Gracious Tide, Take Me Home
Album | Lanterns on the Lake
Wish Arcade Fire were a little more dramatic?
For those who wish Arcade Fire were a little more dramatic, meet Lanterns on the Lake, a Newcastle sextet who find their muse in the nearby River Tyne and melancholy sadness, often simultaneously. "I sailed across the seas, you weren't even there," pleads guitarist Hazel Wilde on "If I've Been Unkind," capturing the quintessence of her band's moody chamber-pop sound. Though they've never elicited an outside producer and have taken to recording in their own homes, Lanterns on the Lake are a near polar opposite of all things lo-fi. Preceded by a pair of like-minded EPs, Gracious Tide, Take Me Home is a truly grandiose opening statement: an ocean of noise, if you will. With guitarist Paul Gregory handling production, Lanterns tug and tug on the heartstrings, until the experience is almost exhausting. Gentler songs like the twinkling "Blanket Of Leaves" would sound even more powerful were they not surrounded by such daunting brethren. That's not to say there are any "bad" songs here; is quite the opposite, in fact. It's just that a group this talented could certainly stand to explore their simpler side.
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