double single artwork
"hawthorne81" & “atoms” LISTEN: https://found.ee/atoms WATCH: https://youtu.be/Gv0BkyWkP6A WATCH: https://youtu.be/Zfmrpidy8EA
the infinite spine PRE-SAVE/ORDER: https://found.ee/tis
(June 14, 2023) - Lauren Auder announces her debut album, the infinite spine, which is set to release on July 21st via True Panther Records. Alongside the announcement, she shares two new songs as an a/b single, “hawthorne81/atoms” paired with visualizers.
When asked to describe these songs, Auder says “it’s too easy to refute the material, it won’t make you above it” about the striking and spiritual call that is “hawthorne81”. Speaking to the ballad “atoms,” which closes with an epic marching band-fueled coda she notes that it is, “a comforting thought, we aren’t responsible for this world.” Through the visuals for "hawthorne81" and "atoms", Auder provides a visual interpretation of the somber and intimate tone that serves as the foundation of her latest offerings, The new songs follow the previously released “we2assume2many2roles,” which was Auder’s first new material since 2021 and first tease of what the album will sound like.
Written over the past four years, mostly in London where Auder currently resides as well as her childhood hometown in the south of France, the twelve tracks are a fully-formed collection that represents a body finally becoming whole. It reflects the heaviness and celebration that comes with surviving in a world that leaves you to forge your own path, as Auder was haunted by the question "what if we could rewrite history?" throughout its creation.
In this context, Auder declares that "pop music is meant to be experienced openly," discarding the intentionally enigmatic elements that characterized her previous releases. Its imagery evokes her own struggles as a woman, and everything glows with unbridled emotion, a reflection of Auder's inner conflict. As the infinite spine unravels, it also imagines a utopian future in which blame does not exist.
The album will follow a remarkable run of 3 EPs - 2021’s 5 Songs For The Dysphoric, 2020’s two caves in, and 2018’s Who Carry’s You as well as a myriad of nuanced, poignant singles and collaborations with Celeste, Clams Casino, Caroline Polachek, Danny L Harle, and more. Initially a member of the experimental beatmaking and SoundCloud rap scene from which her early recordings formed, the new music is her clearest evolution as a songwriter, storyteller, composer, and artist. Woven together by this community of support, she is crafting her most honest and immediate work to date.
Auder's baroquely orchestrated pop songs fuse classical and post-rock elements with contemporary themes of generational discontent and personal turmoil, resulting in vivid musical portraits. The early EPs helped define what would become the foundation and sonic palette for Lauren’s forthcoming debut album. Auder’s unique vision and take on pop music was met with early critical acclaim with Pitchfork praising their debut True Panther single “The Baptist” as “Intense and spiritual pop” and The Evening Standard calling it “Irresistible Neo-Gothic pop.” Spending these last few years working with close collaborators like Mura Masa, Jessica Winter, Dviance, and Alex Parish, Lauren has been flourishing into the artist ready to live up to the visionary potential that coursed through her early releases.
Pre-save/order the infinite spine and listen to "hawthorne81/atoms" above. See album details below and stay tuned for more updates on Lauren Auder. | 
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