In autumn 2016, Laura Marling was playing a run of shows in the American Northwest and West. Starting in Washington state, the English singer-songwriter moved on to Oregon and then down to California.
“Me and my friend, who was on tour with me, were going down the coast,” Marling recalls of a journey that took them from Mill Valley, to Santa Cruz, to Santa Barbara. “And we were losing so much money on the tour that we were staying in campsites. It's not a boo-hoo story, it was fun to do,” she clarifies with a smile. “It was nice weather. But we were in tents – well, a single tent.
