New album "Hope" is out now! Click the image to go to the store.
4 Star Uncut Review and BBC Radio 1! - October 29th 2010
It has been an exciting and heady week here in Leniland and now it is Friday night, two days before Halloween, and I am sitting amongst a pile of receipts and invoices working out the numbers for my tax and VAT returns. Oh, the glamour, the glitzy stylish life I lead.
First off, a big thank you to Rory McConnell who played "I Want My Heart Back" on BBC Radio 1 yesterday. You can listen again here (1 hour and 17 mins in, roughly):
That's a pretty good way to start a Friday. And the week got off to a truly cracking start with the arrival of the first magazine review of "Hope" (out November 15th - preorder it here). Uncut Magazine gave it FOUR stars out of five and a glowing review, courtesy of the wonderful Sharon O'Connell. It's in newsagents now so you should check it out (p115!).
There's been a few very exciting things going on behind the scenes that I can't yet tell you about, but I will as soon as I can.
Now, don't forget: the album launch party is on November 17th at the Lock Tavern in Camden, London. And I'm very excited to announce that my support will be Toodar! A great band, I can't wait for you to see them. It's free entry and there will be cupcakes. Come on down!
And if you can't make November 17th, I've also been invited to headline EQ Live, hosted by Electroqueer, on November 27th at The Workshop in Hoxton, Shoreditch, London. Starts at 8:30 and tickets can be purchased here.
MASSIVE update - October 25th 2010
So, LOADS has happened since my last update. Let me fill you in.
First off, the single has received spins from a whole heap of people on the radio - long time supporter and all round good guy Tom Robinson, the gorgeous and well informed Nemone at BBC 6 Music, the superbly talented Frank Skinner at Absolute and the venerable Eddy Temple-Morris on XFM. So, thank you to everyone for those! Rumour has it that Ruth Barnes will also be spinning the single very shortly, so listen out for that.
On John Peel Day, I performed at Oxjam in Nottingham (in aid of Oxfam). The wonderful Dean Jackson heard I was on the bill and sent two of his roving reporters to interview me. It was a spontaneous decision on his part and I like to think of it as a ninja interview - I hardly saw it coming. Here I am during the interview - note that there is NO THOROUGHFARE. We did not thorough through it.
I love Dean Jackson and will be seeing him tomorrow to prerecord an interview for his show. Can't wait to catch up with him. Remind me to tell you some of his stories sometime.
The performance at Oxjam went really well and the lovely Rebekah Downes took these photos while I was on stage.
A couple of days later, I DJed for TopShop in Nottingham. Over the course of two days, I played a selection of the latest awesome electro tunes to several thousand hip young things.
At the end of the second day, I got a swag bag with sweets, a tiny little bottle of moisturiser and a little mirror. Oh yes, TopShop gave me my heart back.
A few days later, it was my birthday and I found myself playing a gig outside in the middle of October. It was slightly on the chilly side in my sequins and shoeless feet. It was also a live video shoot, so I had to focus on looking warm and healthy for the three cameras pointed at me. Think I managed. The audience were somewhat more blue tinged around the edges.
Preorders for the record will be going up shortly. I have big news about the record coming up, but you will have to wait! I'm also playing a bunch of gigs, so check the listings.
I'm also very happy to announce that I'll be playing at the next EQ Live (put on by the wonderful folks at Electroqueer) in Shoreditch on November 27th. Watch this space for more details.
TopShop DJ Playlists Part 2! - October 13th 2010
Some repeats from the first night, but some new ones thrown in. I especially recommend The October Game from this one - look them up.
