Molly Ciara Burman is an English musician from Hornsey. She has released two EPs, Fool Me With Flattery and Worlds Within Worlds, and is a member of Loud LDN. Her father, Lance Burman, was a member of Chiefs of Relief.
Molly Burman | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Molly Ciara Burman |
| Born | London, England |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Member of | Loud LDN |
Life and career edit
Molly Ciara Burman[1] was born in Kentish Town,[2] before moving to Hornsey.[3] Growing up, she listened to her parents' music, such as the Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, and David Bowie,[4] and aged six, she and her father wrote a Christmas song together;[5] she would resume writing again after listening to Adele's 19,[6] and switched from writing on piano to writing on guitar after becoming obsessed with the Vamps.[2] She and her father started producing tracks together when she was thirteen.[5] She released her first single, "Happy Things" in 2018, took a break from music, and then resumed releasing music in 2021 after returning to Spotify and discovering that "Happy Things" had acquired a million listens on the platform.[5]
In March 2021, she released "Fool Me With Flattery", which she wrote using the stereotype of a mansplaining misogynist after a day of misogyny from men in her life,[7] having thought of the first lyric on the bus home and the rest in her room.[8] The following month she released "Everytime", a song about learning to enjoy her own company following multiple instances of being ghosted,[9] and in June 2021, she released "Debt", a riposte to a sex pest she encountered during a night out,[10] which was accompanied by a music video.[11] Later that year, she released the Fool Me With Flattery EP,[5] which featured "Fool Me With Flattery", "Everytime", and "Debt", and was written, recorded, and produced by Burman and her father.[11] In March 2022, she released "Pretty Girl", which she wrote after listening to "All the Pretty Girls" by Kaleo,[12] and about feeling insecurities.[13]
In May 2023, she released "Beautiful People", a song about dating while queer,[14] having realised that she was attracted to all genders aged 19[5] after listening to her queer friends' playlists and watching RuPaul's Drag Race,[15] and having realised that all of her songs to that point had been about men. A video was shot for the song using her friends from her local pub,[5] the Faltering Fallback.[15] She then released "Potential", a grunge song[5] about seeing a partner for what they were instead of what they could be.[16] In August 2023, she released Worlds Within Worlds, a six-track EP, named after the notion that everyone has their own solar system, and with each track set on a different planet of MollyLand;[17] the song was promoted with the lead track "Friday Pretty",[5] which was written about her local pub quiz,[15] and contained it, "Beautiful People", and "Potential".[18]
Artistry and personal life edit
Burman's music has been described as indie pop by The Line of Best Fit[5] and as alt-pop by Clash.[6] Her Fool Me With Flattery EP was influenced by Maxi Priest's "Love Train", David Bowie's "Magic Dance", Shirley & Company's "Shame Shame Shame", Lucius's "Until We Get There", and Kimbra's "Settle Down".[11] Burman's grandfather was the director for the London Vintage Jazz Orchestra[19] Dave Burman,[20] her mother is an Irish singer who sang with Shane MacGowan and as part of the singing comedy act The Frigidaires,[5] and her father was Lancelot Andrew Robert "Lance" Burman,[1] a guitar teacher,[15] who played bass for Chiefs of Relief,[5] and played bass and guitar on Mekon and Marc Almond's "Please Stay",[21] a cover of the Cryin' Shames' song,[22] which charted at No. 91 on the UK Singles Chart.[23] She is a member of Loud LDN,[24] a collective of London-based women and genderqueer musicians set up in May 2022,[25] which she joined a month after it was created.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "BURMAN LANCE". ASCAP. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ a b Ward, Michelle (1 January 2017). "Molly Burman - Singer/Songwriter sings live". Phoenix FM. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ a b "ASBO Meets – Molly Burman". ASBO Magazine. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ "Molly Burman on songwriting, sad bangers and her new EP". headlinermagazine.net. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Molly Burman is on the rise | Interview". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ a b Murray, Robin (28 September 2023). "Next Wave #1135: Molly Burman | Next Wave". Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Molly Burman tackles misogyny with grace and wit on "Fool Me With Flattery" | Best Fit". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ "Who TF is Molly Burman?". Clout. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ Murray, Robin (29 April 2021). "Molly Burman Enchants With 'everytime'". Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Wareham, Oliver (28 June 2021). "Tracks Of The Week #149 - God Is In The TV". Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ a b c Hakimian, Rob (19 August 2021). "On Deck: Molly Burman discusses five songs that influenced her debut EP". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ "Molly Burman – 1883 Magazine". 28 February 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ McMullen, Chase (25 February 2022). "Molly Burman digs into a bracing, gorgeous lullaby with "Pretty Girl"". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Taylor, Sam (23 May 2023). "Molly Burman celebrates "every human's uniqueness, sexuality and ability to love" with new single, 'Beautiful People'". Dork. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Molly Burman: "Music helped me see who I was"". diva-magazine.com. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "New Release: Molly Burman – Potential". ASBO Magazine. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Molly Burman has released the brand new EP, Worlds Within Worlds". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "ICYMI - Molly Burman releases new EP Worlds Within Worlds • WithGuitars". Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ White, Niamh (11 March 2021). "Proudly Presenting: Molly Burman". [PIAS]. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Hanson, Geoffrey (September 2007). "East Finchley Arts Festival: a preview" (PDF). The Archer. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ Mekon Featuring Marc Almond - Please Stay, 2000, retrieved 18 November 2023
- ^ "2001-07-14" (PDF). Music Week: 11.
- ^ "MEKON". Official Charts. 2 December 1995. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "BBC Music Introducing Kent, Live session: In Waves". BBC Music. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ ""We're taking over the scene": meet Loud LDN, dance music's most vibrant new collective". NME. 19 December 2022. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.