Lauran Hibberd - Still Running (5K) (Virgin 
Music)
Release Date: Out Now
So here we are. The long love affair with Lauran Hibberd has come to a crescendo that her debut album is coming out in August with a string of festival appearences to support it. If you haven't caught on yet, Hibberd is what Dua Lipa would sound like if shed grown up on the Isle of Wight listening to No Doubt and watching Mean Girls on repeat. New single 'Still Running (5K)' (bizarrely featuring DJ Lethal of Limp Bizkit) kicks in with a chunky ol' riff, scratching records and Hibberd's slacker-meets-rapper delivery that makes her so listenable. This is a song about being stuck in the small town loop but also having ambitions of living the big life and, honestly, I'm here for that energy. This track in particular makes me think of Len and Brassy but I'll be comparing new artists to Lauran Hibberd soon enough, the copycats are just around the corner...
More information: https://www.facebook.com/lauran.hibberd
Live Dates:
27th April - Academy, Manchester (w/ The Snuts)28th April - Northumbria Uni, Newcastle (w/ The Snuts)30th April - O2 Brixton Academy, London (w/ The Snuts)1st May - Teddy Rocks Festival, Dorsal7th May - Are You Listening? Festival, Reading14th May - The Great Escape, Brighton27th May - Bearded Theory28th May - A Stone’s Throw Festival, Newcastle4th June - Live At Leeds4th June - Sonic Wave, Birmingham16th June - Rock For The People, Czech Republic 9th July - 2000 Trees, Cheltenham22nd July - Truck Festival29th July - Y Not Festival30th July - Camp Bestival31st July - Kendal Calling5th August - Wide Skies & Butterflies Festival