Laura is a post-rock band from Melbourne, Australia.
Laura formed in 2001. Their debut EP - Photographs..., was released in 2002 yet though it received positive reviews on the whole, failed to gain the band a significant following. However, with their follow up album Mapping Your Dreams (produced by noted Japanese engineer Naomune Anzai) in 2004, they became world renowned for their loud live shows and post-rock sound.
The album garnered high-rot...
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Laura is a post-rock band from Melbourne, Australia.
Laura formed in 2001. Their debut EP - Photographs..., was released in 2002 yet though it received positive reviews on the whole, failed to gain the band a significant following. However, with their follow up album Mapping Your Dreams (produced by noted Japanese engineer Naomune Anzai) in 2004, they became world renowned for their loud live shows and post-rock sound.
The album garnered high-rotation airplay and promotional support from independent radio stations FBi Radio and 2ser in Sydney as well as 3RRR and 3PBS in Melbourne. It was critically successful notably in the naming of self-released single We Should Keep This Secret (from their Mapping Your Dreams album) as Beat Magazine's single of the week in September 04, and later becoming the magazine's single of that year.
Radio Swan Is Down, their second album, was released in 2006 and was supported by a national tour.
In February 2007, Laura supported US band Isis on their tour...
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