Elizabeth "Lizzy" Plapinger, known professionally as LPX when performing as a solo artist, is the lead vocalist of indie pop duo

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and co-owner of boutique record label

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Music career

Now based in New York, Plapinger comes from London. She went to

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where she met MS MR partner Max Hershenow. Plapinger had played saxophone in a middle-school band and learned to play drums in college. During her sophomore year, she started the record label, Neon Gold, with Derek Davies. The label specialized in releasing limited-run, seven-inch singles and helped launch the careers of Passion Pit,

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, and

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. Since then, Neon Gold Records has partnered with

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. Plapinger has worked with fashion brands including

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, and

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. In January 2017 Plapinger released the single "Tightrope" using the name LPX. In April of the same year, the second single "Tremble" appeared, followed by the single "Slide", the following November. In January 2018, her debut EP as a solo artist, called “Bolt in the Blue”, was released.

Discography

With MS MR

;Albums *''

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'' EP (2012) *''

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'' (2013) *'' How Does It Feel'' (2015) ;Singles *"Hurricane" (2012) *"Fantasy" (2013) *"Hurricane" (re-release) (2013) *"Think of You" (2013) *"Painted" (2015) *"Criminals" (2015) *"Wrong Victory" (2016)

As LPX

EPs * ''Bolt in the Blue'' (2018) * ''Junk of the Heart'' (2019) * ''Go The Other Way, Called The Echo'' (2021) Singles *"Tightrope" (2017) *"Tremble" (2017) *"Slide" (2017) *"Might Not Make it Home" (2018) *"Give Up the Ghost" (2019) *"Global Warming" (2019) *"New Mood" (2020) *"Delayed Gratification" (2020) *"My Best" (2020)

Other releases

;EPs *"Siouxsie EP" (Mr. Dream ft. Lizzy Plapinger) (2012,

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-only) ;Other songs *"Sell It All" ( Glass Gang ft. Lizzy Plapinger) (2013) *"Inferno" (

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ft. Lizzy Plapinger) (2014) *”Better” (

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ft. LPX) (2017)

References

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