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NEWS

NEWS
- ---CRUEL THING---
  
  To celebrate the tour and a great year, we've decided to record and make available a live-favourite, Cruel Thing. It doesn't appear on the album, but you can get it by signing up below. It was premiered by Clash Magazine and featured as Track of the Day at The Fly. John Kennedy at XFM also made it the Xposure Big One! We hope you enjoy it and thank everyone for their continued support.
  
  (22/11/12)
  
  ---TOUR AND HEADLINE SHOW AT 100 CLUB---
  
  We're off on tour with label mates Peter and Kerry, and Dogtanion. We'll be finishing off the tour with a special London show at 100 Club, Oxford St - this'll be our last before going away to work on our second album.
  
  Dates:
  
  Thursday 22nd November - Kraak - Manchester
  
  Friday 23rd November - Modern Art - Oxford
  
  Saturday 24th November - Oakford Social Club - Reading
  
  Wednesday 28th November - The Railway - Winchester
  
  Thursday 29th November - Undertone - Cardiff
  
  Friday 30th November - Kraken Wakes - Porstmouth
  
  Saturday 1st December - Bournemouth
  
  Tuesday 4th December - 100 Club - London
  
  (15/11/12)
  
  ---JELLY BIRD VIDEO AND SINGLE OUT NOW---
  
  Click the image below to watch the video for our new single, Jelly Bird, which is out now.
  
  (30/07/12)
  
  --- HEARTBEAT UNDERGROUND OUT NOW---
  
  Our debut album Heartbeat Underground is out now!
  
  iTunes ~ Amazon ~ Play ~ Norman Records
  
  "Perfect balance between experimentation and pop sensibilities" Clash
  
  "Love it" Notion
  
  "Engrossing" Q
  
  "Quirkily good stuff" Loud and Quiet
  
  "A very fine debut album" DIY Magazine
  
  "Hyperactive excellence" Artrocker
  
  --- NEW VIDEO AND ALBUM LAUNCH SHOW---
  
  We're playing a very special show at Barfly in London to celebrate the launch of our album, courtesy of Time Out. It's on June 11th and tickets are available here.
  
  Also, we've got a brand new video for the next single Fax of Death:
  
  (16/05/12)
  
  --- NEW DOUBLE A-SIDE SINGLE---
  
  After a busy few months of touring/residency shows, we're very excited to announce our new double A-side single. Click below to listen!
  
  (18/04/12)
  
  --- THEY HATE ME - OUT NOW ---
  
  They Hate Me is officially out now and we're really happy with the response it's had. Here are some reviews by The 405, Artrocker, Who's Jack, This Is Fake DIY and Notion.
  
  We unveiled a remix by Microburst which was premiered on The Line of Best Fit and we've also done a Top Ten with The Beat.
  
  To top it off, the track's managed to end up on the XFM Playlist, and all this
  just in time for our mini UK tour and residency which starts on Tuesday 20th in London. If you're in London and want to see us play, you'll have a chance every Tuesday for the next four weeks! Special guests Dogtanion, My Panda Shall Fly, Jon Hillcock Nightwave, Peter and Kerry, Kwes and Beaty Heart will be joining us!
  
  (19/03/12)
  
  --- THEY HATE ME ---
  
  We've just unveiled They Hate Me - a brand new track from our forthcoming album. Click below to listen.
  
  (07/02/12)
  
  --- We are BACK ---
  
  Well, hello - it's been a little quiet around here because we've been busy finishing our album and signing a new record deal.
  
  We've signed with Tape Club/Believe and our debut album will be coming out in the UK very soon!
  
  Here's a little overview of some things we've done recently:
  We played at the Artrocker New Blood Festival (in conjunction with Original Penguin) - review here.
  Charlie's been in the studio with Alt-J, recording their debut album.
  We performed a very special in-house performance for the SOFAR sessions.
  We hosted another In the Woods festival, which went rather well.
  Speak soon!
  (26/01/12)
  
  --- Festival/Recording Break ---
  
  We're away putting on our festival and finishing our album. Hold tight!
  
  (01/08/11)
  
  --- Recent Press ---
  
  A few more single reviews have come in recently, most notably on RockFeedback where we managed to get 4/5 stars!
  
  The Fly also posted a great live review of our recent show at 229.
  
  We've got one more small show at Clerkenwell Design Week on Tuesday and then we'll be spending a month or so putting the finishing touches to our debut album.
  
