La Louma

Lauren Ross, AKA <a href="spotify:artist:7soR6UxV9SJNrBjzoa2teH" data-name="La Louma">La Louma</a>, is a Los Angeles-based classically trained multi-instrumentalist, singer, and producer with a soulful queer-punk ethos, who “makes complex pop music sound effortless” (She Shreds). While she could be heard playing flute, clarinet, bassoon, french horn, and trumpet on <a href="spotify:artist:7bcbShaqKdcyjnmv4Ix8j6" data-name="St. Vincent">St. Vincent</a>’s debut LP, <a href="spotify:album:338T7GIYUEuyeeHeZnSJta" data-name="Marry Me">Marry Me</a>, in 2007, it wasn’t until 2017 that she released her own debut, <a href="spotify:album:7LVkgKFbYTa4VjtcpKOZQe" data-name="Let the World Be Flooded Out">Let the World Be Flooded Out</a>. OUT Magazine called the album &quot;a powerfully relatable 10-track breakout&quot; and Billboard heralded it as “catchy and cool, but drenched with a call to action.&quot; She has played Treefort Music Fest, KCRW’s Chinatown Summer Nights and shows with <a href="spotify:artist:5AZHg5fZjuN4FzGUnaiQcj" data-name="Mirah">Mirah</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4DNoAXTvMQBzmxWdBuIB6V" data-name="Jenn Champion">Jenn Champion</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2diXk6bGS18SxXeoINo8MQ" data-name="Rituals of Mine">Rituals of Mine</a>. Her songs <a href="spotify:track:3Hs9opejxv0v1oNfsyoi0I" data-name="Simple Things">Simple Things</a> + <a href="spotify:track:1KE7E1KhcpBI9ucYlFcOjp" data-name="The Decline of Nations">The Decline of Nations</a> were heard in MTV’s Catfish and <a href="spotify:track:2m8QPXOSZSj3AnJX81kWTv" data-name="If We Don't Now We Never Will">If We Don't Now We Never Will</a> in NBC’s Good Girls.

ALBUM CREDITS:
Vocals, piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, cornet, french horn, banjo, strumstick, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, v-drums, and tambourine were performed, recorded, produced, and mixed by La Louma in her garage. 

All songs written by Lauren Ross and published by To The River (ASCAP) except “Aaj Mausam Bada Beimann Hai” written by Bakshi/Kudalkar/Sharma 

Mastered by Howie Weinberg
Design + photography by ACHEFFECT Design 

This album is dedicated to Aileen. 

To anyone who struggles with depression or suicidal thoughts: Please don’t give up. You are so incredibly loved and we need you. 

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