1. Your Body Is A Machine - The Good Natured
2. A New Word To Say (radio edit) - Bright Light Bright Light
3. Up In The Clouds (Jake Bullit Mix) - Darwin Deez - Free from RCRDLBL.com
4. Magic - Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
5. This Moment - French Horn Rebellion
6. Jackson's Last Stand - Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - The Golden Year
7. Hollywood (Fenech-Soler Mix) - Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels
8. Doubt - Delphic - Acolyte
9. Starry Eyed - Ellie Goulding - Lights
10. Love Part II - Bright Light Bright Light
11. Under The Sheets (Bright Light Boys Mix) - Ellie Goulding
12. Self Control (Fenech-Soler Mix) - Sunday Girl
13. Captain - Empress
14. Shampain - Marina and The Diamonds - The Family Jewels
15. My Delirium (Fan Death Mix) - Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
16. Be My Animal - The Good Natured
17. Lies (Herve's Solar Flare Mix) - Fenech-Soler
18. Daniel - Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
19. Logic - Operator Please - Gloves
20. The Way My Heart Beats - Good Shoes
21. Eyes In The Darkness - Annuals
22. O.N.E. - Yeasayer - Odd Blood
23. Oh No! - Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels
24. Paris Is Burning - Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
25. Little Bit - Lykke Li - Youth Novels
26. I Want My Heart Back (Bright Light Bright Light Mix) - Leni Ward - Hope
27. Cosmic Love (Short Club Mix) - Florence and the Machine - Lungs
28. Sticker, Star and Tape (James Yuill Mix) - Sam Isaac
29. Animal (Peter, Bjorn and John Mix) - Miike Snow - Miike Snow
30. Please Rewind - I Blame Coco - The Constant
31. Symphonies (Passion Pit Mix) - Dan Black
32. Stay Here - Friendly Fires, Azari and III
33. Cry At Films - Bright Light Bright Light (feat. Del Marquis)
34. Love Me Girl - Yeasayer
35. Prisoner - The Good Natured
36. Mowgli's Road (Album Version) - Marina and the Diamonds (by request)
37. Guns and Horses - Ellie Goulding - Lights (by request)
38. Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
39. How Soon Is Now? - TATU
40. Back And Forth - Operator Please
41. Opening Doors - Leni Ward - Hope
42. No Surprise - James Yuill - Turning Down Water For Air
43. I Need Love - Fenech-Soler - Fenech-Soler
44. Prescilla - Bat For Lashes - Fur and Gold
45. Madder Red - Yeasayer - Odd Blood
46. You've Got The Love (The XX Mix) - Florence and the Machine - Lungs (by request)
47. Look For The Woman - Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Angles
48. Harrowdown Hill - Thom Yorke - The Eraser
49. Fast Lane - Husky Rescue - Ship Of Light
50. Concrete (When We Were Invincible) (Edit) - The October Game - Free download
51. Cassandra - Leni Ward - Hope
52. Complaint Department - Lykke Li - Youth Novels
53. My Manic and I - Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim
54. Doubt/Hope - Wildbirds and Peacedrums - Heartcore
55. Grey Weather - Gregory and the Hawk - Moenie and Kitchi
56. Led to the Sea - Jenny Owen Youngs - Transmitter Failure
57. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley - St Elsewhere
58. Play Dead - Bjork - Debut
59. This Sweet Love (Rod Thomas Mix) - James Yuill
The DJ playlist says: Listen! - October 12th 2010
Tonight, I DJed at TopShop in Nottingham for their Student event. Turned up to a queue of about 800 people waiting to get into the store. Crazy.
Many many people requested the setlist to what I played tonight, so here it is. Check out RCRD LBL to find where I got a lot of the more awesome remixes. It's all free, so you've no excuse not to.
Download the Bright Light Bright Light remix of my new single here!
