Laura Marling at the Silver Bullet in Finsbury Park, London on 31st Jan 2015. The song is from her new forthcoming album ‘Short Movie’. Taking the stage for the first in a series of intimate UK dates, previewing her forthcoming album ‘Short Movie’.
Footage has emerged of Laura Marling debuting ‘Strange’, a rollicking new cut from the LP. The performance took place at London’s Silver Bullet, Finsbury Park. So far, ‘False Hope’ and ‘Short Movie’’s title-track have been unveiled. The former was written in Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy. Taking to the stage at the Silver Bullet in London’s Finsbury Park, to a packed room of around 200 people, the Berkshire-born singer songwriter began with ‘False Hope’ from her yet-to-be-released fifth album, available on March 23rd.
Aside from the new material, which included ‘Warrior’, ‘Strange’, ‘Walk Alone’ and ‘David’, she also played ‘Devil’s Spoke’, ‘Rambling Man’, ‘What He Wrote’ and the title track from her 2010 second album ‘I Speak Because I Can’, a fired-up electric version of ‘Salinas’ from her third album ‘A Creature I Don’t Know’ and ‘Master Hunter’ from 2013’s ‘Once I Was An Eagle’. She also performed ‘David’, which doesn’t feature on any of her albums, but has been an occasional part of her live set since 2013.
Her guitar tech was kept busy throughout the night, Marling swapping guitars for virtually every song, while two of the other three musicians on stage with her swapped between bass, double bass, guitar and other instruments.
Introducing penultimate song ‘Gurdjieff’s Daughter’, she said “This one needs a bit of explanation,” and went on to reveal it had been inspired by a story involving Chilean avant garde film-maker Alejandro Jodorowsky, and a four-page letter of advice on morality he received after a sexual encounter with the daughter of influential Russian spiritual teacher George Gurdjieff.
She finished with the title track from her forthcoming album, adding “This is the last song, there’s not much else to say really. I really enjoyed myself, thank you.”
‘Short Movie’ is released on 23rd March via Virgin EMI. Laura Marling plays the following UK dates:
FEBRUARY
04 Edinburgh, The Caves
07 Bristol, Thekla
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