Laura Reznek Releases Propulsive New Single 'OPEN SEASON'
LAURA REZNEK RELEASES PROPULSIVE NEW SINGLE, ‘OPEN SEASON’
Release Date: April 5th, 2023 via Birthday Cake Records
‘One to Watch’ - BBC Introducing Kent
Laura Reznek has never liked to talk about herself. If you listen closely to her music, however, you’ll hear murmurs of naked disclosure — fragments of grief, anger, and complicated joy riddled through her melodies. In her new EP Leap Year (Birthday Cake Records), Laura wrestles with time during which everything and nothing happens, and the betrayal of boredom in the midst of life-changing loss. Laura layers meticulous arrangements with found sounds, crafting plush sonic textures that occasionally bristle with something darker.
This fiery new single is being released ahead of her new EP, ‘Leap Year’ (May 3rd 2023 via Birthday Cake Records). Open season is the time of year when all restrictions on hunting are abandoned. ‘Open Season’ reflects on an extended metaphor on women as prey and the inescapable descent of predation from men, the media, and the digital landscape.
Laura’s musical practice is rooted in interdisciplinary collaboration and a stubborn DIY aesthetic. While her favourite venues she’s ever played include a laundromat, bell tower, and leaky boat, her music has also been heard on BBC Introducing, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 6, CBC’s After Dark, charting on the NACC top 200, and in film and television including Netflix’s Tiny Pretty Things. Laura’s last full-length album, Agrimony, received widespread critical acclaim.
Laura’s upcoming projects include the release of her first scored short film HIDE (dir. James Alexandrou), radio play/podcast Expectant (dir. Pippa Johnstone), and the debut of her composition for contemporary dance piece Hidden Playground at The National Arts Centre of Canada. In 2024, her first full length contemporary dance show (Agrimony, choreographed by Sophie Dow) which was partially devised at the National Ballet of Canada, will premiere at Vancouver’s Scotiabank Dance Centre and subsequently tour across Canada and throughout the UK.
