Laura Marling at Union Hall

Laura Marling and Marcus “Panda” Mumford at Union Hall (01/18/07)

On Friday of last week, UK teen phenom Laura Marling played the downstairs room at Union Hall before an attentive audience filled with music industry types, ex-pats and bloggers (well, at least four that I knew of). Personally, I thought she had great songs, but at this point in her career, her stage presence still needs a little work. She’s only 17, so I guess this will come with time, but for starters, she needs to stare at the invisible music stand a little less and try and connect with the audience a little more. I’m sure you’ll hear more from Laura in the future, and like I mentioned before, her debut album drops on February 4, 2008.

Punkphoto has a nice post over here with some videos and more photos from the show.

I’ve got a couple more Laura shots after the jump. Check out my flickr set over here. Oh yeah, I also stuck around for The Lovely Sparrows, check out that flickr set over here.

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