PRESS
NPR ALL SONGS CONSIDERED
“Really great sonic adventure and good storytelling… She learned to master the art of bedroom recording”
— Bob Boilen, NPR All Songs Considered on “Shelf Life” (Laura Wolf)
“Dripped in synthesizers and guitars pumped heavy with distortion pedals and Wolf’s angelic vocalizations, there’s a boldness about the track that so few releases have replicated this year.”
— Matt Mitchell, Paste Magazine on ‘Waiting Around’ (Lilts)
PASTE
BANDCAMP DAILY
“A stunning collection of introspective pop songs with arrangements as dizzying and dazzling as a wind-up clock. “
— Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 3, 2023 on ‘Shelf Life’ (Laura Wolf)
FADER
I’t's a Björk-like quality where all the music takes direction from Wolf's playful, restless singing, even when her voice is just a texture in the background“
— Jordan Darville, Fader on ‘Waiting Around’ (Lilts)
POPMATTERS
“Wolf takes us on an authentic sonic adventure, marrying glitchy samples with emotional execution. Shelf Life makes you want to hear more from this unique, gifted voice.”
“Her shows were a dazzling, endlessly creative one-person display of on-the-fly sampling, loops, cello, and vocals, all complemented with gorgeous, soaring melodic turns. This kind of live performance dovetails nicely with her recorded works, which combine studio weirdness with genuinely sophisticated songwriting and touches of classical sonic maneuvers.”
— Chris Ingalls, PopMatters on ‘Shelf Life’ (Laura Wolf)
BANDCAMP DAILY
“Singer-songwriter and producer Laura Wolf enshrouds sophisticated chamber music richy textured dream pop. Ornate yet organic.”
— New and Notable section, on ‘Artifacts’ (Laura Wolf) November 2021
HIGH CLOUDS
“ playing off each other to produce hook after hook….Laura Wolf organically creates an environment where synths can mingle with flutes”
“After only a handful of singles, Wolf has become one of the most interesting up-and-coming figures in art pop…“Paravane” is the sort of song that keeps you replaying it endless times until you have uncovered every little secret. Wolf’s genius resides in that such a moment never arrives; there is always a reason to go back to her songs.”
- High Clouds, on ‘Artifacts’ (Laura Wolf)
"Centred around her cello, which drifts, at will, between a soft lilt and piercing strikes, and further imbued with beautifully immersive layering and creaking percussive knocks, ‘Body Part’ ...channels in to something distinctly enchanting in its own right."
- Gold Flake Paint , on ‘Body Part’ (Laura Wolf)
GOLD FLAKE PAINT
"Multi-instrumentalist Laura Wolf’s sound is the congruence of tones eclectic and electronic. Her new single “Good Veins” exists at a point wherein the acoustic becomes synthetic, where strings are modified and altered insofar as they become a new instrument altogether, a sound Wolf aptly describes as “cello glitch pop.”
- The Deli NYC on ‘Good Veins’ (Laura Wolf)
THE DELI
“Laura Wolf creates dreamy, cello driven indie pop music with an experimental edge. Decorated with gorgeous sampled string arrangements, digital percussion, and heavily effected vocals, the song resonates both sonically and emotionally. The wall of sound melodic elements generate elemental, near post-rock like feels.”
—CT Scramble on ‘Good Veins’ (Laura Wolf)
CT SCRAMBLE
"Transitioning from soft to tough and gritty...can be challenging. In her new release, Wolf meets the challenge with a lush and distinctive sound… a one-woman orchestra. In live shows, she drapes herself in instruments as she builds complex songs one voice at a time with the help of a loop pedal."
— THRDCOAST on ‘Stitch One’ (Laura Wolf)
THRDCOAST
Laura Wolf is a wizard. Or at least I think she is. Science has not, as far as I know, been able to describe the methods she uses to weave together cello, drum loops, and beautiful vocals into these lighter-than-air avant-garde pop songs.
— CTVERSES
CTVERSES
NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT
“A hypnotic one-woman set that sounded like a full band…she stole the night. With roaming ethereal vocals...She maneuvered gadgets at least as much as she plucked or bowed her cello. Wolf spoke again, briefly, only at the end of the set. By that time, a sense of awe had swept the room.”
—New Haven Independent, live performance review
RED LINE ROOTS
"Right from the get go, however, the urgency of the song seeps in. There is a heart pounding kind of excitement to how it expands onto itself. The songwriter’s voice is lilting and light over the cascading sonic waves rolling underneath it."
"There is a lot of emotion in these performances, almost tiring to a degree to watch Laura creating this orchestra of sound in front of you, but damn it makes you feel it...all of it."
- Brian Carroll, Red Line Roots, music blog via facebook