  Cheerio.
  
  (21/05/11)
  
  --- Sunshine Buddy is OUT NOW ---
  
  Our first single of the year, Sunshine Buddy, is out now on Tape Club Records. It's available to buy from iTunes etc, as well as our own Bandcamp page.
  
  During the last week, the track has been played by Tom Robinson, Lauren Laverne (BBC 6Music) and John Kennedy (XFM). There's also been some features on Planet Notion, Glasswerk, Spine TV and Potholes In My Blog.
  
  Lovely.
  
  (16/04/11)
  
  --- New Video ---
  
  Here's our new video for Sunshine Buddy. The track has had continued support from John Kennedy at XFM and was recently featured on the Jon Hillcock's wonderful New Noise podcast! It's out on 11th April on Tape Club Records.
  
  >(31/03/11)
  
  --- Vibes and Stuff ---
  
  We've done a mix for the fantastic Vibes and Stuff. We've featured music we're currently listening to, which includes tracks from our friends Peter and Kerry, Raisa Khan, DELS, Micachu and the Shapes and Pete and the Pirates.
  
  Click below and listen!
  
  (04/03/11)
  
  --- New Single ---
  
  Here it is, our new single, 'Sunshine Buddy'. It'll be available on April 11th, via Tape Club Records.
  
  Laurel Collective - Sunshine Buddy (Radio Edit) by Tape Club Records
  
  We shot a video for the track on Saturday with an incredible team of up-and-coming photographers and the results will be online soon!
  
  (28/02/11)
  
  --- Hello From The Band ---
  
  Hello everyone, welcome to our new web space!
  
  To celebrate the release of Sunshine Buddy this April on the incredible Tape Club Records, we have squished up all our on-line activity into one easily digestible place of wonderment, right here! We're sure you'll agree its like a fairytale castle made of candy on a 2d screen.
  
  Expect free downloads, new songs, LC apparel and updates on what we're up to, like our forest based festival In the Woods, and the topics we discuss on tour, like the relevance of Jacques Derrida's deconstructive strategies applied to modernist theatre. That was one of our classic discussions while Bob was passed out in a pile of beer cans.
  
  (14/02/11)
  
  --- Sunshine Buddy on itdrewitself ---
  
  (31/01/11)
  
  --- Welcome ---
  
  This is our new site. More to follow...
  
  (29/01/11)
WATCH

WATCH
- --- Cruel Thing (In the Woods Barn Sessions)---
  
  --- Jelly Bird [Official Video]---
  
  --- Window [All Saints Basement Session]---
  
  --- Documentary [by Poppie Sköld]---
  
  --- Fax of Death [Official Video]---
  
  --- Sunshine Buddy [Official Video] ---
  
  --- Sunshine Buddy Live on itdrewitself ---
Tracks

Tracks

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LIVE

LIVE
- --- Upcoming ---
  
  *RECORDING ALBUM TWO*
  
  --- Past ---
  
  -2012-
  
  Tuesday 4th December - 100 Club - London
  
  Saturday 1st December - Bournemouth
  
  Friday 30th November - Kraken Wakes - Porstmouth
  
  Thursday 29th November - Undertone - Cardiff
  
  Wednesday 28th November - The Railway - Winchester
  
  Saturday 24th November - Oakford Social Club - Reading
  
  Friday 23rd November - Modern Art - Oxford
  
  Thursday 22nd November - Kraak - Manchester
  
  Wednesday 3rd October - Electric Ballroom, London (supporting ManLikeMe)
  
  Friday 21st September - London Palladium (DJ Set)
  
  Friday 7th September - Bestival
  
  Saturday 1st September - In the Woods Festival
  
  Friday 3rd August - In the Woods Warm-Up at Corsica Studios
  
  Friday 20th July - Secret Garden Party
  
  Monday 11th June - Album Launch in association with Time Out Live and Popular
  
  Tues 10th April - Electricity Showrooms,London Residency No.4 w/ Beaty Heart + Kwes (DJ Set)
  
  Tues 3rd April - Electricity Showrooms, London Residency Show No.3 w/ My Panda Shall Fly + Nightwave (DJ Set)
  
  Tuesday 27th March - Electricity Showrooms, London Residency Show No.2 w/Peter and Kerry + Jon Hillcock (DJ Set)
  
