Laura Marling’s ‘Semper Femina’

Laura Marling’s 'Semper Femina' is her sixth album released on March 10, 2017 by More Alarming Records.

Laura Marling’s

NME


On album six, the singular British folk talent overthrows conventional portrayals of women
It doesn’t really matter: what’s always shone brightest in Marling’s music is her Leonard Cohen-like acuity, and that shows no sign of abating here.

CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND


A strong, elegant, and self-assured record full of complexity and depth
Still, the reverence for women present throughout Semper Femina, the desire and trepidation and gently erotic worship, will touch a chord with queer listeners. DROWNED IN SOUND

As she says, it’s her attempt to understand femininity, and that occurs here in poetic and often quite abstract fashion.…

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