It’s hard to believe that Laura Marling is only 23-years-old. Over the course of three studio albums the folkie-chanteuse has impressed with wise-beyond-her-years songwriting earning her two Mercury Prize nominations, and a 2011 Brit Award for Best Female Solo artist. Marling, who has earned comparisons to Joni Mitchell, will release her latest studio effort, Once I Was An Eagle, on May 28 via Ribbon Records. Teaming once again with her longtime collaborator Ethan Johns (Ryan Adams, Ray LaMontagne), the 16-track effort is said to “traverse heartbreak, vulnerability, resurgence, confidence and lastly contemplation,” – themes that have been a constant throughout her work.
Earlier this week Marling released the music video for the album’s acerbic hell hath no fury like a woman scorned lead single Master Hunter – which cribs a line from Bob Dylan’s It Ain’t Me Babe. The stunning clip features Marling stoically performing the tune as a sexual charged modern dance routine is performed in front of her. Let’s check it out…