Laura Jean returns with their new album Amateurs, her first record since the much-celebrated Devotion from 2018. Amateurs is a stunning, string-laden album, set at a mystical midway point between the deep synth-pop of Devotion and the folkier sounds of Laura’s earlier work.
Amateurs is an album about anti-art and anti-intellectual culture in Australia, seeing Laura questioning her role as a songwriter and examining the reality of her life choices. It is also a warmhearted, humorous and sonically breathtaking album.
“Amateurs means to do something for love, not money, and somehow it’s become a dirty word, shorthand for a failure,” says Laura. “These songs arise from my acceptance that I will always be an ‘amateur.’ At the same time, in making this record I was fuelled by a desire to create something inordinately luxurious and beautiful.”
Tune in all this week to hear tracks from Amateurs, plus PBS Members have the chance to win a copy of the album on vinyl via this Tuesday's e-newsletter, so make sure you check your inbox!
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TOP TRACKS WE'RE LOVING THIS WEEK
First Aid Kit - 'Palomino'
Fran Swinn - 'The Sad Cowboy Five'
Rat Child - 'Forgiveness'
Midnight Tenderness - 'Catamaran'
Gena Rose Bruce - 'Deep Is The Way' ft. Bill Callahan
Smooch - 'Can You Hear Me'
Nice Girl - 'Take Me Home'
Jen Cloher - 'Mana Takatāpui'
CS + Kreme - 'Bassline'
Zig Zag - 'I Care About You'
