Versions Of Us

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The Saboteur is equally inwardly looking – the line “I’m the saboteur of a future me” is a revelatory moment of self-reflection, countered by the positivity flowing from Real Life earlier that “I’m going to turn this whole thing round, like you wouldn’t believe” as if Hazel is convincing herself that she will go through with this and it will work. Royal Northern Sinfonia and Lanterns on the Lake. Talk about a synergy in sound". MChroniclelive.co.uk. 7 February 2016 . Retrieved 12 April 2020. a b O'Brien, Jon. Album review – Lanterns on the Lake: Gracious Tide, Take Me Home at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 April 2012. As Wilde sings in the last line that very first song: “ I won’t let this spark die in me.” Versions of Us – Lanterns on the Lake In all of those infinite versions of us Credits | Where Soldiers Come from | POV | PBS". PBS. 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013 . Retrieved 1 June 2014.

Despite these moments, Versions of Us is by no means Lanterns on the Lake’s jump into unbridled commercialism. One of their more difficult traits has always been a tendency to meander, and that is an issue with some of the songs here. The lead single, “The Likes of Us”, has all the ingredients – martial drums, a big chorus, dynamics – but somehow fails to make a huge impact. Notably, the band’s drum vacancy has been filled by Radiohead‘s Philip Selway, a Bella Union labelmate. His presence certainly lends prestige, but he’s never been a thumper in terms of playing style, and he sometimes gets buried in the instrumentation around him. Album Review: Lanterns on the Lake – Beings". Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2015 . Retrieved 12 April 2020. Tyneside’s Lanterns on the Lake release their much-anticipated album, Versions of Us. This self-produced fifth studio album follows 2020’s Mercury nominated Spook the Herd. Its nine songs are existential meditations examining life’s possibilities, facing the hand we’ve been dealt and the question of whether we can change our individual and collective destinies.Released June 2, 2023 via Bella Union, Versions of Us is a phenomenal eruption of sweltering, soaring sound and stunning lyricism. Lanterns on the Lake’s fifth studio album arrives nearly three and a half years after the release of 2020’s Mercury Prize-nominated fourth LP Spook the Herd. It’s fair to say that with all these changes, Lanterns changed the destiny of their fifth record. It’s an irony that’s not lost on Wilde and Gregory, given that a huge theme of the record is destiny and fate, and whether we can change our path in life. These were all lyrics that existed before the initial album was scrapped – they weren’t changed to reflect the turmoil the band had been through. The fragmented life of the record is only really visible if you look under the bonnet and know where you’re looking. On the surface, musically, at least, Versions Of Us distils everything that felt scattergun across their first three albums (Glorious Tide Take Me Home, Until The Colours Run and Beings). It takes lessons from their glorious 2016 collaboration with Royal Northern Sinfonia and takes Spook The Herd’s less is more philosophy and applies a widescreen vision to it.

At the end of the day, you’re inspired by people”: A Conversation with Swim School November 28, 2023 Following touring throughout 2016 the band took a break. In an interview Wilde commented "I don’t think we ever said it would be the absolute end.. (But) I don’t think people would have blamed us for throwing in the towel at that point – we’d had a good run at it.. that would have been a good place to call it a day but we felt there was probably more we had to offer and further to go creatively, we just weren’t sure what or where that would be. And, if I’m honest, I was personally just a bit tired at that point." [23] Opener and lead single “The Likes of Us” documents the state of things (“Oblivion howls for these gutted streets / Boarded shops cower in defeat”) but sublimates observations into a mantra of resolve (“I won’t let this spark die in me”). It heralds Versions of Us as the band’s most cohesive and concise record yet, with its pervading sense of empowerment encapsulated in Wilde’s startling vocal performances. Her voice soars with previously unheard force on an album austere in its beauty, with its shifting sands of searing guitar, fluttering vintage synths and swarming melodic lines, topped with glistening strings from Angela Chan. It sounds everything but an album that was recorded while the band continued day jobs and produced in the guitarist Paul Gregory’s bedroom. The addition of Radiohead’s Philip Selway on drums gives it gravitas and a new approach. It is also testament to their label Bella Union. Not many bands get five albums these days but their belief in the band is completely unwavering.Thumb Of War hints at conspiracy theories and falling out with friends –“I see you scrolling through the century, banging on about some warning”– and trying to convince them of their madness. The music lays out the drama, strings and guitars creating a lush tension than runs through before building to a swirling crescendo. We’d begun working on the new album and we knew things didn’t feel right,” explains singer and songwriter Hazel Wilde. “There was a negative energy in the music, and the more we tried, the worse it became. I still can’t really put my finger on it; it wasn’t the relationships in the band, but there were other financial and logistical pressures. We’ve always been a band that’s tried to make music that has real heart and soul, and we could see that that wasn’t there.”

Put another way, you don’t scrap an entire budget’s worth of recorded material and start over unless you really believe in your material’s potential. To Lanterns on the Lake’s credit, the version they’ve release into the world is phenomenal, intricate, and utterly immersive. The nine songs ofVersions Of Usare existential meditations examining life’s possibilities; facing the hand we’ve been dealt and the question of whether we can change our individual and collective destinies.Singer and songwriter Hazel Wilde has no doubt that motherhood fundamentally shifted her perspective.“Writing songs requires a certain level of self-indulgence, and songwriters can be prone to dwelling on themselves,” she says.“Motherhood made me aware of having a different stake in the world. I’ve got to believe that there’s a better way and an alternative future to the one we’ve been hurtling towards. I’ve also got to believe that I could be better as a person, too.”

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The group extensively toured Europe, and in early 2014 they embarked on their first tour of the US. [15] Beings (2015) [ edit ]

Contributed to Mojo magazine's Harrison Covered: A Tribute To George Harrison with a cover of The Beatles' " Long, Long, Long". [30] (2011) With their fourth record, Spook T he Herd, Lanterns O n The Lake found themselves nominated for the prestigious Mercury Prize. Now here they were just a short time later, wondering whether they were even going to make another album. The group provided the theme song 'Don't Have Nightmares' written especially for the hit BBC podcast series Uncanny, presented by Danny Robins. [28]In 2023 BBC2 aired the first 3 episodes of the Uncanny television series which also featured the group's theme song. [29] Members [ edit ] Current [ edit ] The week in audio: Uncanny; Just One Thing; Built to Thrive and more". TheGuardian.com. 20 October 2021. Who are we, and what is our potential? Are we living up to the best possible version of ourselves, and are we making the right moves in this “game called” life? Breathtakingly beautiful, unapologetic, and uncompromising, Versions of Us inspires and confronts, enchants and demands.

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To add to this, we knew that Ol, our drummer and best mate, was not going to be continuing with us. So much took place within the space of just a couple of weeks as we put plans into place to start again and it was an emotional and stressful time to be honest. There were some other things going on for me personally, too, which added to that emotion and stress.” But despite this turmoil the remaining band members all agreed to carry on. First, they enlisted the help of Radiohead’s drummer Philip Selway. And having then approached the album’s original songs from an entirely different perspective were able to record them again in the space of just a few weeks. The definitive iteration of Versions of Uswas finally released at the beginning of June. Lanterns on the Lake Plotting First North American Tour; Second Album Entitled, Until The Colours Run – Music Snobbery". 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014 . Retrieved 12 April 2020.