  Saturday 24th March - Oakford Social Club, Reading w/Montage Populaire
  
  Friday 23rd March - Bungalow & Bears, Sheffield w/Montage Populaire
  
  Thurs 22nd March - Trof Fallowfield, Manchester w/Montage Populaire
  
  Wednesday 21st March - The Oporto, Leeds w/Montage Populaire
  
  Tuesday 20th March - Electricity Showrooms, London Residency Show No.1 w/Montage Populaire + Love for Zero + Dogtanion (DJ Set)
  
  Thursday 19th January - Artrocker & PopRox 'New Blood' Festival @ Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen (London)
  
  -2011-
  Wednesday 30th November - Headline show @ Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen (London)
  
  Wednesday 5th October - Headline show @ Electricity Showrooms (London)
  
  Saturday 3rd September - In the Woods Festival (Secret Location)
  
  Saturday 6th August - Knee Deep Festival, Cornwall
  
  Saturday 9th July - Outside:Inside Festival
  
  Tuesday 24th May - Clerkenwell Design Week
  
  Thursday 19th May - @ Lock Tavern, London
  
  Thursday 5th May - @ 229, London
  
  Thursday 14th April 2011 - Idle Fret @ The Silver Bullet, London
  
  Thursday 31st March 2011 - Club.The.Mammoth @ Queen of Hoxton, London
  
  Wednesday 30th March 2011 - The Grove, Wimbledon
  
  Wednesday 2nd March 2011 - Soul Cellar, Southampton
  
  Tuesday 22nd Feb 2011 - Club Ugly @ The Social
  
  Sunday 30th Jan 2011 - PopArt's 5th Birthday @ Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes
  
  Friday 28th Jan 2011 - Fly Magazine Feb Issue Launch @ Camden Barfly
DISCOGRAPHY

DISCOGRAPHY
- Heartbeat Underground (CD, LP, Digi) [2012, Tape Club Records/Believe Recordings]
  
  Jelly Bird (Digi) [2012, Tape Club Records/Believe Recordings]
  
  Fax of Death (Digi) [2012, Tape Club Records/Believe Recordings]
  
  They Hate Me (Digi) [2012, Tape Club Records/Believe Recordings]
  
  Sunshine Buddy (Digi) [2011, Tape Club Records]
  
  Carrie/Cheap (Digi) [2009, Kruger Singles Club]
  
  Window/Flame Thrower (7" Single, Digital) [2009, Pure Groove Records]
  
  Fax of Death EP (Digi) [2009, Self-Release]
  
  International Love Affair (Digi Single) [2008, Double Six]
  
  Vuitton Blues (7" Single, Digi) [2008, Double Six]
  
  Feel Good Hits of a Nuclear Winter (CD, Digi Mini-Album) [2008, Double Six]
ABOUT

ABOUT
- Laurel Collective are an experimental pop outfit from London. Having signed with the Domino Records offshoot, Double Six, in their infancy, the band have since gone on to mesmerize audiences on both sides of the Atlantic with their bedazzling repertoire of off-kilter hits.
  
  Their early recordings garnered attention from the likes of Huw Stephens, XFM's John Kennedy and Steve Lamacq (Single of the Week on BBC Radio 1), leading to a packed festival season (including a BBC Introducing slot at Glastonbury). Since then, they have been invited to play at SXSW as well as securing performances at The Great Escape, Lovebox, Blissfields and support slots with the likes of Maccabees, NYPC, The Villagers and The View in the UK.
  
  In addition to performing, writing and recording, the band have spent time immersing themselves in the music of their associates. They continue to host a now-famous secret festival in a remotely-located forest (called In the Woods), which has featured the likes of Micachu and the Shapes, The Invisible, Pete and the Pirates, as well as rising star Anna Calvi on the bill. They also hosted a regular night called 'Hindenburg Mile-High Club' for a short time in London.
  
  More recently, the band won the prestigious Red Stripe Music Prize (2010), have performed a live session for BBC 6 Music and have continued to grow in notoriety on the live circuit, playing nights for John Kennedy (XFM), Moshi Moshi and Tape Club Records.
  
  This year will see the release of their long-awaited first album via Tape Club/Believe. The band have been busy writing and recording for the past 18 months and promise to deliver an incredible debut.
CONTACT

CONTACT
- Band: band@laurelcollective.com
  
  Management: will@tapeclubrecords.com
  
  Press: ritu@six07press.com
  
  Online: jonathan@six07press.com
  
  Radio: jon@turnerspear.com
  
  Festival: info@inthewoodsfestival.co.uk
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LYRICS

LYRICS
- Heartbeat Underground
  
  we walk under the yellow moon
  in the yellow light they'll see us soon
  I don't know how we got here now
  
  is this a war is this a row?
  Where in the world will you settle down
  I'll hear your heartbeat underground
  I don't know where the salmon go, they're swimming back when they hear the sound.
  
