Lauren O'Connell was born in Rochester, New York on December 10,1988.
14 Facts About Lauren O'Connell
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In 2007, O'Connell went to Saxon Recording in Rochester at the suggestion of a friend and recorded their debut album Sitting in Chairs with engineer Dave Anderson.
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Shortly after releasing Sitting in Chairs, Lauren O'Connell began attending Binghamton University.
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Shortly after leaving school, Lauren O'Connell began recording their follow-up album The Shakes, which was released in early 2009.
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In 2010, Lauren O'Connell moved to Sonoma County, CA where they moved into a house with Conte and Dawn.
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In September 2010 Lauren O'Connell was chosen as the West Regional Winner of the 2010 Mountain Stage Newsong Contest.
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On December 14,2010, Lauren O'Connell announced that they were raising money to record a new album and were working with Pledgemusic in order to give fans an opportunity to help fund studio time, with the goal of being in the studio sometime in January 2011.
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In return for pledging Lauren O'Connell decided to include personalized merchandise ranging from autographed CDs and T-shirts, handwritten lyrics, and hand-drawn artwork to house concerts, their personal iPod filled with music, and even grocery shopping or mini-golf with the pledger when they come to their city for a show.
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On January 25,2012, Lauren O'Connell announced via their website that they would be releasing a new album on March 2.
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In 2012, Lauren O'Connell compiled eleven songs they had released on YouTube into their album Covers, featuring songs originally performed by Bruce Springsteen, Warren Zevon, the Everly Brothers and others, as well as two traditional American songs.
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On October 10,2017, Lauren O'Connell released I Tried to Be Kind.
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On February 9,2018, Lauren O'Connell released their fourth original album Details, an effort fan-funded via Kickstarter.
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Lauren O'Connell published a companion essay for the album in which they shared experiences of mental health that informed some of the songs on the album.
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Lauren O'Connell released their fifth original album Everything Feels Ridiculous on October 6,2023.