Versions Of Us

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The nine songs of Versions Of Us 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. 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.” 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 ] Edwards, David (15 September 2011). "Album Review: Lanterns on the Lake – Gracious Tide, Take Me Home / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound". Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011 . Retrieved 1 February 2016. 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. You know I think I found the beauty and the good Oh honey we’re trying down here on Earth Go on, give us something

Album Review: Lanterns on the Lake – Beings". Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2015 . Retrieved 12 April 2020. Hazel Wilde also became a mother during this time, a life change she says has fundamentally shifted her perspective and without a doubt impacted the album’s lyrical content. Mews, Thomas (10 December 2010). "Lanterns On The Lake // Sign to Bella Union". Thefourohfive.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012 . Retrieved 1 February 2016. 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. Writing songs requires a certain level of self-indulgence, and songwriters can be prone to dwelling on themselves,” she explains. “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.”Lanterns On The Lake have announced news of an extensive UK tour in late 2023 to support the release including a set at Bearded Theory festival in Derbyshire in late May: Following the release of their Mercury Music Prize-nominated fourth album Spook the Herdin February 2020, and as the coronavirus pandemic began to take hold, Lanterns on the Lake started work on their next record. Approaching the final stages of its recording they then realised that “things didn’t feel right”so bravely chose to scrap what was a year’s worth of sessions for the new album. To compound matters, drummer Ol Ketteringhamand one of Lanterns on the Lake’s founding members decided it was time for him to move on from the group. 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. Reynolds, Aidan (4 October 2013). "Album Review: Lanterns on the Lake – Until the Colours Run / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound". Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013 . Retrieved 1 February 2016.

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.

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It was during this break that Wilde began writing many of the songs that would go on to make up Spook the Herd. The band developed the songs over the course of a year before recording at Distant City studios in Yorkshire. This was the first time the group had gone into a studio to record. Wilde has commented that "We are a pretty insular band in how we work, and trusting other people enough to allow them to get involved is not always easy for us."The album was produced by the band and mixed by the band's guitarist Paul Gregory. [24] 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. Mixed by the band’s guitarist Paul Gregory, in the bedroom of his home in North Shields, there is a sense of time and place that runs deep throughout this record. Review | Lanterns On The Lake ~ Until The Colours Run". GoldFlakePaint.co.uk. 23 September 2013 . Retrieved 1 February 2016.