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Lanterns on the Lake - Beings

Review by Haydon Spenceley

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Two years on from the critically acclaimed 'Until The Colours Run', Lanterns On The Lake return with their third full-length record 'Beings', released on Bella Union. It marks another leap in the band's development as they expand their range, pushing the envelope of their signature atmospheric rock and scaling new heights of absorbing song-craft. 'Beings' moves seamlessly from airy, chiming beauty to dense, forbidding soundscapes - sometimes in the same song - while still feeling like the product of a cohesive unit, retaining the band's spark. Opening song 'Of Dust and Matter' strikes a perfect balance. The band's most sinister moment yet, it prowls out of a burble of radio static and feedback, propelled by ominous piano chords as its menacing pulse builds to a tumbling climax of almost discordant, warped guitar parts and the fractured drumming of Ol Ketteringham. 'Beings' is the engrossing product of a band operating in total harmony to the point where their music creates its own idiosyncratic world whilst also distilling outside concerns into it. The horizons open to Lanterns on the Lake are now as broad as the sweep of these beautiful songs.description from www.roughtrade.com