‘Laura’ is a song about a song called ‘Ship in the Night’ that was written by Burton as a Doors-obsessed teenager for his school friend, Laura. The original song was inspired by walks home from school with Laura who was often in a low and contemplative mood. The lyric to ‘Laura’ references his original casting of his school friend in the part of Thor’s mistress as she battles to overcome her misery, and wonders years later whether she was able to escape the “dark angels” that hounded her during her salad days and find the love she craved.
‘Laura’ is backed with ‘Sunny Apocalypse’, a quirky reflection on the early part of the Covid pandemic in the form of a disaster movie dream in which Burton and co-star Holliday Grainger find themselves dodging ‘giant blobs of covid raining from the sky’.
from
Laura / Sunny Apocalypse,
track released October 22, 2021
RockCounsellor is:
Thoby Burton: Vocals, Guitar, Keys;
in collaboration with:
Richard Campbell: Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys.
All songs written by Thoby Burton
All songs arranged by Thoby Burton and Richard Campbell
Engineered and mixed by Richard Campbell
Recorded at Orpheus Studio, London, 2020/21
Mastered by Nick Watson at Fluid Mastering
Produced by Richard Campbell and Thoby Burton
Graphic Design by Thoby Burton
℗ 2021 Blue Porcelain
© 2021 Thomas 'Thoby' Burton