Biography
Laura Stevenson's music threads together lilting melodies and a gentle vocal timbre, moving fluidly between moments of distortion-heavy indie rock and playful folk excursions. Her catalog began with the 2010 release A Record, after which she sustained a blend of acoustic and amplified textures across subsequent projects such as the widely praised 2013 album Wheel and her sixth LP, the self-titled Laura Stevenson, issued in 2021.
Born and still residing in Nassau County on Long Island, Stevenson descends from arranger and conductor Harry Simeone, who shared songwriting credit on the holiday standard "Little Drummer Boy," and from his wife Margaret McCravy, who performed with Benny Goodman's Orchestra in the 1930s under the stage name Margaret McCrae.
Already composing original material and playing local gigs by her late teens, Stevenson formed connections with members of the Arrogant Sons of Bitches; following the band's 2004 breakup, she joined Jeff Rosenstock's new ska-punk ensemble Bomb the Music Industry! as keyboardist while continuing to present solo performances, often supported by her bandmates.
Under the name Laura Stevenson & the Cans she issued her first recordings in 2009, beginning with a split EP alongside BTMI! and adding the three-song "Holy Ghost!" later that year. Her debut full-length A Record appeared on Asian Man Records in 2010 and featured contributions from Rosenstock, leading to a contract with Don Giovanni, which put out her follow-up Sit Resist the next year. The EP Runner surfaced in March 2013, one month before her third album Wheel; both projects stemmed from identical studio sessions. Kevin McMahon handled production and mixing for Wheel, which also included violin from Rob Moose and brass from Kelly Pratt. Rosenstock returned as producer for her fourth album, Cocksure, released in 2015.
Stevenson interpreted Townes Van Zandt's "Tower Song" for the 2017 ACLU benefit compilation Don't Stop Now. Two standalone tracks inspired by her mother, "The Mystic & the Master" and "Maker of Things," appeared in 2018. She delivered the full-length The Big Freeze in March 2019, tracking it at her childhood Long Island residence with Joe Rogers serving as producer. That November she and Rosenstock issued the collaborative EP Still Young on his Polyvinyl imprint under the name Jeff & Laura. Her sixth solo effort, Laura Stevenson, again featured Rosenstock on guitar; John Agnello produced the album, which Don Giovanni released in August 2021.
Born and still residing in Nassau County on Long Island, Stevenson descends from arranger and conductor Harry Simeone, who shared songwriting credit on the holiday standard "Little Drummer Boy," and from his wife Margaret McCravy, who performed with Benny Goodman's Orchestra in the 1930s under the stage name Margaret McCrae.
Already composing original material and playing local gigs by her late teens, Stevenson formed connections with members of the Arrogant Sons of Bitches; following the band's 2004 breakup, she joined Jeff Rosenstock's new ska-punk ensemble Bomb the Music Industry! as keyboardist while continuing to present solo performances, often supported by her bandmates.
Under the name Laura Stevenson & the Cans she issued her first recordings in 2009, beginning with a split EP alongside BTMI! and adding the three-song "Holy Ghost!" later that year. Her debut full-length A Record appeared on Asian Man Records in 2010 and featured contributions from Rosenstock, leading to a contract with Don Giovanni, which put out her follow-up Sit Resist the next year. The EP Runner surfaced in March 2013, one month before her third album Wheel; both projects stemmed from identical studio sessions. Kevin McMahon handled production and mixing for Wheel, which also included violin from Rob Moose and brass from Kelly Pratt. Rosenstock returned as producer for her fourth album, Cocksure, released in 2015.
Stevenson interpreted Townes Van Zandt's "Tower Song" for the 2017 ACLU benefit compilation Don't Stop Now. Two standalone tracks inspired by her mother, "The Mystic & the Master" and "Maker of Things," appeared in 2018. She delivered the full-length The Big Freeze in March 2019, tracking it at her childhood Long Island residence with Joe Rogers serving as producer. That November she and Rosenstock issued the collaborative EP Still Young on his Polyvinyl imprint under the name Jeff & Laura. Her sixth solo effort, Laura Stevenson, again featured Rosenstock on guitar; John Agnello produced the album, which Don Giovanni released in August 2021.
Albums
Late Great
2025
Younger Still
2022
Laura Stevenson
2021
Sit Resist
2020
Still Young
2019
The Big Freeze
2019
Wheel (Commentary Version)
2017
Sit Resist (Commentary Version)
2017
Cocksure
2015
Claustrophobe - Single
2015
Jellyfish - Single
2015
Runner
2014
Wheel
2013
Singles
