If one were to summarise Amaya Laucirica’s music in a single word, that word would be transcendent. It’s a fitting word, because it describes both the genre defying nature of Amaya’s music and the effect her music tends to have upon the listener.

In 2008, Amaya Laucirica released her debut album, Sugar Lights. An intriguing blend of country, folk, rock and pop, Sugar Lights was well received critically and awarded “Album Of The Week” by RRR radio and “Single Of The Week” by Rave Magazine.

As bold a debut as Sugar Lights was, it is Amaya’s latest album, Early Summer, that truly defines her sound. Early Summer is denser, more detailed and darker than its predecessor, yet at the same time, retains the rawness, hope and beauty, which made Sugar Lights such an enticing debut.

Writing for Mess & Noise, Doug Wallen praised it as an album “marked by understatement and restraint, no matter how many different instruments materialise” and likened the album’s sound to “Mazzy Star fronting a mellowed Jesus and Mary Chain”.

“Early Summer”, wrote Wallen, “puts the Melbourne songwriter towards the front of her class.”

Early Summer was also selected as Triple J's Feature Album in late 2010, with JJJ describing it as “a wistful, tender affair, full of dreamy melodies and sublime layers of sound.”

Early Summer was recorded by Dave McCluney at Atlantis Studios in Melbourne during late 2009, mixed by Victor Van Vugt (PJ Harvey, Nick Cave) in New York and mastered by Ray Staff (Spiritualized, The Libertines, David Bowie) in London.

Following the release of the album, Amaya opened shows for Blonde Redhead and Holly Miranda (USA). She also toured extensively around Australia opening all national dates for Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of The Stone Age) during his 2010 tour and most recently, toured alongside Adalita (Magic Dirt) for a sixteen date tour across the country.