1. Daniel - Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
2. A New Word To Say (Radio Edit) - Bright Light Bright Light - Free Download
3. Doubt - Delphic - Acolyte - Free from RCRDLBL.com
4. This Moment - French Horn Rebellion
5. Jackson's Last Stand - Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - The Golden Year
6. You've Got The Love (XX Remix) - Florence and the Machine
7. Be My Animal - The Good Natured - Single, to be released 1/11/10
8. Shampain - Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels
9. Up In The Clouds (Jake Bullit Remix) - Darwin Deez - Free from RCRDLBL.com
10. Please Rewind - I Blame Coco - The Constant
11. Stuck on Repeat (Full Version) - Little Boots - Free from RCRDLBL.com
12. Self Control (Fenech-Soler Mix) - Sunday Girl - Free from RCRDLBL.com
13. Hollywood (Fenech-Soler Mix) - Marina and the Diamonds - Free from RCRDLBL.com
14. Under The Sheets (Bright Light Bright Light Mix) - Ellie Goulding
15. Love Part II - Bright Light Bright Light - on the Pop Justice label
16. Cry At Films (Featuring Del Marquis) - Bright Light Bright Light - B side to Love Part II
17. Magic - Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke
18. My Delirium (Fan Death Mix) - Ladyhawke - Free from RCRDLBL.com
19. Cosmic Love (Short Club Mix) - Florence and the Machine - Free from RCRDLBL.com
20. This Love (Will Be Your Downfall) - Ellie Goulding - Lights
21. How Soon Is Now? - TATU - 200kmph in the Wrong Lane
22. Running Up The Hill - Kate Bush - The Whole Story
23. Oh No - Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels
24. Ready For The Floor - Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
25. Lies (Herve's Solar Flare Remix) - Fenech Soler - From Soundcloud
26. O.N.E. - Yeasayer - Odd Blood
27. I Want My Heart Back (Bright Light Bright Light Mix) - Leni Ward - download here.
28. Madder Red - Yeasayer - Odd Blood
29. Prisoner - The Good Natured - B-side for Be My Animal, free download
30. Such Great Heights - The Postal Service - Give Up
31. No Surprise - James Yuill - Turning Down Water For Air - Free from RCRDLBL.com
32. Pacey Singer (James Yuill Mix) - A. Human
33. Sticker Star And Tape (James Yuill Mix) - Sam Isaac
34. Symphonies (Passion Pit Mix) - Dan Black - Free from RCRDLBL.com
35. Animal (Peter, Bjorn and John Mix) - Miike Snow - Free from RCRDLBL.com
36. Look For The Woman - Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Angles - Free from RCRDLBL.com
37. Your Body Is A Machine - The Good Natured
38. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley - St Elsewhere
39. Prescilla - Bat For Lashes - Fur And Gold
40. Down By The Water - The Drums - The Drums - Free from RCRDLBL.com
41. Play Dead - Bjork - Debut
42. The Future - Leni Ward - Hope - to be released November 15th
43. Ambling Alp - Yeasayer - Odd Blood
44. Eyes in the Darkness - Annuals - Free from RCRDLBL.com
45. I Need Love - Fenech-Soler - Fenech-Soler - Free from RCRDLBL.com
46. The Way My Heart Beats - Good Shoes - Free from RCRDLBL.com
47. Stolen Car - Carina Round - Slow Motion Addict
48. Led To The Sea - Jenny Owen Youngs - Transmitter Failure - Free from RCRDLBL.com
49. Captain - Empress
50. I'm Good, I'm Gone - Lykke Li - Youth Novels
51. Fast Lane - Husky Rescue - Ship Of Light - Free from RCRDLBL.com
52. Pull Me Out Alive - Kaki King - Dreaming Of Revenge
53. Reservoir Park - Duchess and Duke - She's the Dutchess, He's The Duke - Free from RCRDLBL.com
54. Paris Is Burning - LadyHawke - Ladyhawke
55. Love Me Girl - Yeasayer - Odd Blood
56. Drumming Song - Florence and the Machine
57. Breaking It Up - Lykke Li - Youth novels
The Big News - album, single, radio, videos and more! - September 21st 2010
Suddenly, I am faced with legal documents. They intimidate me. Plus, whilst I know that small print is Something Very Important and therefore should be Read Thoroughly Before Signing, it's also incredibly boring and I find my eyes darting around the page.
And so, here I am. Talking at you.
Let's talk news:
Big News # 1: The album has arrived!
And it's being released November 15th 2010.
A ridiculous number of CDs arrived a few weeks ago, packed in many many tiny boxes. Totally inexplicably, each box contained 29 CDs. This resulted in Lots Of Maths. Fortunately, maths does not intimidate me.
I met up with my official remixer and general handsome chap, Sean Eskimo, and handed over the very first advance copy to him. Look how he manages to make it look amazing and himself very very mysterious at the same time. I think he's still worried about the photos I have of him dressed as Dr Who.
Big News #1.5 - The singles also arrived.
"I Want My Heart Back" will be released on November 1st, 2 weeks before the album (obviously).
The single is awesome in its own right for two reasons. First, it has my very first cover as a B-side. Second, it has three wicked remixes. One by the lovable chap you see above, one by my lovely new friend Iambic (seen in a previous blog being dwarfed by his drink in Starbucks) and the lead remix was provided by the wonderful Bright Light Bright Light.
