Liz Lawrence
Birth nameElizabeth Lawrence[1]
Birth date9 July 1990 (age 36)
Birth placeStratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England[2][3][4]
GenreIndie pop
OccupationSinger · songwriter · composer · musician · record producer
InstrumentVocals · guitar · keyboards · synthesizer
Years active2012–present
LabelChrysalis · Ceol Music Ltd · Second Breakfast
Associated actsCash+David · Bombay Bicycle Club · Black · Scouting for Girls · Ani DiFranco
Websitelizlawrencemusic.co.uk

Elizabeth Lawrence (born 9 July 1990)[5][6] is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, known for her solo work and for being half of electro-pop duo Cash+David.[7][8][9]

She has toured with Bombay Bicycle Club,[10][11] [12] and supported Black, Scouting for Girls, and Ani DiFranco, amongst others.[13][14] Q magazine compared Lawrence favourably to indie rock band Florence and the Machine, considering her "a starlet in the making".[15]

Career

Having played in various bands in her youth before embarking on a solo career and relocating to London,[16][2][17] Lawrence's debut studio album, Bedroom Hero, was released in 2012, reaching No. 2 on the Bandcamp album chart.[15] In February 2017, Lawrence featured on the song "Party for Two" from the album The Pace of the Passing by former Bombay Bicycle Club member Ed Nash's solo project, Toothless.[18][19][20][21] 2018 saw the release of singles "The Good Part" and "Woman"; the former was mixed by Bombay Bicycle Club's Jack Steadman.[22] Her second album, Pity Party, was released on October 25, 2019. NME called the album "powerful" and considered that it "embraces her lo-fi folk past but also brings it into the here and now with satisfying pop elements"[23] Lawrence featured as a vocalist on Bombay Bicycle Club's 2020 album Everything Else Has Gone Wrong.[24] On September 17, 2021, Lawrence’s third album “The Avalanche” was released.

Discography

Albums

TitleRelease details
Bedroom Hero
Pity Party
  • Release date: October 25, 2019
  • Label: Second Breakfast
  • Formats: CD, LP, streaming, digital download
The Avalanche
  • Release date: September 17, 2021
  • Label: Second Breakfast
  • Formats: CD, LP, streaming, digital download
Peanuts
  • Release date: June 7, 2024
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, LP, streaming, digital download
Peanuts (Deluxe)
  • Release date: June 7, 2024
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: CD, LP, streaming, digital download

Extended Plays

TitleRelease details
Health and Safety
  • Release date: June 15, 2014
  • Label: Liz Lawrence Music
  • Formats: CD, streaming, digital download
Whoosh
  • Release date: February 10, 2020
  • Label: Second Breakfast
  • Formats: streaming, digital download
Live At The Brudenell Social Club
  • Release date: December 17, 2021
  • Label: Second Breakfast
  • Formats: streaming, digital download
I Was There
  • Release date: September 26, 2023
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Formats: streaming, digital download

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Oo Song"2012Bedroom Hero
"Bedroom Hero"
"Health & Safety"2014Health & Safety (EP)
"Chainsmoking" / "We Got Love"2017rowspan="3"
"Circling Numbers" / "Floors"2018
"The Good Part" / "Woman"
"Navigator"2019Pity Party
"None Of My Friends"
"USP"
"California Screaming"2020Whoosh (EP)
"Hope (Or Something Like It)"
"Where The Bodies Are Buried"2021The Avalanche
"Down For Fun"
"Saturated"
"Big Machine"2024Peanuts
"Strut"
"No One"
"Ctrl Alt Del"2024
"Big Machine (Acoustic)"2024Peanuts (Deluxe)
"Top Level Joy (Acoustic)"
"Yeti"

References

  1. ^ "ACE Repertory". Ascap.com. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  2. ^ "What people do | Pocketmags.com". Pocketmags.com. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  3. ^ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Chris Hawkins, Liz Lawrence". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Liz Lawrence | Health & Safety". Sos-music.co.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  5. ^ American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, IPI no. 584168323
  6. ^ "ACE Repertory". Ascap.com
  7. ^ "Cash+David: elevated electro-pop - Telegraph". Telegraph.co.uk. 8 December 2014.
  8. ^ "2015 - Cash+David". Bbc.co.uk
  9. ^ Paul Lester. "The playlist: new bands – Beach Baby, Cash + David, Ellenberg and more". The Guardian
  10. ^ "Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour joins Bombay Bicycle Club to perform 'Wish You Were Here'". Nme.com. 14 December 2014.
  11. ^ "TMC Interviews: singer Liz Lawrence". The Most Cake. 24 April 2014.
  12. ^ Patrick Smith (14 March 2014). "Bombay Bicycle Club, Brixton Academy, review". Telegraph.co.uk
  13. ^ [1][dead link]
  14. ^ Helen Earnshaw (26 November 2012). "Liz Lawrence Exclusive Interview". Femalefirst.co.uk
  15. ^ Jake Morley. "Liz Lawrence". Redgrapemusic.com
  16. ^ "Liz Lawrence | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  17. ^ "Liz Lawrence". Redgrapemusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Ed Nash (Bombay Bicycle Club) releases solo album". Indieisnotagenre.com. January 20, 2017.
  19. ^ "Toothless - Party For Two ft. Liz Lawrence". YouTube. February 28, 2017.
  20. ^ "Toothless pumps iron in his 'Party For Two' video". Diymag.com
  21. ^ Editor, The Gryphon Web (February 3, 2017). "The Pace of the Passing by Toothless". The Gryphon
  22. ^ "Liz Lawrence Blasts Back With Two New Singles". Clash Magazine. 21 June 2018.
  23. ^ "Liz Lawrence's powerful new album 'Pity Party' is a sly middle finger to her doubters". Nme.com. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  24. ^ Everything Else Has Gone Wrong (liner notes). Mmm...Records, Caroline International, Island Records. 2020. 0827596.