But when a question gives pause Lauren will look down, at chipped red nail paint, or around, almost searching for answers in the crowd. Lauren’s measured, holding your gaze with deep-set hazel eyes. Lauren’s lone simplicity may be a desire to be understood and to continue to understand others.

On their 2018 EP Who Carry’s You, Lauren’s goal of carving out a space for themselves led to bedroom compositions flecked with references to poetry and religious imagery, and musical influences ranging from French composer Maurice Duruflé to California rap duo Main Attrakionz. Propelled by ornately layered music that caught the attention of ever-astute label True Panther Sounds, there’s a level of complexity in Lauren’s music, lyrically and sonically. There’s almost nothing simple about Lauren Auder. On ‘two caves in,’ the musician spins growing pains into baroque pop gold.