Laurie Wright is nothing less than a force of nature possessing a raw and genuine talent that many can only dream of. Having graced the stages of the famous Glastonbury Festival aged just a mere 16, you can start to gauge the level of talent that he possesses.
While the global pandemic and various lockdowns saw many struggling, it was during this time that Laurie really turned his life around once and for all. He cleaned up his act, and began to seriously focus once more on his music. Starting off with him winning The Libertines ‘Talented Fans’ Competition and being called the ‘next big thing’ by Carl Barat. Liam Gallagher also proclaimed himself a fan by tweeting ‘I’ve heard him, I like him.’
Other accomplishments for Laurie Wright also include having recorded music at the world famous Abbey Road Studios, playing festivals such as Glastonbury, The Isle Of Wight, Lakefest and Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg as well as touring and supporting the likes of The Skinners Brothers and The Cribs and more recently Laurie and his band played a sold out gig at the world famous Koko in London supporting the legendary Rifles band. The band were so impressed by Laurie that they ended up inviting him on stage to perform with them as part of their set! Not too shabby for a lad who by day can be seen busking the streets in London huh!
With several releases under his belt already including the single releases of 2022 ‘West End Lover’ and ‘The Rockstar and The Fan’ (which received its worldwide exclusive first spin on Radio X by John Kennedy on his X-Posure show where he hailed the track and band as “very exciting”) This was followed up in early 2023 by the highly charged stadium sized banger of ‘Rock n Roll Ain’t Dead While We’re Living’ and ‘Butter Side Up Boy’, which was showcased by the world renowned Rodney Bingemheimer on his SiriusXM radio show in America.
Following his electrifying set at this year’s Isle of Wight Festival Laurie sprung a surprise release on fans of ‘Wings of Gold and Platinum’ which together with the accompanying music video was released on 23rd June 2023. The video was filmed during his KOKO performance in London with RIFLES and The Skinner Brothers.
Whilst performing at last year’s Isle Of Wight Festival for The Songbird, Laurie came across and met for the first time an exciting young band going by the name of The Molotovs.
The two bands hit it off immediately and began working and touring together which has seen them play and tour extensively all over the UK in 2023 and into 2024 with their double headline ‘Get On The End Of It’ Tour.
The Molotovs are an exciting young trio featuring brother and sister, Matthew and Issey Cartlidge co-fronting the band while playing lead guitar and bass respectively and Will Fooks on drums. The band have gone from strength to strength in recent years seeing them on main stages supporting the likes of Blondie and The Libertines and they have just announced a tour in Europe as well as a headline slot at this year’s Isle of Wight Festival.
Whilst touring the bands often intertwine and Laurie can be found playing on a Molotovs set and vice-versa. Excitingly, the two bands have now officially joined forces to bring to us their first recorded release in the form of the brand new single – ‘It Was All Part Of The Plan’.
The new single is an unmistakable Laurie Wright track featuring his distinctive vocals and melodic harmonies building up into a crescendo with those trademark heavy explosive chorus hooks featuring thrashing, pounding drums, jazzy harmonica and funky bass notes… The track is a hedonistic soundscape layering music and elements like textures in a woven, elaborate tapestry. The addition of the Molotovs on the track adds in some seriously juicy guitar riffs and a new element for Laurie’s music with the addition of female vocals courtesy of Issey.
It was envisioned the the collaborative track was going to be unleashed at the end of March, but then there were issues with the artwork and not being able to upload the tracks to digital streaming platforms at the 11th hour, so you could say ‘It Was All Part Of The Plan’ didn’t exactly go according to plan or did it!? You decide!
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