Leah Senior silences audiences with her soaring vocals and unique lyricism. Her music draws from various sources but is often classified as folk revival. The Melbourne-based artist creates fragile but effortlessly nimble melodies that call from another time and place. Her songs evoke the peculiar, poetic and the plain.
A chance late night encounter with King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard saw Leah Senior joining their independent label Flightless to release her first two albums.
Senior’s distinctive voice also featured on King Gizzard’s apocalyptic album Murder of The Universe, as the omnipresent female narrator.
Leah Senior is an amazing folk singer, very, very talented, and nothing like King Gizz’s music at all. her songs equally terrifying, joyous, sad and exciting. We get chills watching her perform.
-King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard.
Leah Senior will be releasing her home spun third album “The Passing Scene” in March 2020.
Leah Senior’s second album Pretty Faces was recorded and produced with Gizzard’s own Joey Walker and features Michael Cavanagh on drums.
Enchanting..Recalling Joni Mitchell playfulness through cosy folk, minimalism
-Rolling Stone Australia.
Senior’s captivating live performances have seen her supporting artists including Jeff Tweedy, Calexico, Jessica Pratt, Julianna Barwick and Bedouine. When performing, Senior is often joined by her sister Andi and guitarist/pianist Jesse Williams creating a tapestry of ethereal harmonies and 60’s jangle.
Early 2019 saw Senior embark on her first European tour in support of her most recent single Graves.