Lauran Hibberd
Originally, I started out as a folk artist but soon got handed a Weezer album and watched my life flash before my eyes. I started combining my love for lyrics with trashy guitars and garage rock and stumbled across a new favourite genre. ME ME ME ME!! My live band is Jake Richardson on guitar, Ellis Durand on bass and Max Perry on drums.

The band started on the Isle of Wight (I know right). I have spent a truck load of time on that ferry. I like to think I keep it in business! I started playing my first gigs at 16 years old, with bands from music college. I was the only one who hadn’t gigged before in my class and I basically just puked at the thought of it. I still get super nervous before gigging, but I am lot better at managing it now – and I know what to expect. Touring got me in a good routine.

I have since then released a bunch of singles, a debut EP, and am about to release a second EP (recorded with LA producer ‘Suzy Shinn’) whilst recording my debut album. I’ve been lucky enough to tour with Hippo Campus and The Regrettes around the UK and Europe, play some bucketlist festivals (GLASTONBURY) and sell out my own headline tours.

Lockdown has stopped everything ‘live’ in it’s tracks so having the time to write songs 24/7 has definitely become my only love right now. I wrote a song a day for 6 weeks straight last year as some whacky experiment and I’m pretty sure I got the bulk of my album from being in that headspace. Basically, I am on a mission to get Rivers Cuomo to fall in love with me.