Lanterns On The Lake Announce New Album 'Versions Of Us', Share First Single
Monday, 27 February 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Rob Irish
Lanterns On The Lake have announced a new album.
Their self-produced fifth studio full-length is called 'Versions Of Us' and will arrive on June 2 via Bella Union. It finds the Newcastle band joined by Radiohead’s Philip Selway on drums and additional percussion throughout the record. Lead vocalist Hazel Wilde said:
"Philip brought an energy to the songs that reignited our belief in them. Within a few weeks we had a whole other version of the album and things felt very different. We had changed the destiny of the record."
As a preview, they've shared the album's opener, The Likes Of Us, as the first single. It's a brooding, panoramic track that fuses folk-rock influences and post-rock instrumentals.
The follow-up to 2020's 'Spook The Heard' features nine songs, mixed by the band's guitarist Paul Gregory, in the bedroom of his home in North Shields. Wilde added:
"Writing songs requires a certain level of self-indulgence, and songwriters can be prone to dwelling on themselves. 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."
Alongside the news, the group have confirmed an autumn UK tour, which includes a show at Islington Assembly Hall in London on November 30. Tickets go on general sale at 9am on March 3. They'll also appear at Bearded Theory festival in late May.
'Versions Of Us' tracklist:
1. The Likes Of Us
2. Real Life
3. Vatican
4. String Theory
5. Thumb Of War
6. The Saboteur
7. Locust
8. Rich Girls
9. Last Transmission
Lanterns On The Lake Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Tue November 07 2023 - BIRMINGHAM Hare & Hounds
Wed November 08 2023 - NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms
Thu November 16 2023 - CAMBRIDGE Storey's Field Centre
Fri November 17 2023 - LEEDS Howard Assembly Room
Wed November 22 2023 - SHEFFIELD Crookes Social Club
Thu November 23 2023 - GLASGOW Saint Luke's
Wed November 29 2023 - BRIGHTON Concorde 2
Thu November 30 2023 - LONDON Islington Assembly Hall
Tue December 05 2023 - MANCHESTER Band on the Wall
Wed December 06 2023 - BRISTOL THE FLEECE
Fri December 15 2023 - GATESHEAD Sage
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