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Artist: The Laurels

The Laurels
The Laurels are a ne0-psychedelic four piece from Sydney who formed after meeting at a silly hat party in 2006. The outfit garnered a strong fan base and general critical acclaim after touring extensively throughout the next four years in both headline and international support slots.
The outfit released a 7" single Art School Girl/Wandering Star in 2009 to glowing reviews with their debut album Plains dropping in 2012, produced by Liam Judson. The Laurels follow up album dropped in 2016 titled Sonicology both via Rice Is Nice.
On 21 June, 2019 The Laurels released Sound System, their first music in four years, and develops on the bands shoegazey, wall of sound presence.
  • Live

Cobra Club says goodbye to Waywards with The Laurels

by Happy

This Tuesday saw The Laurels and Lorelei take the Waywards stage for one final Cobra Club gig at The Bank Hotel (for now). Since the…

  • News

Celebrate Cobra Club’s final gig in Newtown with The Laurels

by Charlie Young

Newtown is losing its beloved free live music residency, Cobra Club, but it won’t go anywhere without a bang. The final CCXO at The Bank…

  • Music

Happy Listening: this week’s 5 best new releases

by Patti Burton

Whether you’ve had a bad week at work, you stepped in a puddle this morning, or your landlord discovered the dog that’s been secretly living…

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Watch The Laurels bring their wild single Monkey On My Back into Enmore Audio

by Happy

The Laurels have been one of our favourite acts for years now, a deft cocktail of psych, hip hop, and garage rock. Their 2016 album Sonicology blew…

  • News

Bad Vibrations’ lineup is a who’s who of Australia’s DIY scene

by Happy

It’s here. Bad Vibrations festival, formerly Sydney Psych Fest, have unveiled their whopper 2019 lineup. Going down on Saturday the 1st of June at the…

  • News

PREMIERE: The Laurels go bananas in their new clip Monkey On My Back

by Jessie Wilson

The kaleidoscopic, neo-psychedelic sound of the Laurels is back. Wrap your eyes and ears around Monkey On My Back, the first offering from the band’s upcoming third…

  • Music

LISTEN: The Laurels – Monkey On My Back

by Happy

The Laurels return with Monkey On My Back, their first new tune since 2016’s mind-expanding album Sonicology. Join them in Sydney on April 5th for the first…

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Whether you’re into music, art or both, you’ll eat up the 10 best album covers of 2016

by Freya McGahey

With the resurgence of vinyl as a medium for music, the need for some tasty, trippy or technicolored artwork to slap on your album has…

  • Lists

Happy’s top 100 songs of 2016: 11-20

by Happy

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EXCLUSIVE: Don’t wait another 4 years for a new track from The Laurels, listen to Recognition right here

by Nick Stillman

Sonic  – relating to or using sound waves; Ology – a subject of study; a branch of knowledge. The Laurels really hit that one on the head. It’s…

  • Music

LISTEN: The Laurels – Sonicology

by Happy

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Happy BIGSOUND Mixtape

by Happy

We’re back from BIGSOUND, and it was so damn good we’re letting it take over this week’s mixtape. Listen in for all the sick bands…

  • Lists

Forget the timetables, these are the bands you need to see at BIGSOUND in 2016

by Happy

It’s that time of year again when hundreds flock to Fortitude Valley in Brisbane for the biggest showcase of emerging talent in Australia. This year’s…

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