The Stan Laurels
Dear Friends,
Maybe has been nominated for Best Indie/Alt Rock Album of 2018 at the 17th Annual Independent Music Awards!
Maybe has been the most revered album of my career, scoring tons of positive reviews, landing on several "Best of 2018" lists, and getting regular airplay all over the world. But an IMA nomination is the pinnacle of what indie artists aspire to. Essentially the Indie Grammys, The IMAs are the biggest music award in the world for independent artists. I am utterly shocked, humbled, and elated!
Nominated along with The Stan Laurels is an eclectic mix of work by established artists and emerging talent from around the globe. More than 400 artists will be honored at The 17th IMA ceremony on June 22 in New York City including: Masta Ace & Marco Polo, Miss Tara, Prateek Kuhad, Foreigner, Juliana Hatfield, The Motels, Mark Erelli, Ella Vos, Maria Muldaur, QUOR, Pedro Luís, Bleu, Nsimbi, Marta Gómez, Firkin, Bombay Ricky, Jackknife Stiletto, Lucy Wainwright Roche, David Chesky, and Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats.
The nominees were selected by judging panels of top recording artists including: Tom Waits, Robert Smith, Todd Rundgren, Lee Ann Womack, Boyce Avenue, Martha Wash, and Ben Lovett, among many others; and influential press and talent buyers from the Americas, Europe and Pacific Rim. The same panel of judges will select the winners.
The year’s best indie label and self-released projects will be announced June 22nd from the Symphony Space stage during The IMAs Indie Konference in New York City. Now in its third year, the annual conference for Artists, Artivists, and Artistpreneurs draws hundreds of top-ranked creatives from around the globe for awards, performances, workshops, and networking events. Honors will be presented in between performances by nominated artists. IMA winners will be promoted to millions of music fans via online & broadcast promotions, performance and distribution opportunities. Details and a complete list of Nominees and Judges available at (expired link)
Thank you so much for all of your support and stay tuned to find out if I win!
Love,
John, Sole/Soul Laurel
Hello everyone!
MAYBE, my 3rd full-length studio album (and the soundtrack to the motion picture Maybe Shower!), is almost here in digital form! Pre-order now @ (expired link) to save a buck and get 3 songs right away! MAYBE will release digitally on (expired link) at 8:00 AM this Friday, June 29! That's TOMORROW, y'all!
Can you believe it's been more than 5 years since I released my 2nd album, Billi and Theodore: Music from the Motion Picture? I'm really excited about this LP, a film soundtrack that is also a pure stand-alone rock record! The lyrics are centered around characters and themes in the fictional Maybe Shower universe (which was awesome inspiration), but one does not need to know the movie to appreciate or understand the music. Still, I encourage everyone to watch the film! This is my heaviest album yet, full of loud, crunchy guitars, big hooks, pounding drums, space-age synths, and melodic guitar solos, while still being as poppy as ever.
Feedback has been stellar so far (and I'm extremely grateful for all the positive press)! The consensus is that this record has a bigger, tighter, more powerful, more accessible sound, while still staying true to what makes The Stan Laurels: strong melodic drive, thick beats and bass lines, whimsical lyrics with a bit of depth at times (maybe?), splashes of psychedelia, and a few unexpected twists.
And BONUS: For a sneak preview, you can fully stream 3 songs now at the link above for a little taste of what's to come!
Please let me know if you are "attending" this event! And please share this with anyone you know who enjoys music! Thank you all for your continued love and support!
- John, Sole/Soul Laurel
Hello, Friends of The Stan Laurels!
Just a quick note to say hi and thank you so much for enjoying my music! As a true one-man-band, life gets hectic and I don't have as much time as I would like, but the good - no, EXCELLENT news is I have spent upwards of 1000 hours writing, performing, recording, and producing LP #3 and it is currently in final mixing/mastering stages! This one is going to be a true Power-Pop album and also serves as the soundtrack to upcoming indie film Maybe Shower! Stay tuned for all the details, including sending all of you music to check out PRE-RELEASE! Thanks again and Happy Halloween Weekend! ???? ❤ ????
Love,
John, Soul Laurel
About The Stan Laurels
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The Stan Laurels, founded in 2007 and based in Austin, Texas, USA, are the musical creation of earthling Sound Scientist John Lathrop. The epitome of "indie," Lathrop takes independent ownership of every aspect of music production (all the way down to the album cover art and liner notes), as he writes, plays, sings, records, produces, and releases his music on his own label, Plaid Records. Lathrop, born and raised in Central Florida, comes from a musical family; growing up, he was constantly exploring his parents' legendary record collection that spans decades and countless genres, and then jumping behind his dad's drum kit or his grandparents' organ to play his favorites. Self-taught in every instrument, he has an underdog mentality that drives him to keep improving and expanding his range with each song he writes. The culmination of his musical vocabulary and relentless drive, Lathrop has carefully crafted The Stan Laurels to sound like a full band, with a big, lush, multi-layered pop/rock sound that feels both vintage and modern. The music is solidly rooted in the melodic mod and pop-rock sensibilities of the 1960s (think Beatles/Zombies/Kinks), but truly spans a myriad of styles, including power-pop, psychedelic, progressive, art-rock, folk, and occasionally a twist of classical.
Lathrop has released two full-length albums as The Stan Laurels, with one more finished and ready for release in June 2018. His debut, Death of the Sun (2009), is a sprawling, nearly 60-minute-long epic psychedelic pop/rock concept album about alien abduction on the surface, with much deeper personal metaphorical meaning in the words and music. This record garnered applause and quickly led to an opportunity to move into the film industry (Lathrop was a Radio-Television-Film major in college, so it made sense), as he was immediately asked to write and record the score and original songs for the motion picture Billi & Theodore, the soundtrack of which became his second full-length release, Billi & Theodore: Music from the Motion Picture (2013). This is a more stripped-down acoustic guitar-based record than its everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink predecessor, but still maintains The Laurels' signature rich, lush fullness and surpasses it in production quality. For this effort, Lathrop won the award for Best Music and Sound Design at the 2013 May Day Film Festival in Indianapolis, IN.
Maybe, The Laurels' upcoming third album, is once again the soundtrack to a film (Maybe Shower)! But with this release, Lathrop has created something special: a film soundtrack that is also a pure stand-alone rock record. The lyrics are centered around characters and themes in the fictional Maybe Shower universe, but one does not need to know the movie to appreciate or understand the music. Paying homage to his rock and power-pop heroes, this is Lathrop's heaviest album yet, full of loud, crunchy guitars, big hooks, pounding drums, space-age synths, and melodic guitar solos, while still being as poppy as ever. The LP is also unique in that it's The Stan Laurels' first release on vinyl! Press and feedback has been stellar, and the result is a bigger, tighter, more powerful, more accessible sound, while still staying true to The Laurels' signature strong melodic drive, thick beats and bass lines, clever lyrics, splashes of psychedelia, and a few unexpected twists. The title track, "Maybe," was one of just four finalists for Best Song at (expired link). Cinefest in 2018 and Maybe Shower won Best Feature at the 2018 Portland Comedy Film Festival and Best Screenplay at the 2017 Austin Comedy Film Festival.
Experimenting with many different musical styles, yet always maintaining an unwavering, strong sonic sense of self, John Lathrop is a unique force of nature, an audial auteur like no other artist. And to his delight, his loving creation, The Stan Laurels, can be found gracing film screens as often as radios. Modern science has officially classified the listening experience as "The scientifically engineered combination of everything and nothing you've ever heard."
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