Mia Lauren Clarke (born March 1983) is a British guitarist and backing vocalist from the alternative rock band Electrelane.
She was born in Brighton, England and following a short period living in the Czech Republic moved to Chicago, United States in 2008She formed a new band, Follows, in 2008 in Chicago with members of Russian Circles, Bloodiest, and Atombombpocketknife.
Clarke has collaborated with Canadian hip hop artist Buck 65, contributing guitar to his Dirtbike 3/3 project.In April 2008, Clarke flew to Amsterdam to record a guitar improvisation with Andy Moor of The Ex.
Their collaboration "Guitargument" was released digitally by File Thirteen Records on 17 February 2009 and as a CD edition by hellosQuare recordings in late 2010.She is also a freelance writer and has written about music for publications including The Wire, The Guardian, and Pitchfork Media.
From 2009 to 2013, Clarke wrote a column on Chicago's classical music scene for Time Out Chicago.