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singer-songwriter, based in Lyttelton, New Zealand.

Biography

Harding comes from a musical family in Lyttelton, New Zealand. Her mother is folk singer Lorina Harding. One of the first musicians who came across her was New Zealand folk-pop singer/songwriter Anika Moa. Moa asked Harding to play support for her that night after finding her busking outside the venue she was about to play at. She has released music through independent record labels Flying Nun, Spunk, and

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. She has collaborated with Marlon Williams, John Parish, Mike Hadreas (also known as Perfume Genius), and

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. 4AD announced Harding as a new signing in early 2017 just prior to the release of her second album, ''

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's European Album of the Year Award. The song "The Barrel", from her third album '' Designer'' (Flying Nun, 4AD, 2019), won the 2019 APRA Silver Scroll award. she is based in

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, Wales, where she had previously lived with partner and collaborator H. Hawkline.

Discography

Studio albums

Other charted songs

References

External links

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Aldous Harding SubredditAldous Harding Flying Nun Records page
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