LAUREL Releases New Single "San Francisco"

 



New Single "San Francisco"
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Credit Katie Silvester
Following her triumphant return with single "Life Worth Living" in March, UK singer/ songwriter/ producer Laurel Arnell-Cullen has released her second track of the year, "San Francisco."  PRESS HERE  to listen to the simple, yet rhythmically complex song featuring Laurel's powerful, raw vocals.Laurel had  Idolator, The Line of Best Fit, Blah Blah Blah Science, The 405  and more all buzzing when she released "Life Worth Living," her first new music since summer 2015's "Blue Blood," in March. The track quickly reached No. 3 on Hype Machine, has over 320K plays on YouTube, over 200K Spotify streams, and has been getting airplay from the likes of  KCRW, BBC 1, Radio X  and more.  PRESS HERE  to watch her performance of the song for  Mahogany . The new tracks are just a taste of what Laurel has planned for her debut album, coming in early 2017.At only 21 years old, Laurel has released two EPs,  To The Hills  and  Holy Water , to high critical acclaim. Both bodies of work amplify her signature haunting and beautiful sound that layers subtle electronic beats with orchestral arrangements, all while highlighting her sultry vocals. Her song "Fire Breather" was featured on the wildly popular CW show  The Vampire Diaries , and she has received major airplay in the US on  KCRW , in the UK on BBC Radio 1, 6 Music, XFM ; major DJs Zane Lowe and Huw Stephens, and included on the BBC Introducing Playlist. Her arresting tracks have garnered over 9 millionSpotify streams and millions of YouTube views.  She has been featured on  SPIN, Interview Magazine.com, Vogue.com, Vice's Noisey.com, W Magazine, The Lab, BULLETT, Pigeons & Planes, Myspace ,  Complex  and more.Praise for Laurel:"Laurel evokes Florence + The Machine, by way of Beth Orton, on the excellent 'Life Worth Living'" -Idolator"'Blue Blood' ticks every box necessary to elevate it to epic status: plaintive piano chords, anxious strings, thunder-clap beats, and Laurel's sultry, pouting tones cooing throughout" - Noisey"[Laurel's vocals] pierce through the atmospheric, orchestral R&B grooves of the four songs and wrap around themselves, coming at the listener from all directions - sometimes hushed, sometimes blaring, usually in gorgeous self-harmony." - SPIN    "It doesn't take long to realize that she is not simply a doe-eyed teenager, but a seriously self-assured songwriter whose drawn, and deserves comparisons to Lana Del Rey, Lorde, and Florence and the Machine." ­-Vogue   "But that's part of Laurel's charm, the poise that's taken her from plunking out simple melodies on the family piano to self-producing lush electro-pop that tops Internet charts and lands on episodes of 'The Vampire Diaries.'" - T Magazine    www.classiclaurel.comTwitter | Facebook | Soundcloud | YouTube| Instagram