Artist, Laura Ampersand releases chaotic space opera in baroque-pop form

Music Review | 26th Sept, 2025 Laura Ampersand

Laura Ryder, performing under the name Laura Ampersand alongside a rotating lineup of ridiculously talented collaborators, crafts piano-driven songs that bounce between delicate, classical-leaning ballads and big, alt-pop explosions.

Their latest release, 24, is pure chaos wrapped in melody. The track contains sweeping string lines, a restless piano-led band, and lyrics that dart between astrophysics and anxious attachment styles. One minute you’re contemplating spacetime and relativity, the next you’re realising it might just be about that messy on-again, off-again thing we’ve all been through. Basically, if Interstellar were secretly a sad pop song about feelings, this would be it.

The song was born in lockdown, composed and scored in a bedroom before being brought to life with producer Alex Borwick at Black Mountain Studios and Sonic Recording Studios, then polished off by mastering engineer Pete Maher.

Laura’s musical roots run deep, raised on a heady mix of ELO, Jonathan Richman, movie soundtracks, and classical composers, with a piano never too far away. Lyrics were always an obsession, and by their teenage years, songwriting and composing were already part of the story. These days, when Laura isn’t on stage or in the studio, you might find them building sound worlds for video games or scoring documentaries.

Laura Ampersand - 24

The single, 24, is available through all streaming platforms.

Photo Credit: Laura Ampersand