  And the world of love is so estranged is it logical are we deranged?
  I wonder if periodically
  it's ok to be
  a little strange
  Where in the world will you settle down
  
  I'll hear your heartbeat underground
  I don't know where the salmon go, they're swimming back when they hear the sound.
  
  They Hate Me
  
  They hate me they hate me
  
  followed home til my hand shakes and I can't find the lock
  they smell naivity
  every night there's a car outside with the headlights on
  they eat me and puke me
  hiding out in my house underneath the christmas tree
  
  and make themselves useful
  on the treadmill dynamo makin my electric free
  undredge my ship break the barnacles off me
  we'll start an insurgency in surrey
  she lives in a house made out of brie
  
  if I bring wine we'll live happily
  
  my car paint is flaky
  followed home by the trail of flakes left lying on the road
  please heal me with raiki
  back rub and a nice cup til I take off my load
  
  she's jeering and shearing
  with the clippers on the street shaving off my body hair
  the crowd they are cheering
  thinking it's punishment but you know I don't really care
  
  undredge my ship break the barnacles off me
  we'll start an insurgency in surrey
  she lives in a house made out of brie
  if I bring wine we'll live happily
  we could fish in the baltic sea
  I ran away from a sandy flea
  doctors note came in the mail
  said my mind turned the flea into a whale
  
  Sunshine Buddy
  
  I had a solar power toy
  he always sang whenever the sun shone
  my only friend sunshine buddy
  brace yourself its not a happy story
  
  one gray day something was wrong
  came home from work now I sleep on the floor
  sunshine songs were sung no more
  tried to fix him now I'm scratchin' my head
  but sunshine buddy was dead
  
  Chorus
  I thought sunshine buddy was dead
  tried to fix him and I'm scratchin' my head
  soldering iron in my shed
  he was broken so I had to fled
  and the clouds we're glowing blood red
  
  my goldfish stayed un-fed
  
  burn down the house I can't take it no more
  bulldoze the town like I'm doin' a chore
  snuff out the sun just to settle the score
  
  but it won't bring him back knock knockin' on my door
  one fine day the clouds were gone
  sunshine buddy was singing his song
  suddenly everyone's singing along
  there was no need to trash the town
  
  cuz I was wrong he wasn't dead
  
  I thought sunshine buddy was dead
  tried to fix him and I'm scratchin' my head
  soldering iron in my shed
  he was broken so I had to fled
  
  and the clouds we're glowing blood red
  and its filling all the birds with dread
  my goldfish stayed un-fed
  the clouds were glowing blood red
  I thought sunshine buddy was dead...
  
  Fax Of Death
  
  The men in the banks with their golden tanks are crushing me to death
  the kids on the street with confusion feet they just kick my every breath
  so pressure builds on the frontal lobes
  
  and building up til your head implodes
  but now I have fax machine of death
  you get that fax you've only got one breathe
  
  so well can't you see you can't take the heat
  
  they're riding on you
  they're riding on me
  swim in the sea
  swimming with glee we could be free we could be free
  
  The kids are alright they just face their plight
  
  with smiles on their faces
  the teachers are not environmental rot
  they've lost the plot now they're ill fated
  your chest explodes with your legs burning
  your strength erodes with your lungs yearning
  
  to take in air before you catch your death
  take it- you've only got one breath
  
  so well can't you see you can't take the heat
  they're riding on you
  
  they're riding on me
  swim in the sea
  swimming with glee we could be free we could be free
  
  Jelly Bird
  
  When the world pulled the wool on me
  I downed my tools I was forced to flee
  to a plague of fantasy
  Jellybird made my heart race, a jelly blur with a jelly face
  
  I'm still racing I don't know the place
  
  You look a lemon now they took your zest
  It's a mountain, climb it the same
  oh your zest weighs a tonne
  push it, up in the rain
  
  they hire henchman but I'm not impressed
  get it back now you've still got a claim
  steal it back from the mountain top
  now your drinkin' lemon tea in the rain
  
  Can we find this entropy in this grey and oily sea
  what's in the mist awaiting me?
  Lookin' out for an abyss
  where my tired soul can piss
  cruisin all the leper clubs
  
  lookin out to steal a kiss
  tryin on my leper charms girl
  seeing the've gone amiss
  you took my leper heart now to the disco sounds of bis
  
  chorus
  
  breakdown
  
  end chorus
  
  outro.
  
