“Disarm” (2010) shares stories from the personal to the political and deals with matters of love, loss, birth, therapy, murder, abandonment, genocide and hope. The sonic and thematic collisions - analogue with digital, war with peace and technology with the natural world - are underpinned by Laura Kidd’s bewitching, pastoral vocals and violent guitars and supported by a plethora of additional instruments from ukulele to autoharp, melodica, piano, violin, harp, saxophone and three part recorder ensemble, punctuated by a patchwork of field recordings from her global travels as hired g… read more
“Disarm” (2010) shares stories from the personal to the political and deals with matters of love, loss, birth, therapy, murder, abandonment, genocide… read more
“Disarm” (2010) shares stories from the personal to the political and deals with matters of love, loss, birth, therapy, murder, abandonment, genocide and hope. The sonic and thematic col… read more
Multi-instrumentalist Laura Kidd formerly wrote and produced her own music as She Makes War . In 2020 she retired this name, and continues to write and produce as Penfriend. Her fourth full album, Brace for Impact was released in 2018. Her third album, Direction Of Travel was released in April 2016 (The state51 Conspiracy). She has released two previous albums Disarm (2010) and Little Battles (2012). She Makes War’s sound has been dubbed ‘gloom-pop', ‘a modern musical Boudica’ (Louder Than War), and as ‘The emotional resonance of Elliott Smith colliding with the barbed vigo… read more
Multi-instrumentalist Laura Kidd formerly wrote and produced her own music as She Makes War . In 2020 she retired this name, and continues to write and produce as Penfriend. Her fourth fu… read more
Multi-instrumentalist Laura Kidd formerly wrote and produced her own music as She Makes War . In 2020 she retired this name, and continues to write and produce as Penfriend. Her fourth full album, Brace for Impact was released in 201… read more