Launching her international presentation singer-songwriter LEAH MARTIN-BROWN is releasing her debut album, “Love & Other Crimes”, via Frontiers Music. A fearless collision of rock grit and pop fervor, “Love & Other Crimes” heralds the arrival of Leah Martin-Brown – an artist who defies genre with every note.
Leah stated: “Working on this album has been one of the most intense experiences of my creative career. Being asked to be part of an album with Mutt Lange has been a dream of mine since I first picked up a guitar. It has been almost 5 years of blood, sweat and actual tears to give these songs and stories life”.
Hailing from the vibrant Australian music scene, Leah began performing live at just 13 and fronted the band Lilly Rouge, before taking her talents to the U.S. with Evol Walks. Her journey has taken her from the sweaty rock stages of Los Angeles to Stockholm’s elite songwriting circles.
Now signed to Frontiers Music and managed by Jens Lundberg, for “Love & Other Crimes” Leah has worked alongside legendary producers Robert “Mutt” Lange, Tony Nilsson, and Tommy Denander to create a debut that’s bold, melodic, and unrelentingly modern.
On “Love & Other Crimes”, Leah blends searing guitars by Denander, cinematic programming (courtesy of Nilsson) and thunderous production adviced by Mutt Lange, to explore the highs and lows of love – and the lengths we’ll go to for it. From danceable hooks to emotional slow burns, each track is a chapter in a sonic manifesto.
Openers ‘X’ and ‘R U Chicken’ take no prisoners and ask for no mercy. The first expands from a slinky slice of Eurythmics’ soulful synth pop to a widescreen female rap, before settling into a hooky pop groove.
A bold beginning.
The second is a blast from beginning to end. By taking one part Def Leppard/ Mutt’s ‘Pour Some Sugar On Me’; then adding one part ‘I Love Rock’n’Roll’ … the music of Joan Jett, another tough, confident rock star, LMB’s earthy delivery turns the song into something Shania Twain might have propelled into the US charts.
Each song is a lightning strike that lights up the album.
‘Levitate’ is special. Its 3 dimensional electronic pop peaks with a pulse quickening hook, sensually intoned by LMB’s breathy vocals. It’s more Max Martin than Mutt Lange and we’re constantly on edge, waiting for it to explode into something louder, faster, but it doesn’t. Neat trick.
The debut single was ‘Boys’, understandably. It’s impossible to ignore the track’s pop metal craftsmanship. Lange’s signature is all over it… the Def Leppard like layers and textures stop short at over production, but give the song enough oomph to send it into orbit. The debut single ‘Hysterical Love’ is maybe just a bit too derivative. The source influences can only carry you so far.
But then there’s the the pop immediacy of ‘Shush’, and there’s the pop country crossbreed ‘Clooney’, both created in the style of the Shania Twain blueprint (again).
This is more than a debut – it’s a declaration. Leah Martin-Brown is a cross-genre powerhouse, ready to stake her claim on the global stage.
Tracklist:
01 Mr. X
02 R U Chicken?
03 Clooney
04 Levitate
05 Boys
06 Shush
07 Rainbow
08 Light Show
09 Hysterical Love
10 Hell No Kitty
11 Unscrew You
Leah Martin-Brown – Love & Other Crimes – 2025, FLAC+MP3, CD-Rip w/ Scans
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