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Deep, warmhearted and sonically breathtaking.

Eora/Sydney songwriter Laura Jean launches her acclaimed new album Amateurs in Elisabeth Murdoch Hall with a full band and string section.

Laura Jean is revered for the striking beauty of her music and the strength of her piercing, intimate lyrics. Amateurs is a stunning, string-laden album, set at a mystical midway point between the deep synth-pop of Laura’s previous album Devotion (2018) and the folkier sounds of her earlier work. Produced by Tim Bruniges with string arrangement by Erkki Veltheim (Gurrumul, Archie Roach), the album is deep, warmhearted and sonically breathtaking.

Amateurs is an album about anti-art and anti-intellectual culture in Australia. It sees Laura questioning her role as a songwriter and examining the reality of her choices to prioritise art over other parts of her life.

With Special Guests

Laura Jean will be supported by Carissa Nyalu.

Pre-Show Entertainment

From 6pm-9pm, grab a drink and enjoy sounds from Lori on the Centre’s Outdoor Forecourt.

Praise for Laura Jean

‘Captures the experience of first love and lust with remarkable immediacy.’ Pitchfork

‘Maybe the sharpest communication of the spooky, all-consuming nature of feminine love.’ Lorde

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Artists & Set Times

Artists

Laura Jean guitar, voice, keyboard
Bree Van Reyk drums, percussion
Tim Bruniges bass, vocals
Jess Green electric guitar, voice
Erkki Veltheim viola

Carissa Nyalu voice, guitar

Set Times

7.30pm – 8pm: Carissa Nyalu
8pm – 8.30pm: Interval
8.30pm – 9.30pm: Laura Jean