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Laura Marling

Laura Marling

Laura Marling

Ghosts

Listening to ‘Ghosts’ you’d think that Laura Marling spends her days prancing around in the ruins of ancient Irish castles while tootling a pennywhistle into the sky. But she doesn’t. She lives quite near Basingstoke. Still, though, this is a lovely, twinkly and twee piece of folky pop that wouldn’t be able to offend a morally-outraged nun. However, there’s really no point in you buying it at all, because if ‘Ghosts’ hasn’t been snapped up by a mobile phone company to soundtrack an advert that you’ll be sick of by Easter, we’ll eat our bloody pubes on a plate.

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aaronaaron! 

Feb 4, 2008

The album Alas I Cannot Swim, is a marvel of Ghosts plus more! This song has such a harmonic almost holy melody and as much as people think indie/folk will never happen. Ghosts is for you!

ellebob 

May 14, 2008

I love how Laura Marling is totally alternative and is nothing we've ever heard before, totally original. I think she's destined for greatness.

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