Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can – Album Review
It's a welcome return for the precociously talented Laura Marling, with a second album of dark and ambitious compositions that belie her young age
Written by Nina Joyce
Sometimes I can imagine a Laura Marling height chart on my wall. I’ve seen her as just a girl, the fresh-faced ponytailed pinnacle of the human pyramid she posed in for her first feature in Amelia’s Magazine way back in Issue 5 (always the first to spot them, right?). And I can still see her later, when she cut it to the blonde elfin crop that accompanied the release of debut album ‘Alas I Cannot Swim’ and her relentless touring of festivals across the country. Now my height chart is nearing completion as Marling stands proud, and newly brunette, one foot firmly in womanhood with the release of ‘I Speak Because I Can’.
She’s come far in a short time but in a seemingly alternative parallel to a Disney teen queen (though with much less terrifying results), matured with a spotlight fixed on her. God forbid anyone should see the diary of my seventeen year-old self, let alone find it encapsulated on record… read more