I first met Bright Light Bright Light in 2003. Neither of us knew it and I don't think we ever spoke. A few years later, we met over the internet while he was playing as Rod Thomas before his awesome electro-makeover. We were amazed to find that we were on the same course at uni, two years apart. A course which only has 20 pupils a year. The world is very very tiny.
He is now off in the music industry being amazing. Check out the remix if you don't believe me. You can catch him on tour supporting Ellie Goulding over the Autumn too. And you probably should.
Big News #2 - The "I Want My Heart Back" Video is complete!
Whoop! This arrived just a few days ago, cutting really close to the deadline but worth the wait. It'll be uploaded shortly and I can't wait for you to see it. Behind The Scenes video coming soon too.
The companion video, the second installment of the Many Lenis video series, will also be out soon. Shot by the wonderful Mr Sam Jordan, it's the live version of "I Want My Heart Back" and is just epic.
Big News #3 - Radio!
The singles only went out to radio last week, but Nemone has already played it on her BBC 6 Music show. We <3 you, Nemone.
Big News #3.5 - Instore Radio!
I got a mysterious text from my wonderful sound engineer/general-all-round-cool-dude saying "You're in River Island in Oxford". Now, I knew I was in my living room in Derby, so this was slightly confusing. Did I have a doppelganger? Is he the worst stalker ever?
A few days later, following this clue, I went into River Island in Derby. Sunday Girl was on the instore radio. And then, as her track faded out, I heard the synth line from Opening Doors drip out of the store speakers. I bounced around, lip synched and generally made the store assistants confused and uncomfortable. It was pretty good. It was followed by Mumford and Sons, which as we all know is a Proper Band, so that was also surreal.
The next day, I got an email from a big company in America which programs instore radios out there saying that one of their clients wanted "Opening Doors" playing in all their stores. The firm in question have over 100 stores across the US. I squeed. And then I got sent the International Tax forms to fill in. And then I started this blog.
Big News #4 - Gigs in the offing!
I'm starting to book gigs for the next couple of months - starting with one on September 28th at The Enterprise in London! That's in a week, people! Come down. It'll be awesome.
Expect to be deluged with more in the coming weeks!
News: Opening Doors (Making of) video up on youtube! - 24th August 2010
Want to know what it's like being a glamourous popstar? Watch the making of Opening Doors now!
Blog: The carnage of the night before. - 5th August 2010
So, the last 48 hours have been PROPER MENTAL.
I think I made the universe angry somehow. Or, perhaps, it knew that I've been working non-stop for 4 months and was within just a few short days of being able to take a bit of time off to stop and take care of all the little things that have fallen by the wayside (like, for example, doing laundry).
Let me explain something before we begin: I was supposed to have two whole weeks free to prepare for the gig. That got swallowed by extra mixing and mastering sessions, artwork emergencies, my macbook breaking down for good and various other incredibly important and hugely badly timed things.
Honestly, time got away from me, no matter how hard I tried or how fast I ran to keep up. Four days before the gig, I was in a dorm room in London preparing for the video shoot for the second single video and trying to install all my gig software onto the new macbook before I could start rehearsing.
I ended up with just over 36 hours to prep the entire live show. Fortunately, I am good and know the songs backwards, so it was just about doable, I thought. If I didn't stop to sleep or eat too much, I could just about pull it off. My entire PR team and several journalists/radio people would be there, so I couldn't fuck it up. I would focus. I would be OK. And then I could come home and sleep for a week.
And then my voicelive broke. It is entirely responsible for my onstage vocal sound. That was 3 hours of my life gone (and my friend Joris's too as he googled like mad trying to find a solution). I gave up, exhausted, panicked and frustrated, at 1am and went to bed fearing the worst. Joris, like the wonderful trooper he is, stayed up til 3am and, when I woke up a few hours later, I had an email in my inbox with a possible solution. It didn't fix the problem, but it made the box just about functional enough to get me through the gig (I hoped).
I practised like mad. My VJ came over while I rehearsed and ran through some of the projections he'd been making for the show. They are awesome and he'd clearly put a lot of thought into the symbolism. I was nervous, but I was just about holding it together.
The next morning, my VJ and I got on the road at 10am. I'd been up til 3am finishing the set prep. He'd been up til a similar time finishing the projections. It was bucketing down and our gear together took up most of the car. About halfway down the M1, the truck in front of us came to a sudden stop in rain so heavy I could barely see past him. We didn't crash and die. I was happy about this. We also didn't move very far very fast - good old stationary traffic.
