Versions Of Us

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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] At the end of the day, you’re inspired by people”: A Conversation with Swim School November 28, 2023 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. Lanterns On The Lake announce second album: Until The Colours Run". Bella Union. 13 June 2013 . Retrieved 1 February 2016. Lanterns on the Lake have announced that their new album, Versions of Us , will be out June 2nd via Bella Union. Featuring Radiohead’s Philip Selway on drums and percussion, it’s the band’s fifth studio album, and their first since the departure of their former drummer, Ol Ketteringham. Alongside the announcement, the group unveiled the album’s lead single, “The Likes of Us.”

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. 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.” This sense of hope permeates Versions O f Us more than any other Lanterns record. On The Likes O f Us, Wilde steels her resolve despite the state of things, her glorious vocals soaring over Angela Chan’s glittering strings and Bob Allan’s delicate bass line, ending with the determined repetition of the mantra-like “ I won’t let this spark die in me” . It displays the cavernous sound we’ve come to expect from Lanterns, yet Versions O f Us is more austere in its instrumentation than previous offerings. Lanterns On The Lake to support Low in London – All Tomorrow's Parties". Atpfestival.com. 30 January 2012 . Retrieved 1 February 2016.

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 making of Versions Of Us was not an easy process. In fact, the band scrapped an entire version of the album, unsatisfied with how it turned out. Mental health issues infiltrated the band’s headspace and drummer Oli Ketteringham left the band, so they turned to Radiohead’s Philip Selway to come play on the album. What an inspired choice, as the drums and percussion on the album are as creative and brilliant as you would expect from such a seasoned performer. Philip’s playing fired up the rest of the band as Paul and Hazel’s guitar work is incredible throughout. But the star of the show is undoubtedly vocalist/pianist/guitarist Hazel Wilde, who turns in a truly stunning vocal performance. 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. 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 ]

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 Vatican This is about someone always being there for me, even at my most unlovable. String Theory This is a song about reflecting on what might have been and might, in some way, still be. It finds beauty and solace in the multiverse theory and the idea that out there somewhere, vibrating on their own frequency, exists another fully realised version of yourself where your story turned out differently. 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.Metacritic https://www.metacritic.com/music/versions-of-us/lanterns-on-the-lake. {{ cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= ( help) It’s a masterful work of art, and a resounding reminder that our humanity may be one of our biggest flaws, but it’s also our greatest strength. Royal Northern Sinfonia and Lanterns on the Lake. Talk about a synergy in sound". MChroniclelive.co.uk. 7 February 2016 . Retrieved 12 April 2020.