"Most of it was recorded in his shed, in the middle of a sub-tropical garden full of cicadas and slugs, and it has a suitably humid, slightly feverish feel to it. Other songs recall T Rex, early acoustic Bowie, or snippets from the Beatles' White Album, and there are cameos from other local pop auteurs.” Sunday Star Times (NZ) on Lawrence Arabia's album.Former member of The Brunettes, occasional bass player for Okkervil River, and touring companion of Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Jens Lekman and Th...
"Most of it was recorded in his shed, in the middle of a sub-tropical garden full of cicadas and slugs, and it has a suitably humid, slightly feverish feel to it. Other songs recall T Rex, early acoustic Bowie, or snippets from the Beatles' White Album, and there are cameos from other local pop auteurs.” Sunday Star Times (NZ) on Lawrence Arabia's album.Former member of The Brunettes, occasional bass player for Okkervil River, and touring companion of Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Jens Lekman and The Concretes, Lawrence Arabia is one of New Zealand's finest indie-pop singers, songwriters and producers.Now living in London, Lawrence is about to record his second album in Stockholm with members of The Concretes, and his own band with the ever metamorphosing name (the Erotic Threads, the Dagger of Intrigue, the Powerful Three et. al)
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