Lauran Hibberd Garageband Superstar Vinyl LP Transparent Pink Colour 2022

Standard edition on transparent pink colour vinyl

Tracklist:

1. Rollercoaster
2. Still Running (5K)
3. Step Mum
4. Average Joe
5. Hot Boys
6. That Was A Joke
7. Get Some
8. Garageband Superstar
9. Hole In The Head
10. I'm Insecure
11. Slimming Down
12. Last Song Ever

Lauren Hibberd’s forthcoming new LP follows on from last year’s Everything Is Dogs, and builds upon the distinctive dry wit that the release carved out. It’s produced by Suzy Shinn – the eclectic LA-based producer whose credits span from Weezer, Fall Out Boy and Panic! At the Disco to the heady pop heights of Dua Lipa and Katy Perry. Sharing an ear for a sharp hook made for an ideal creative match. “I think the fun thing about bands like Weezer and Green Day is that foundation of scuzzy guitars and fast drums, and really clean, polished melody,” Hibberd says. “That’s the thing that gets me going.”

And as a whole, Hibberd’s new material is brutally honest– it also plumbs new sonic depths. ‘You Never Looked So Cool’ smoulders and slow-burns with an intensity that recalls Phoebe Bridgers, and revisits an accident which left her high on strong painkillers in hospital, and dreaming about attending her own funeral. “I wrote the song the minute I got home,” she says. It’s darkly funny. "I just think about life in that way anyway, and it’s how I see things,” she says. “Even in the sad stuff, there’s always something a bit wack or funny in there.

'Old Nudes’ meanwhile, sees its protagonist peering out a car window, and staring at a person she once trusted with her most intimate thoughts. Now they’ve become a stranger – it’s strange and jarring. “The song’s about old nudes, but beneath that, it’s about a lot of other things, too: realising that somebody knows everything about you. I want to be open about it, and talk about it. If I can release a song called ‘Old Nudes’ and play it to my grandad, it makes it easier for everyone else. It’s a confession for myself, and it’s also about trying to normalise it.”

Pondering what kind of artist she wants to be, Lauran Hibberd has a typically succinct, and slightly strange, answer at the ready that somehow manages to tie everything neatly together. “I like to think of myself as One Direction for children that want to pretend they’re alternative,” she says. “I want teenage girls to come to my shows and bring their dads: who will stand at the back like ‘oh god, can’t wait for this to be over’ and the girls at the front. And then I want thedad to be like, oh actually this is quite good. “The dad and daughter combo,” she grins. “That’s the golden spot".