Laura Lucas Releases Debut Album ‘There’s A Place I Go’ Featuring New Single “Let The Winter Have Me”

For Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Laura Lucas, songwriting has always been a kind of sanctuary – a quiet retreat from the noise of the world. On her long-awaited debut album There’s a Place I Go (out now via Nettwerk), she invites listeners into that space with her: a collection of intimate, introspective songs about self-reflection, womanhood, and the soft strength that comes with learning to stay with yourself, even when it hurts. You can listen to There’s a Place I Go HERE.

Produced by Tom Iansek (Big Scary, #1 Dads, Maple Glider), the album unfolds with quiet confidence, weaving sparse guitar lines and cinematic textures around Laura’s crystalline voice. Each track feels like a page from her journal, tracing a path through memory, heartbreak, and personal growth.

“I sometimes think of songwriting as a place that I go, a sort of retreat from the rest of the world. That ‘place’ is the core of why I make music,” Laura shares. “These songs were written through some big life changes – moving to Australia, experiencing heartbreak for the first time, starting therapy, and learning to accept parts of myself I hadn’t before. I’ve become a lot more confident in who I am as an artist and as a person, and this album really documents that process of becoming.”

Across its twelve tracks, There’s a Place I Go balances tenderness with courage. From the aching introspection of “Easy, Going” to the powerful honesty of “Woman”, Laura’s writing is unflinchingly sincere, her voice both fragile and resolute.

Arriving alongside the album is new single “Let The Winter Have Me” – a haunting, beautifully restrained meditation on fear and surrender. Written in the wake of heartbreak, it captures the moment she chose to stop running from pain and instead let herself feel it fully.

“I wanted to write a song about fear,” Laura explains. “I had a quote on my vision board that said, ‘Living a life that is driven more strongly by curiosity than by fear’, and that became my compass. When I sing, ‘let the winter have me,’ it’s me saying: ‘next time, I want to stay. I want to stop running and let myself feel it all.’”

Recorded in London over six weeks, the album also features contributions from artists Seánie Bermingham (“Somewhere, Anywhere”) and Braille Face (“Real Person”), alongside co-writes with Ciaran Lavery, Hein Cooper, Bre Kennedy, Jordan Lindley, and Hadley Kennary.

More than a debut, There’s a Place I Go feels like a moment of quiet arrival – a space where self-discovery meets self-acceptance. 

ALBUM TRACKLIST:
Year of the Ocean
Rage
Easy, Going
Did The Mountain Change You?
The Atlantic
Real Person
Woman
Longing As A Fever The Body Uses To Rid Itself Of Lonely
Let The Winter Have Me
Same World
Somewhere, Anywhere
Reincarnation Song