Once we got going again, the car started making some funny noises. A clicking from the back, like we were driving over railway tracks. Weird.
However! We arrived at the venue only half an hour later than we planned, just after 1pm. We even got a parking space right outside the venue entrance. We unpacked all the gear and rang the RAC. I treat "weird noises" from a car that has to get three people and a shitton of gear 200 miles home that night very seriously. The RAC said we needed to park the car somewhere else before they'd come look at it, since the venue was in a residents-only area.
My best friend and I braved the Oxford Circus one-way system with a car that was quickly becoming very difficult to drive and making VERY loud noises from one of the back wheels. I was starting to get panicky about getting everyone home. We finally found an underground car park and, on trying to pull into a narrow space, I lost control and scraped the door of the car next to me. I'll be honest, I freaked out. I've never hit anyone else's car before - people have hit me but never the other way round. I got a bit tearful. I left a note, of course. I've never felt so guilty.
So, by that point, I have 45 minutes to get back to the venue ("where the fuck are we??" I said), calm down, pop-star up and be ready to be interviewed for The Selector. Oh, and I have to setup, decorate the venue, soundcheck and put on a great show.
No problem.
I can pull that off.
No problem.
And then we rang the RAC, who wouldn't come check the vehicle unless the policy holder was there - oh, and they wouldn't give us a time that they'd be there.
Shit.
We race around trying to get everything done and have a woman there to answer RAC questions. RAC say the wheel needs a new part but they can fix it in a couple of hours. They are given the keys.
Radio interview goes smoothly, except that the interviewer brings with her the news that Oxford Street station (the station people will use later on to actually get to the venue) has been closed because of a problem with a train in the station. Great. By this point, I'm accepting that someone will probably be seriously injured by the end of the day. Which is probably why no one would do laps of the venue with me to help blow off some of the steam.
Sound engineer and both DJs manage to make it, though both are quite late due to the station being closed. It's OK, guys. We'll pull this off. Cupcakes are iced, balloons blown up, leaflets folded, fairy lights put up, sound check done. We even have time to eat (just about, while doing 11 other things at once).
Then, at 7:30pm, the RAC calls and says they can't fix the car after all and, since all the garages are now closed, we'll need to be towed home. To Derby. And I have the wrong kind of cover for that so they won't do it.
Fortunately, I am saved by one of the DJs, who I am giving a lift home, and who has personal AA cover (the RIGHT kind). We give up on the car for the evening and promise to deal with it once the gig is over. I'm making train/hotel contingency plans and worrying about what to do with my gear.
Then BOTH the computers that the VJ brought to run his beautiful projections from die suddenly and without warning. I have started to find the entire thing funny. I text my manager (who is camping in a field with his two young children for his wife's birthday) to tell him what's been going on. I ask him if it's alright if I quit music now, since the universe is clearly trying to tell me something. He says no, there is too much good stuff to come. I say "If the good stuff doesn't happen, can I have a pony?". He says yes. You're all witness to that now.
On the plus side, it makes a great ice breaker of a story to tell people on stage.
The gig itself was actually totally awesome. Nothing went wrong, sounded amazing, crowd was quiet and interested. Very very happy Leni.
The AA were happy to tow us back to Derby when we called them at midnight. To start with, everyone was happy and bouncy and jovial. Sean Eskimo had even brought extra clothes "just in case", like the scout that his isn't. We awaited recue in the form of a flatbed truck.
Turns out, since it was the middle of the night, the drivers are only allowed to do 45 minutes at a time. Tow truck for 45 mins. Dropped in a freezing cold service station for an hour and a half with a broken car full of everyone's gear. Tow for another 45 mins. Repeat. We got home at 9am.
Got the car towed to the garage this morning once we'd unpacked it and we all passed out, exhausted. Three hours later, I'm up and dealing with the mess that was the carnage of the day before. Garage says there must have been a fault in the wheel, since the drum was cracked all the way through and no kind of driving could have caused that. He compared it to a wing falling off a plane. Great for a woman with severe phobia of flying.
I think it might be about time I took a little break, so I've booked some time in Holland with my best friend, who lives in Amsterdam. See you in a couple of weeks.
