Isle of Wight-based Lauran Hibberd is set to release a new EP via Ditto Music in May.
The ‘Favourite Shade Of Blue’ EP, to be released on 12th May, is the follow up to last year’s debut release ‘The House I Built When I Was Small’ and features 5 brand new tracks including the EP’s eponymously titled lead single.
Recorded at Studio Humbug in East Cowes, the tracks were produced and engineered by Boe Weaver (Jim & Rob Homes) and feature addition contributions from Rupert Brown (Drums) and Chris Newnham (Guitar).
Haven taken inspiration from the likes of Laura Marling and Lucy Rose, singer-songwriter Lauran effortlessly strikes a poetic balance between pop and folk by combining her ethereal vocal with a simple, delicate guitar style. The results are quite stunning and are further proof that Lauran Hibberd is emerging as one the most truly original and innovative young artists around right now.
Her debut single ‘The House I Built When I When I Was Small’ was released at the beginning of last year and quickly picked up airplay from Soho Radio, Tom Robinson (BBC 6 Music), Shell Zenner and Kathryn Tickle (Amazing Radio) and Maz Tappuni (Radio X). The single was also featured on the in-store playlists of both Harrods and Costa and was chosen by Newton Faulkner to feature on the June playlist for ‘Richer Unsigned’.
Having toured extensively around the UK over the last 18 months including appearances at the Y-Not, Bestival and Isle of Wight Festival, Lauran is now playing to an ever growing fan base and is set to announce a new set of live dates to coincide with the EP release in the very near future.
