Enter the world of dark, cinematic pop with Laini Colman’s self-titled debut album. Drawing upon a wide range of influences and genres spanning pop, electronic, dance, alternative, acid jazz, soul, and using quirky arrangements of electronic and real instruments on beds of lo-fi crunchy loops to create a unique sound.

Reviews:

“Listening to Laini Colman’s self-titled debut album for the first time is like stumbling upon a cache of lost Nico recordings.  Like the music of the former Velvet Underground collaborator, Colman’s voice has an exotic, haunting feel, and the album’s production is sweeping and cinematic in scope.  Early on, wobble piano chords and LoFi electronic drum beats give was to a melange of funky bass lines and a string-and-percussion arrangement that calls to mind Led Zeppelin’s epic and often-sampled “Kashmir”.  As the album progresses, Colman layers disco and hip-hop beats over jazzy chord changes to produce dreamlike sonic landscapes.  In fact, if there’s one theme that creeps up throughout Colman’s oeuvre, it’s the power of dreams to shape our reality” – Marc Schuster, zapateromusic.com

All tracks written by Laini Colman & Jimmy Reece
Recorded at Cradoc & Ranelagh, Tasmania
Engineered by Jimmy Reece & Mike Raine
Produced by Mike Raine

Laini Colman: vocals
Jimmy Reece: guitars, bass, keys & samples
Mike Raine: bass, guitars, keys, percussion, piano
Miranda Wageman: violin on tracks 1 & 4
Alex Howroyd: saxophone samples on track 9

All songs © Laini Colman & Jimmy Reece 2016
Release date April 2017