Versions Of Us

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The nine songs of Versions 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.”

The name of the album is taken from a line in the song “String Theory,” where Wilde sings about multiverses: Lanterns on the Lake – Live with Royal Northern Sinfonia". Discogs.com. 24 November 2017 . Retrieved 12 April 2020. Archived copy". www.bellaunion.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011 . Retrieved 17 January 2022. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) 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.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. 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] 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.

The group extensively toured Europe, and in early 2014 they embarked on their first tour of the US. [15] Beings (2015) [ edit ] Upcoming Events". O2 Academy Brixton. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012 . Retrieved 1 February 2016. 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. Credits | Where Soldiers Come from | POV | PBS". PBS. 11 January 2011. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013 . Retrieved 1 June 2014.The week in audio: Uncanny; Just One Thing; Built to Thrive and more". TheGuardian.com. 20 October 2021.

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. a b O'Brien, Jon. Album review – Lanterns on the Lake: Gracious Tide, Take Me Home at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 April 2012. On 13 November 2015 the group released their third album Beings worldwide. [16] Beingswas met with critical acclaim [17] with Drowned in Sound declaring Lanterns on the Lake as "One of Britain's most crucial bands of the present moment." [18] and DIY Magazine describing the group as "virtually without equal". [19] Live with Royal Northern Sinfonia (2016) [ edit ]

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Contributed to Mojo magazine's Harrison Covered: A Tribute To George Harrison with a cover of The Beatles' " Long, Long, Long". [30] (2011) I remember feeling a huge emotional release when recording ‘String Theory,’” she recalls. “There is something about everyone’s performance on that one that I just love. ‘Thumb Of War’ is also a highlight – recording that one, especially towards the end of the song was another huge release for me.” 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.