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  V3091Long Player  £15.00

Label

Virgin

Laura Marling

A Creature I Don't Know

Following a handful of live previews and a teaser video/album title announcement, Laura Marling has officially unveiled the tracklist, release date, and cover art for her third LP, A Creature I Don’t Know, due out on September 13. Behold Creature’s excellent album cover above and song titles — which include recent live favorites “Rest In the Bed” and “Who Am I?” — below.
As for arrangements on the album, Marling told Spin that her 5-piece live band “dictated the sound” in some ways, combining traditional folk instruments (acoustic guitar, banjo, double bass) with keyboards, harmonium, and horns. Notably, Marling employed her new octave-shifting effects pedal for the set: “I bought a POG pedal and borrowed an electric guitar the week before we hit the studio,” she said. “We very nearly put the whole album through the POG.” Here are the 10 Ethan Johns-produced tracks that made the cut alongside a live take on Marling’s ode to John Steinbeck’s hometown of Salinas, California.

Tracklist

• 01. “The Muse”
  02. “I Was Just A Card”
  03. “Don’t Ask Me Why”
  04. “Salinas”
  05. “The Beast”
  06. “Night After Night “
  07. “My Friends”
  08. “Rest In the Bed”
  09. “Sophia”
  10. “All My Rage”