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. Along with Stephen Harris and DJ Sae 1, she was a member of the trip hop act Leomoon who released an eponymous album in 1999. She is currently signed to Anti Records. She also made an appearance in 2001 on a promotional CD for the

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with the track "The Soundtrack of Your Life". In 2001, she released an EP titled, ''Tears All Over Town'' on

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, an independent record label. She started singing background vocals and keyboard playing for

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, a singer-songwriter, providing back-up vocals on his album ''

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'', and toured England. She also toured Europe supporting

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. In 2008, she featured on a free CD with the music magazine ''Mojo'', contributing a version of the Beatles' "Julia" on ''Mojo Presents the White Album Uncovered CD1''. Moran's influences include

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("all my life I've been a massive Burt Bacharach fan"),

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, Scott Walker,

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, and

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. Moran has been compared with her contemporaries, including

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. In April 2014, The Recoup posted an interview with Erin Moran, where she stated that she was working on a new album. A record, ''The Last Detail,'' with musician Mehdi Zannad, who records as FUGU, was released on November 2, 2018 on Spanish indie label Elefant Records. Moran has stated on Instagram that her second solo record will be released in 2019. On November 1, 2019 she released a new single "Been Around" from her first album in 15 years, ''Been Around,'' released on January 17, 2020.

Discography

EPs

*''Tears All Over Town (31 Jul 2001)''

. Mastering: Trevor Kampmann :

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called it "something quite special". The song "The Soundtrack of Your Life" was used in the US television show

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. #"Heartache" – 3:12 #"The Soundtrack of Your Life" – 3:36 #"Girls Can Really Tear You Up Inside" – 5:02 #"The Same Old Tears" – 2:47 #"Fading..." – 3:48 :: *''Somebody Hurt You (14 Jun 2004)''

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#"Somebody Hurt You" (Radio Edit)" – 3:50 #"Love Actually" – 5:10 #"Baby Plays Around" – 3:14 #"Somebody Hurt You (Album Version)" – 5:07 :: *''The Long Goodbye (11 Oct 2004)''

#"The Long Goodbye" – 3:27 #"Under the Warm Sun" – 3:02 #"Heartache" – 4:03

Albums

* ''Leomoon'' by Leomoon (1999) *'' A Girl Called Eddy (2004) ''

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*''The Last Detail'' (2018)

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*''Been Around'' (2020) Elefant Records :Many favorable reviews and listed as Top 10 of 2004 by ''

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''.

References

External links

Artists page at Anti Records website A Girl Called Eddy MySpace PageAllmusic artist pagelast.fm artist page
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