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Laura Groves – Deep Blue

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Laura Groves – Deep Blue

Laura Groves is back with Yes, a four-song EP out August 1 via Bella Union. The London-based musician, lauded for her elegant combination of emotional depth and melodic power, leans further into multidisciplinary instincts here, self-producing the record, layering synths and memories, and even directing the collage-style visuals.

The lead single, “Deep Blue,” featuring Joviale and Fabiana Palladino on backing vocals, is a striking piece of minimalist synthpop. Groves describes it as a song “about asking somebody to be vulnerable and to reveal more of their secret world whilst also trying to embody those things myself.” The production speaks with equal weight: the heavy kick drum doesn’t just drive the rhythm; it provides the emotional hit.

Staying with Groves’ preoccupation with memory, intimacy, and transformation, all refracted through a frozen London in the year post-2023. Fluttering instrument recordings, fuzzy delays, and multi-tracked vocals make simple rhythms into full-on cinematic vignettes. It delivers that kind of EP that feels like walking through a memory, like hearing playback from a misty FM speaker.

She’ll play some European release shows with Jessica Pratt, Nourished by Time, and also rejoin the ‘Everything Is Recorded’ live band.

Tracklist:

  1. Yes
  2. Deep Blue
  3. Be There
  4. Heavy Entertainment

Tour Dates:
3 July – Spanners, London, UK
5 July – Zorlu Performing Arts Centre, Istanbul, TR w/ Jessica Pratt
7 July – Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL w/ Jessica Pratt
8 July – 4AD, Diksmulde, BE w/ Jessica Pratt
13 July – Gent Jazz, Gent, BE w/ Everything Is Recorded
16 July – Manchester International Festival, UK w/ Everything Is Recorded
2 August – All Together Now, IE w/ Everything Is Recorded
16 August – We Out Here, UK w/ Everything Is Recorded
30 August – Into the Great Wide Open, NL w/ Everything Is Recorded
4 November – Village Underground, London, UK w/ Everything Is Recorded
8 November – Hotel Cecil, Copenhagen, DK w/ Nourished by Time
10 November – Nochtspeicher, Hamburg, DE w/ Nourished by Time
12 November – Hydrozagadkaklub, Warsaw, PL w/ Nourished by Time
21 November – Band on the Wall, Manchester, UK w/ Nourished by Time
22 November – Glasgow School of Art, UK w/ Nourished by Time

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