LKN is the moniker for Portland, OR recording artist Lauren K. Newman. Her highly anticipated fifth full-length, Postulate II picks up where 2006's Postulate I left off, displaying an uncompromising and unflinching look into the world of LKN. Both accessible and highly personal, equally emotive and melodic, Postulate II also continues Newman's tradition of writing, recording, and playing all instruments herself, yet somehow accomplishing a sound more full and complete than most bands achieve. The second in a series of three connected albums covering the diverse musical spectrum Newman exists in, flowing from loud, angry hardcore into beautiful, melodic rock, all delivered with the intensity of a driven songwriter, Postulate II displays an artist in her prime and a talent just beginning to be tapped.

Lauren K. Newman was raised in Pensacola, Florida, where she began to play drums in punk bands at age 15. When she first began writing music, Lauren said she wanted to write what she wanted to hear but what no one else was doing; the first incarnation of this was StellaMarie, which began as 4-track recordings and became a touring band that lasted four years. In 2003 Lauren began performing as LKN, writing and recording all of her own material, and taking friends and fellow musicians on the road, sharing stages with the likes of Mono, Bellini, Viva Voce, Mary Timony, Scout Niblett, TalkDemonic, and many others over the past four years. The live show, currently consisting of Lauren on vocals/guitar/drums, label mate Bobby Dezfulli (The Empty) on bass and Terrica Kleinknecht on drums/guitar, is a whirlwind of raw energy which mirrors the passionate melodicism of LKN's studio recordings.