01913.D6E55090"></span><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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;color:black">Holy Water EP Art<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Today, London singer/songwriter/producer <b>Laurel</b> premieres the music video for her new single “<b>Memorials</b>,”
<span style="color:black">which was premiered by Huw Stephens of <b><i>BBC Radio 1</i></b> earlier this month, and was also played by Zane Lowe –
<b><a href="http://www.vmagazine.com/site/content/3493/premiere-here-laurel">PRESS HERE</a></b> to watch the music video for the song on
<b><i>V Magazine</i></b>. The single is off of her new EP <b><i>Holy Water</i></b>, which was released on
<b>December 15<sup>th</sup></b> via her own imprint, <b>Next Time Records</b>. </span>
<b><a href="http://www.spin.com/articles/laurel-holy-water-ep-stream/">PRESS HERE</a></b> to listen to the four-track collection on
<b><i>SPIN</i></b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://po.st/HolyWaterEP"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a><span style="color:black"> to purchase
<i>Holy Water</i> on iTunes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:black">Holy Water</span></i></b><span style="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="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black">Track Listing for <i>Holy Water</i> EP<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">1. I Forget<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">2. Memorials<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">3. Come Together (featuring Sivu)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">4. Holy Water<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="color:black">Praise for Laurel +
<i>Holy Water</i>:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“[Laurel’s vocals] pierce through the atmospheric, orchestral R&B grooves of the four songs and wrap around themselves, coming at the listener from all directions
— sometimes hushed, sometimes blaring, usually in gorgeous self-harmony.” – <b>SPIN<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“The layers of Laurel’s music have always gone deep, and it appears, with this video [Memorials], that the meteoric path of this fully forming artist is finally
surfacing.” – <b>V Magazine<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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></span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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;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;color:black">“[Laurel’s] vocal phrasing weaves in and around her mostly percussive surroundings, at times sauntering sensual circles around the listener and at others
deliciously wafting past only to grab you by the collar and yank you forward with her at the last second. The most impressive and auspicious aspect of Holy Water is that Laurel has matured across the board, sonically, vocally, and in her songwriting, shedding
her more adolescent tendencies to prime herself for the big time.” – <b>The Line of Best Fit<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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">“2015 better make way for this entrepreneur, fashionista, and musical dynamo who not only possesses the drive, raw talent, and it-factor of a budding star, but delivers
an intoxicating edge wrapped in unadulterated elegance.” – <b>Culture Collide<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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;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;color:black">- T Magazine<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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">“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;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;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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.classiclaurel.com">www.classiclaurel.com</a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://soundcloud.com/classiclaurel">http://soundcloud.com/classiclaurel</a><span style="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">classiclaurel.tumblr.com</a><span style="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">www.facebook.com/classiclaurel</a><span style="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">www.twitter.com/classiclaurel</a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>For more on LAUREL, contact:<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>PRESS HERE<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>Gina Schulman//Stephanie Williams<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com"><i>gina@pressherepublicity.com</i></a><i>//</i><a href="mailto:stephanie@pressherepublicity.com"><i>stephanie@pressherepublicity.com</i></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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