# Laurel (musician)

Laurel Arnell-Cullen, better known as Laurel, is a British indie musician based in London. Laurel received critical acclaim for writing, recording and producing all her music in her bedroom studio in London.

## Career

Laurel first caught interest from music bloggers in 2013 when she posted a demo for her song "Next time". Laurel released "Fire Breather" as her first official single, via her SoundCloud the same year. Laurel released her debut EP, To The Hills, in 2014 via her own record label, Next Time Records. In July 2015, Laurel released a finished version of her song "Blue Blood" which, in demo form had gained much attention with online blogs.
In March 2016, Laurel released "Life Worth Living" which would be the first track of her debut album released 3 years later. Unlike her previous work, it featured a strong indie rock influence with a leading electric guitar. In May 2016, she then dropped a second single titled "San Francisco". This single earned her the place of Apple Music's first Artist of the Week. In August 2016, Laurel announced she had signed to Counter Records, a division of Ninja Tune Records and that she would be going on her first headline UK tour in November, in support of her EP, Park. "Hurricane" was released as the first single from Park in September 2016 and gained a lot of buzz from music bloggers and indie radio stations.
In August of 2020, Laurel released “Scream Drive Faster” from her EP entitled “Petrol Bloom.” This represented a significant change in her musical style towards that of synthpop and synthwave, with more of a retro synth-based sound on her tracks, often similar to that of the 80s. She followed this up with “Best I Ever Had” in October of 2020 and “Appetite” in December of 2020, which is currently her most-viewed video on YouTube.
In spring of 2021, Laurel released another EP entitled “Limbo Cherry” from which she released the singles “You’re the One”, “Let Go” and “Wild Side”

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Details |
| Dogviolet | Release Date: 24 August 2018 Label: Counter Records |
| Palpitations | Release Date:14 June 2024 Label: Communion Group |

### Extended plays

| Title | Details | Track listing |
| To the Hills | Released: 7 April 2014 Label: Next Time Format: Digital download | "To the Hills" "Nicotine Dreams" "Shells" |
| Holy Water | Released: 15 December 2014 Label: Next Time Format: Digital download | "I Forget" "Memorials" "Come Together" (feat. Sivu) "Holy Water" |
| Park | Released: 18 November 2016 Label: Counter Records/Ninja Tune Format: LP, digital download | "Maybe Baby" "Hurricane" "Too Far" "Goodbye" (Demo) |
| Petrol Bloom | Released: 3 December 2020 Label: Communion Group Format: LP, digital download | "Scream Drive Faster" "Best I Ever Had" "Appetite" "When You're Walking Away" "Sometimes" |
| Limbo Cherry | Released: 18 June 2021 Label: Communion Group Format: Digital download | "Let Go" "Obsessed" "You're The One" "Wild Side" "Drown in Sunlight" |

### Mixtapes

| Title | Details | Track listing |
| Allelopathy | Released: 2 April 2015 Label: self-released Format: Digital download | "Avena" (feat. FKA Twigs) "Juglans" (feat. Yung Gud) "Arctostaphylos" (feat. Yung Gud) "Laurocerasus" (feat. Yung Gud) "Rhus" (feat. Andru) |

### Singles

| Title | Details | Album |
| "Fire Breather" | Released: 6 January 2014 Label: Next Time Format: Digital download | — |
| "To the Hills" | Released: 17 March 2014 Label: Next Time Format: Digital download | To the Hills EP |
| "Shells" | Released: 20 October 2014 Label: Next Time Format: Digital download | To the Hills EP |
| "Memorials" | Released: 15 December 2014 Label: Next Time Format: Digital download | Holy Water EP |
| "Blue Blood" | Released: 8 July 2015 Label: Turn First Format: Digital download | — |
| "Life Worth Living" | Released: 11 March 2016 Label: Theia Recordings Format: Digital download | Dogviolet |
| "San Francisco" | Released: 6 May 2016 Label: Theia Recordings Format: Digital download | — |
| "Hurricane" | Released: 22 September 2016 Label: Counter Format: Digital download | Park EP |
| "Maybe Baby" | Released: 9 November 2016 Label: Counter Format: Digital download | Park EP |
| "Too Far" | Released: 16 November 2016 Label: Counter Format: Digital download | Park EP |
| "Lovesick" | Released: 9 May 2018 Label: Counter Format: Digital download | Dogviolet |
| "Same Mistakes" | Released: 27 June 2018 Label: Counter Format: Digital download | Dogviolet |
| "Crave" | Released: 27 June 2018 Label: Counter Format: Digital download | Dogviolet |
| "Adored" | Released: 22 August 2018 Label: Counter Format: Digital download | Dogviolet |
| "Scream Drive Faster" | Released: 11 August 2020 Label: Communion Group Format: Digital download | Petrol Bloom EP |
| "Best I Ever Had" | Released: 13 October 2020 Label: Communion Group Format: Digital download | Petrol Bloom EP |
| "Let Go" | Released: 12 May 2021 Label: Communion Group Format: Digital download | Limbo Cherry EP |
| "Wild Side" | Released: 25 June 2020 Label: Communion Group Format: Digital download | Limbo Cherry EP |
| Change | Released: 12 April 2023 Label: Communion Group Format: Digital download | Palpitations |
| Wild Things | Released: 28 February 2024 Label: Communion Group Format: Digital download | Palpitations |