A few weeks ago, I introduced Lauren Pritchard, a name that may be familiar to the musical-savvy, particularly one in the name of Spring Awakening. Yes? No? It doesn't matter, because I'm not here to babble about her being in the original cast along with Glee stars Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff, no! Lauren Pritchard is trading the stage for the recording studio, and hopes to win hearts (and ears!) with her enticing voice.

First off, I'm loving Painkillers! Where do you get the inspiration for your songs?

All the songs on the album were written based off events of my own life, good and bad.

How would you describe your music?

I'd describe it as pop/rock/soul. If Lauryn Hill & Elton John had a baby I think that'd be my music hahahahah...

Do you miss being on Spring Awakening or are you glad to have moved on?

So I've thrown a flurry (OKAY maybe two or three) of new artists here the past few days, because there's just a lot of very fresh and exciting tunes circling the web. The latest one that dropped in my inbox is Painkillers by Lauren Pritchard. She was part of the original broadway cast of Spring Awakening, and after that signed to a US label who "wanted to make here all sugar-coated and saccharine" so Lauren ended the deal and moved to the UK, getting picked up by Island Records.

Painkillers is by no means 'sugar-coated' or 'saccharine'. It's a soulful little number, reminiscent of Adele and Duffy, among others. The broody ambiance of the track completely matches the vocal ability of Lauren, rich and powerful yet very controlled. Another song of hers, When The Night Kills The Day, is a piano-led sweeper: dark, haunting, and gorgeous. Lauren Pritchard possesses a certain depth that is very welcome to my ears, and an 'IT' factor that just oozes with potential.


Lauren Pritchard on MySpace.
On Twitter.
On Facebook.

The official website.

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