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Oct 8, 2013Lanterns 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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Jan 16, 2014With the pieces not yet there, Lanterns on the Lake is still an immensely promising band that’s one risky move away from releasing a stunning album and filling stadiums.
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Oct 4, 2013For 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.
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Oct 4, 2013Not 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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Jan 13, 2014Until the Colours Run is a huge improvement, though: bigger, messier, louder and more transcendent. If you’re into Speck Mountain, The Besnard Lakes or No Joy, this one is worth a spin.
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Jan 13, 2014Anchored by the cinematic piano compositions of chief-songwriter Hazel Wilde--who seems to have learned vocals from the Bilinda Butcher School for Barely Audible Singing--and the ambient excursions of lead guitarist Paul Gregory, rarely has an album about England's eroding economy and cultural upheaval sounded so exquisitely triumphant.
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MagnetFeb 21, 2014The songs are steeped in anguish and melancholy, distressing meditations on the loss and limitations that are coming to define life for many young people in these uncertain times. [No. 106, p.56]
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MojoSep 20, 2013It'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, 2013This 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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Jan 30, 2014An anxious mood comes through clearly but doesn’t quite go anywhere, kind of like a protagonist who seems the same at the end of a book as at the beginning.
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Jan 13, 2014Until the Colours Run works just fine for an all-purpose wallow, but it’s simply too ponderous to be the galvanizing social commentary to which it aspires.
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Jan 16, 2014Until the Colours Run shows they’re a better band, with an exceptional album to show, for it.
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Q MagazineJan 27, 2014[A] frequently sublime follow-up. [Oct 2013, p.105]
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Sep 20, 2013Lanterns on the Lake have drawn on harsh experience to produce a beautiful record that’s anything but superficial.
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UncutSep 20, 2013Until The Colours Run casts a spell which lingers. [Oct 2013, p.71]
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Jan 22, 2014It's a woozy slice of reverb-soaked, light drone-backed dreampop...but then what isn't these days?
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 15
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Mixed: 3 out of 15
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Negative: 1 out of 15
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Feb 14, 2014