- Band Name: Lanterns on the Lake
- Record Label: Bella Union
- Release Date: Oct 7, 2013
- Summary: This is the second release for the British symphonic rock five-piece (Adam and Brendan Sykes left the group in 2012).
- Record Label: Bella Union
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Sep 20, 201380This is a gloriously atmospheric second album from a band who will surely soon be as lauded and acclaimed as their better-known labelmates.
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Sep 20, 201380Lanterns on the Lake have drawn on harsh experience to produce a beautiful record that’s anything but superficial.
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Oct 8, 201380Lanterns on the Lake allow themselves to build on and expand the sound of their debut for Until the Colours Run, bursting open at times with purpose, while drawing on the cinematic sounds and folk storytelling that bind together a magnificent collection of tracks.
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Sep 20, 201380It's in a familiar lineage [of meditative alt-rock]--shoegaze, Sigur Ros--but very much at the quality end of the spectrum. [Oct 2013, p.87]
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Sep 20, 201380Until The Colours Run casts a spell which lingers. [Oct 2013, p.71]
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Oct 4, 201380Not only have they made a better record than their debut, they’ve made one of the best records of the young decade.
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Oct 4, 201360For every moment of devastating weariness, there are several moments of chilling beauty and it is this which keeps the band from being overly oppressive in its sound.