News: Launch party in London TONIGHT - August 4th 2010
A quick reminder folks: Leni will be performing at her London launch party for "Opening Doors" TONIGHT at The Social, just off Oxford Street. She'll be onstage at 8:30pm sharp, so be the early!
If you haven't already, check out the official video:
Blog: Update: videos, album, single - July 31st 2010
Opening Doors is out on Monday! Yay! We have the single launch party on Wednesday and I am looking forward to playing the new material. A whole bunch of friends have gathered around me to help out and I'm aiming to make it a fun night. I'm on super early at 8:30, followed by the lovely Dawn Kinnard at 9:30 and then DJ sets by remixers of the next single: Iambic and Sean Eskimo.
This month, I have spent more time in the south of England than I have in my own home. For the last fortnight I've been slinging back and forth between mixing in Brighton, mastering in London, meetings in London and crashing in Kent with my dad, who used the few moments he saw me to pump me full of food. Someone has to, I keep forgetting.
Mixing with Jimmy at King Chubby's studio in Brighton. Jimmy is awesome. I love Jimmy. He has forgiven me my past production errors. Just about. He has also recently had a new baby who, when we were mixing, had no name yet.
There was a famous Banksy piece outside the studio, which the local council have clearly deemed Proper Art and put it behind perspex. Clearly, I was not the only person to see the irony.
My manager, who is based in Brighton, also came down to a couple of mix sessions and stood around looking proud/bemused. See?
Whilst I was in Brighton, I met up with Iambic, aka Guy, who did a remix for the next single. He's another one under Jonny's managerial umbrella. He's ACE. However, we quickly learned that the reply when asked in Starbucks "how big would you like?" should never be "surprise me!". They seem to take that quite literally.
Mastering with Tim in London happened a couple more times than I was planning it to, but the album now sounds great! It's off at the printers' now and I can't wait to hold it and then to show people. The single is also being printed and has an awesome cover of Frightened Rabbit as the b-side and some amazing remixes from Bright Light Bright Light, Iambic and Sean Eskimo. I'll be uploading them soon!
I also had an interview with Dean Jackson, one of my favourite people on earth. I took him a copy of the very very newly finished record secretly. We were very careful only to mention it quietly and made all his listeners promise not to tell my promotional team, for I would be in a LOT of trouble. Dean complimented my outfit. I popstarred up for him.
I also met up with my temporary PR guy (my main PR lady recently got married and went on honeymoon! Congratulations Luke and Leah!) in London. He took me for tea in a place with GIANT sofas. The mugs the tea came in each had slogans. The two I got said "Life Sucks" and had a picture of a tortoise with "work" written on it. I think maybe the staff were trying to tell me something, but I just can't tell what...
After 3 days of sleeping in my own bed, I'm here in London again for two nights while we film the video for the second single, I Want My Heart Back. We're filming all day tomorrow and I'll update you once it's actually happened. I even, thanks to a £1 upgrade, travelled down in first class. I got free tea. That made me happy.
I'm staying in the cheapest single room I could find in London, so I'm in a halls of residence belonging to the University of Westminster. The road is one enormous cocktease to a Leni carrying her own weight in shoes, clothes and all the other crap one needs for a video shoot. It's #50 on the road. Just after #49, at the bottom of a MASSIVE hill, it becomes a different road for what feels like A MILLION MILES. But it was worth it when I got here. Lookit:
Very mixed reviews on the sites I looked at before booking. Most of the complaints seem to revolve around the rooms feeling a bit too studenty. Um. Duh. As a recent student, I think it is WELL NICE. You want icky dorms, visit Aberdeen University circa 2002. Urgh. Rooms here are big and I've even got my own little hessian noticeboard for me to put notices on. If only I'd brought some pins.
My macbook died halfway through the weeks of travel, after 5 years of constant and faithful service. Spending my evening in the big city reloading all the software I need for the live show onto it. Yay! My life is super glamorous and you shouldn't forget it.
"The big-time beckons for self-taught Derby lass. Young, electro-pop singer-songwriter/producer Leni Ward invites comparison with Ellie Goulding, but any mirror-ball delirium has been tempered by life's harsh realities. According to Ward, "listening to down-tempo music and moping" is not her idea of healing, but the abandonment that drives Hope is what drives the similarly artful Bat For Lashes and Florence Welch. 4/5" - Uncut Magazine. See more quotes.
