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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="398" height="79" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D06C74.0C722E00" alt="Laurel - For Web"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%">Premieres New Mixtape on
<i>Complex</i> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="http://uk.complex.com/music/2015/04/premiere-laurel-allelopathy-feat-yung-gud-fka-twigs-andru">PRESS HERE</a><b> to Listen<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">Mixtape Artwork<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“Laurel's <i>Allelopathy</i> Mixtape Is Otherworldly” -
<b><i>Complex<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Today, London singer/songwriter/producer Laurel premieres her new mixtape
<b><i>Allelopathy</i></b> on <b><i>Complex</i></b>. <b><a href="http://uk.complex.com/music/2015/04/premiere-laurel-allelopathy-feat-yung-gud-fka-twigs-andru">PRESS HERE</a></b> to listen! In the 5-track collection, Laurel puts her own unique spin on instrumentals
by <b>FKA Twigs</b> and underground NYC hip-hop producers <b>Andru</b> and <b>Yung Gud</b>. The title of the mixtape was inspired by the biological phenomenon of the same name, in which an organism produces biochemicals that influence the growth, survival
and reproduction of other organisms. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">At only 20-years-old, Laurel has released single <b><i>Firebreather</i></b> and two EPs,
<b><i>To The Hills</i></b> and <b><i>Holy Water</i></b>, to high critical acclaim. Both bodies of work amplify her signature haunting and beautiful sound that layers subtle electronic beauts with orchestral arrangements, all while highlighting her sultry vocals.
Her song “Fire Breather” was featured on the wildly popular <i>CW </i>show <b><i>The</i>
<i>Vampire Diaries</i> </b>in 2014, and she has received major airplay in the UK on
<b><i>BBC Radio 1, 6 Music, XFM</i></b>; major DJs <b>Zane Lowe</b> and <b>Huw Stephens</b>, and included on the
<b>BBC Introducing Playlist</b>. Her arresting tracks have garnered over 5 million
<i>Spotify </i>streams and millions of <i>YouTube </i>views. <span style="color:black">
She has been featured on <b><i>SPIN, Interview Magazine.com, Vogue.com, Vice’s Noisey.com, W Magazine, The Lab, BULLETT, Pigeons & Planes, Myspace</i></b> and most recently worked with
</span><a href="http://www.missselfridge.com/en/msuk/category/denim-lounge-4230606/laurel-qa-4225650/home?cmpid=soc_d_tw_w29_thu_pm4"><b><i>Miss Selfridge</i></b></a><b><i>
</i></b>on their new<b><i> </i></b><span style="color:black">Denim Campaign.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hailing from a tiny town near Southampton 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. She is also represented by
<b>NEXT models</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="color:black">Allelopathy </span></u></i><u><span style="color:black">Track Listing:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">1. Avena (feat. FKA Twigs)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">2. Juglans (feat. Yung Gud)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">3. Arctostaphylos (feat. Yung Gud)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">4. Laurocerasus (feat. Yung Gud)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">5. Rhus (feat. Andru)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="color:black">Praise for Laurel:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">“[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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">“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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;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;line-height:115%;color:black">- T Magazine<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">“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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black">“Somewhere between the stairs in the crowd’s standing area and her spot-lit position center-stage, she transformed from Laurel, bright-eyed teen, to Laurel, the rather sultry,
mononymous performer.” - <b>Noisey.com</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black">“Laurel is about to shine in the light of young female talent breaking in the indie pop world.”
<b>– Earmilk<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">“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>
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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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>For more on LAUREL, contact: 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><o:p></o:p></p>
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