Leah Senior
Leah Senior silences audiences with her other-worldly presence and unique lyricism. Her breakthrough album Pretty Faces twirls gently in its own form of psych-folk revival. The Melbourne-based artist creates fragile but effortlessly nimble melodies with soaring vocals that call from another time and place. Her songs evoke the peculiar, poetic and the plain.
A chance late night encounter with King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard saw Leah Senior joining their independent label Flightless. Senior’s distinctive voice featured on King Gizzard's apocalyptic album Murder of The Universe, as the omnipresent female narrator.
"Leah Senior is an amazing folk singer, very, very talented, and nothing like King Gizz's music at all. her songs are equally terrifying, joyous, sad and exciting. We get chills watching her perform"
-King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard.
Senior’s captivating live performances have seen her supporting international artists including Calexico, Jeff Tweedy, Jessica Pratt, Bedouine and more. When performing, Senior is often joined by her sister Andi and guitarist/pianist Jesse Williams creating a tapestry of ethereal harmonies and jangly 60s guitar tones. Her more recent material is performed with a full band and has a lightness reminiscent of a playful Paul McCartney.
Leah Senior’s second album Pretty Faces was recorded and produced with Gizzard’s own Joey Walker and features Michael Cavanagh on drums. The album was nominated for best Folk And Roots Album at The Age Music Victoria Awards.
“Enchanting..Recalling Joni Mitchell playfulness through cosy folk, minimalism” -Rolling Stone Australia.
Leah Senior has performed extensively throughout Australia and Europe, playing at major festivals including Golden Plains, Queenscliff Music Festival, OOAM (Switzerland), Bigsound, Waverock, Fairgrounds and more.
Early 2019 saw Leah Senior embark on her first headline international tour in support of her most recent single “Graves.” She played to full rooms in Spain, Switzerland, Germany, France and the UK.
In 2020, Leah Senior will be joining King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard for their upcoming tour of America and Canada, to coincide with the release of her new album The Passing Scene.