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LISTEN: Laura Marling — “New Romantic”

LISTEN: Laura Marling — “New Romantic”

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Sprung from the soulful depths of Hampshire, England, 22-year-old Laura Marling spins a soothing kind of wit with her folksy voice and sharply attuned allure.

Her song, “New Romantic,” off of her “My Manic & I” EP, comes across as the quintessential modern love song.

With lyrics such as “I would never love a man ’cause love and pain go hand in hand,” the song is sarcastic, heartfelt, and full of an honest ounce of derisive candor.

“New Romantic” pokes at the incongruity of modern society and how individuals seem to fall in and out of a certain conception of love, loss, and longing in this new romantic way…

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Megan Friend

— Megan Friend

  • violetterror

    This is an ancient Laura Marling song from YEARS ago when she must have been about 16 years old, it also is not on any album, but instead from a now unavailable EP (GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT!!). She has had three whole albums since then, and she never plays this song live as she herself has confessed that she hates it and she feels it is immature to what she’s writing now. I find it really odd that you review this on your blog. Why not seek out her latest album (that was out in 2012) ‘A Creature I Don’t Know’? You’ll be amazed how different it is. Also worthwhile writing a review about.