  Cheap
  
  Planes were crashing
  in the sinking sand
  leave a message in the black box for the undiscovered land
  it lies outside of the free hand
  some answers came back in the black box helping me to understand
  
  how life became and endless stream of woebegones
  my lovers words had all become emoticons
  citizens advice was run by cold cylons always asking
  What side whose side what side are you on?
  
  What side whose side what side are you on?
  And the rules say you can't sleep
  sitting on the fence that way
  and its cheap cheap cheap cheap cheap
  they repossess my soul today
  
  She was talking
  to the repo man
  explaining what the black box means to her
  she might understand
  never satisfied
  like Coltrane (or Miles Davis?)
  talking to the folk in the sinking sand on the ghost plane
  
  and they were saying
  What side whose side what side are you on?
  What side whose side what side are you on?
  And the rules say you can't sleep
  sitting on the fence that way
  
  and its cheap cheap cheap cheap cheap
  they repossess my soul today.
  Black box black box black box
  
  Window
  
  Staring out the window
  
  and the new horizons were all aflame
  so we packed to go
  to the frozen hills where we will tame
  butterflies in snow
  attached to strings so we will fly
  over death below
  
  it will rain when we will cry
  We were data at the registry
  from a broken nuclear family
  mixing concrete with the molten lead
  when the time has come to bury me
  in the evening glow
  
  in the evening glow that never ends
  everything was slow
  icy hearts can make amends
  in the candle light
  just like early man's plight
  maybe we won't fight
  
  in this world with no electric light
  Smash into your family tree
  mix your DNA for free
  mixing concrete with the molten lead
  when the time has come to bury me
  
  Alabaster
  
  Take your fears to that castle place
  stare that ghost straight in the face
  spray him with a can of mace
  
  and fly away without a trace
  In oily shale we search for kale
  we live inside a rotted whale
  the alabasters green and black
  maybe we could put it for sale
  We ate kale and samphire pies
  
  dover sole with tired eyes
  soul of sea will sing to me
  now I know,
  it never dies
  Her mind became a seraphin
  her body said to hell with him
  his mind became a sentinel
  
  his macho ways went straight to hell
  
  Flame Thrower
  
  n a cold last chance saloon
  face down bleeding on my spoon
  that's the way we ate our meals
  
  with the sultry doom platoon
  it was floating maple leaves
  the river said my time was up
  and in my hand unfinished verse
  when I knew I had the curse
  Artifacts of our love
  
  will dissolve in the river
  so I don't know what gesture I can make or deliver
  in an army surplus store
  I bought a flamethrower
  so I can write my love on her town hall in fire
  
  Now maple leaves are falling down
  Unfinished Haiku's on the ground
  and every leaf a foolish soul
  to the cuckoos mocking sound
  Artifacts of our love
  
  will dissolve in the river
  so I don't know what gesture I can make or deliver
  in an army surplus store
  I bought a flamethrower
  so I can write my love on her town hall in fire
  
  In another life I was a samurai
  I let all my enemies just pass me by
  with my plastic sword I wouldn't hurt a fly
  even though I knew they were alumni
  
  Barnacles
  
  You plough your furrow with a furrowed brough,
  
  with a tired looking cow,
  until you find a boat for me, I’ll drift around on a dow.
  Your in your limo with the business men, I’m on my lilo in the seine, you’re melting to a pool of slime on the Piccadilly line.
  Chorus
  Pan for gold, why you lounging in the mud and cold, don’t you know the silver metal in your hands is runny happiness?
  We’re employed, and its got me feelin like a droid, tell me, Mr. Murgatroyd, am I a fucking droid?
  
  You look a fool with all your rage 'cos your head was bound from an early age
  
  now it's the size of an onion and it's time to get your revenge.
  
  Fizzing Blood
  
  Meet me at the mossy pillbox
  sleep inside the soul of dereliction
  there was no war here darling
  
  rusty guns never knew friction
  once we escape from the inane
  on the wings of a crooked crane
  once we sail on the milkshake flood
  we'll find our fizzing fizzing blood