{"product_id":"lanterns-on-the-lake-versions-of-us-cd","title":"Lanterns On The Lake - Versions Of Us [CD]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: BELLA1478CD\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 5400863120733\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 02 Jun 2023\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Indie\/Alternative\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTyneside’s Lanterns on the Lake have announced their much-anticipated album, Versions of Us, will be released on the 2nd of June. 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSinger 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 at 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.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMixed 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGiven some of its themes, a biting irony is found in an entire previous version of the record being discarded. Mental health struggles and personal problems in the band had a big impact on how the initial version took shape. “Despite trying everything we could to make it work we reached the point where we just had to stop” Wilde explains. Drummer Ol Ketteringham parted ways with the band, something Wilde says was “heartbreakingly difficult as we were and still are extremely close”.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe band scrapped nearly a year’s worth of work, regressing to song demos with just Wilde performing with a single instrument as they began again with Radiohead’s Philip Selway joining the album sessions on drums. “Philip brought an energy to the songs that reignited our belief in them,” says Wilde. “Within a few weeks we had a whole other version of the album and things felt very different,” Wilde continues. “We had changed the destiny of the record.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt’s a heartening idea. Despite the difficulties in its genesis, Versions of Us is the most empowering album yet from the band. In exploring whether we can change fate or are doomed to repeat the same mistakes in life, this powerful collection of songs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCD TRACKLIST: \u003cbr\u003e1 The Likes Of Us\u003cbr\u003e2 Real Life\u003cbr\u003e3 Vatican\u003cbr\u003e4 String Theory\u003cbr\u003e5 Thumb Of War\u003cbr\u003e6 The Saboteur\u003cbr\u003e7 Locust\u003cbr\u003e8 Rich Girls\u003cbr\u003e9 Last Transmission\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bella Union","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42372270915740,"sku":"BELLA1478CD","price":10.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/LanternsOnTheLake_VersionsOfUs_Packshot_f318e2a5-3913-4604-b7d7-34a572d64f37.jpg?v=1677510392","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/lanterns-on-the-lake-versions-of-us-cd","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}