artist Gianna Lauren

Gianna Lauren is a performer of the graceful kind. Her onstage aura and the charisma behind her recordings are impossible to overlook. With the release of her sophomore album, Some Move Closer, Some Move On (October 2010), she becomes Forward Music Group’s first female artist and first singer-songwriter to join the label.

            Written and recorded following a spontaneous move from Ottawa, Ontario, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Some Move Closer, Some Move On deals with themes of adaptation, longing, and displacement. Sonically, Lauren and co-producer Daniel Ledwell guide the listener through a range of sounds and musical touchstones. Throughout, Lauren’s characteristic melodies share space with layers of warm instrumentation. Ambient pop-rock keeps company with softer, more poignant material. From the depths of the capacious “Standstill” to the stripped-down “Night Times,” every song is a likable surprise. And somehow, an acapella hymn recorded in an abandoned warehouse blends seamlessly into the gypsy-jazz track that concludes the album.  

            Having shared the stage with Julie Doiron, Snailhouse, Flotilla, Share, and Two-Minute Miracles; having sung with Hi-Lo Trons, The Prospector’s Union, and Paper Beats Scissors, Gianna Lauren is breaking ground all her own. You will not hear another album like this.