Gemma Laurence Shares New Single "Adrienne" via Under the Radar, Read EARMILK Feature

GEMMA LAURENCE SHARES NEW SINGLE "ADRIENNE"  VIA UNDER THE RADAR NAMED "SONG OF THE DAY" BY NORTHERN TRANSMISSIONS READ EARMILK FEATURE & AUDIOFEMME INTERVIEW "ADRIENNE" NOW STREAMNG EVERYWHERE Photo Courtesy of Beatrice Helman

LISTEN & SHARE: Gemma Laurence - "Adrienne" Spotify / SoundCloud / YouTube "'Adrienne' is instantly transportive, inviting you into Laurence’s yearning reverie as she recalls stolen moments of tender love.... The resulting track feels lived-in and achingly authentic, a work of singular autumnal beauty and a gorgeous return effort from Laurence." – Under The Radar "Gemma Laurence established herself from the beginning of her musical career as a talented artist who writes romantic, poetic lyrics and puts her heart into her work. Her storytelling and vulnerability can easily be compared to Joni Mitchell, Haley Heynderickx, or Adrianne Lenker." – EARMILK "Nostalgic, tender, intimate... magical" – Audiofemme "Song of the day" – Northern Transmissions "Delicate, heartfelt, and bittersweet... With her banjo and soft string arrangements, she builds a shelter within her music, which feels a bit like sitting inside a warm cabin as the rain pours down, sipping hot tea cut with a hint of whiskey, and letting the memories wash over you." – POPDUST "Laurence paints a picture of a past lover with disarming vulnerability and tenderness." – Americana UK "Mainer Gemma Laurence goes cottagecore on her intimate new single “Adrienne,” her first new release in two years and the first time she’s addressed her queerness in her music." – Country Queer "Heady and atmospheric, her lush acoustic soundscapes blend fingerpicked melodies with grainy field recordings, enveloping listeners in a garden of sounds, smells, and textures." – She Makes Music "Bittersweet" – Indie88 “Expansive, heart-wrenching, poignant – PHASER "Beyond extraordinary” – Divide and Conquer Gemma Laurence is ready to come out now. After eighteen months holed up on the coast of Maine, the indie folk artist emerged from isolation with a stack of scribbled-in notebooks and dog-eared classics, a lingering smell of woodsmoke in her hair, and a collection of eight songs held tightly underneath her arm. And now, we present the first of the collection: “Adrienne.”  Opening up about her queerness for the first time in her music, Laurence paints a picture of a past lover with disarming vulnerability and tenderness in "Adrienne." Inspired by a line in Adrienne Rich’s Twenty-One Love Poems (“You’ve kissed my hair to wake me. I dreamed you were a poem, I say, a poem I wanted to show someone…”), “Adrienne” transports listeners to the exact moment in time in which the song was set – a shared twin-sized bed at 6 A.M., sunlight dancing across the walls, coffee boiling on the stove, the taste of sweet rum lingering from the night before. Recounting these fleeting images with razor-sharp precision, Laurence draws listeners into her world with her unique gift for storytelling.  The track was premiered by Under The Radar, who compared her to "Phoebe Bridgers, Hand Habits, and Tomberlin, with hints of influence from lilting English folk songwriters like Laura Marling. Yet, while those stylistic touchstones shine through, Laurence also brings an emotive personal core that is all her own... "Adrienne” is instantly transportive, inviting you into Laurence’s yearning reverie as she recalls stolen moments of tender love. Each misspoken drunken confession and each vision of warm morning light feels real and tactile, colored by interlocking guitars, swelling pedal steel, and waves of harmonies. Laurence crafts an expansive soundscape then brings it to life with intimate detail, as birdsong, rainfall, and the hiss of a tape machine punctate Laurence’s crystalline vocals. The resulting track feels lived-in and achingly authentic, a work of singular autumnal beauty and a gorgeous return effort from Laurence." "Adrienne" was named Northern Transmissions' Song of the Day, and received a glowing review by EARMILK, who wrote that "'Adrienne' feels like sitting at your kitchen table in the morning, when you’re in no rush to do anything, just sitting and enjoying both the warmth of the coffee in your hands and the sunrise breaking through the window."  Written as she watched the seasons change from her window on the coast of Maine, the world of “Adrienne” is inseparable from the world in which it was created. Heady and atmospheric, her lush acoustic soundscapes blend fingerpicked melodies with grainy field recordings, enveloping listeners in a garden of sounds, smells, and textures. As two classical guitars dance in unison and a pedal steel whines in the distance, we hear the sounds of rain falling outside her window, weaving in and out of faint chickadee songs and the soft hum of a rolling tape machine. Unfolding at its finale into a sea of harmonies and verbed-out Garden Song-esque synths, Laurence's low, conversational tone fades into the backdrop as the song expands wider and wider still.  Recorded, mixed, and produced by Charles Dahlke (of The Brazen Youth) at Ashlawn Recording Company in Lyme, CT, mastered by Andrew Goldring (Juliet Sunflower, Billy Martin), and workshopped with Steve Varney (of Gregory Alan Isakov), “Adrienne” features Matt Phillips on pedal steel, Will Orchard on guitar, and Jess Kerber on harmonies. Marking a departure from the songwriter’s previous stripped back solo work, “Adrienne” feels expansive yet intimate, setting the stage for the artist’s new chapter of work. Read more about her latest single in her recent interview with Audiofemme. LINKS Facebook | Twitter | Website | Instagram | Bandcamp | SoundCloud | YouTube Gemma Laurence Bio: Gemma Laurence is a Brooklyn-based indie folk singer-songwriter from the coast of Maine. Categorizing herself as “Sapphic folk,” Laurence takes inspiration from queer femme poets and songwriters from the past and present: Adrianne Lenker, Tomberlin, Elizabeth Bishop, Adrienne Rich, and Sappho to name a few. A gifted songwriter with a predilection for poetry, Laurence braids imagery into her lyrics with the ease of a seasoned storyteller.  Having grown up on the coast of Maine and the hills of Oxfordshire, Laurence’s time on both sides of the Atlantic influenced her unique sound: a fusion of foot-stomping Americana with a hint of English folk. The lilt of Laurence’s vocals and the poetic lyricism of her music has drawn comparisons to artists like Joni Mitchell, Laura Marling, Courtney Marie Andrews, and Haley Heynderickx. Blending banjo riffs with lush harmonies and acoustic guitar melodies, Laurence’s timeless tracks call her listeners home to the people and places left behind for new beginnings. Her debut album, Crooked Heart, was released in 2019, and her second full-length album is slated for release in Spring 2022.