A San Antonio band formed in 1995 with Natalie Merchant on vocals, known for songs like 'Life On Mars' and 'One Of Us'.
For a good sense of Laura, try 'Life On Mars' or 'One Of Us', they show what that atmospheric quality sounds like with Merchant's vocals up front.
Laura's music has that atmospheric quality they established on 'A Distant Call' back in 1996, and it's carried through songs like 'Life On Mars' and 'One Of Us.' There's something about how their sound developed while Merchant stayed as the vocal constant through lineup changes. The way their music sometimes intersected with politics in unexpected ways gives their catalog an interesting dimension.
They started in San Antonio in 1995 with that original lineup including Merchant, Bryson, and Shanks. After 'A Distant Call,' they kept putting out records like 'Shape Shifter' in 2007 and 'The Bridge' in 2015, with the personnel shifting around Merchant's voice.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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