Name: Gracious Tide, Take Me Home – 10th Anniversary Edition
Brand: Lanterns On The Lake

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BELLA1150V

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Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Double 140 Gram Vinyl. Housed in Gatefold Sleeve with Gold Foil Print. Includes 5 Additional Songs

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-06-11

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5400863046729

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Total Cap

2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Lanterns On The Lake

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Bella Union

Bella Union is a UK label that has been run by Simon Raymonde, former member of Cocteau Twins, since 1997. With a focus on discovering new talent, Bella Union has introduced the world to bands such as Fleet Foxes, Beach House, Lanterns on The Lake, I Break Horses, Ballet School, and Midlake. As a ℗ & © coyright holding entity, Bella Union continues to be at the forefront of the music industry.

Lanterns On The Lake is an indie rock band hailing from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom. Formed by Hazel Wilde, Paul Gregory, Bob Allan, Ol Ketteringham, and Angela Chan, the band has gained recognition for their unique sound and captivating performances.

With a blend of atmospheric melodies and heartfelt lyrics, Lanterns On The Lake creates music that resonates with listeners on a deep level. Their introspective songwriting explores themes of love, loss, and the human experience.

Having released several critically acclaimed albums over the years, including "Gracious Tide, Take Me Home" and "Beings," Lanterns On The Lake has established themselves as one of the most influential bands in the indie rock scene. Their music has garnered praise for its emotional depth and sonic beauty.

Following last year’s Mercury nominated Spook The Herd album Lanterns On The Lake release a deluxe 10th Anniversary vinyl reissue of their acclaimed debut album, Gracious Tide, Take Me Home via Bella Union. The band’s much-loved debut has been meticulously remastered at Abbey Road studios and will be released on double vinyl in a Gatefold sleeve with gold foil print. Additionally, the album comes with five previously unreleased tracks recorded during the original sessions, details of which can be found in the track-list below. Fusing the most fragile and graceful end of the folk music spectrum to the most luminous properties of cinemascope rock, Gracious Tide, Take Me Home used a smorgasbord of instruments (guitars, violin, mandolin, piano, synths, glockenspiels, even a kalimba) to paint a variety of beautiful vistas, from the ambient ‘Ships In The Rain’ to the galloping ‘A Kingdom’, from the six-minute layers of ‘The Places We Call Home’ to the skeletal 73-second finale ‘Not Going Back To The Harbour’.

There’s always been a compelling drama to Lanterns On The Lake; the way the opening track ‘Lungs Quicken’ shifts from dreamy restraint to a full-blown crescendo indicated the true power at their fingertips. Lanterns On The Lake formed in 2008 combining a group of friends who had all played in various bands on the local music scene. Hazel Wilde (vocals, guitar), Paul Gregory (guitars, electronics) and Ol Ketteringham (drums, piano) still comprise the core of the band whilst previous members Adam Sykes (vocals, guitar) and Brendan Sykes (bass) departed prior to the second album. Hazel commented at the time that. “A lot of lyrics were inspired by me and Paul moving back to the coast [between Tynemouth and North Shields], where I grew up, after we’d been living near the city centre. They’re also memories of growing up here, the feeling of homesickness, and stories of people around us and of the sea. The title Gracious Tide, Take Me Home seemed to sum up all the themes.” There might be a vein of sadness through this music - ‘Ships In The Rain’ was inspired by a local fisherman who went missing at sea, and ‘A Kingdom’ was inspired by the book letters sent home by WW2 soldiers – but there is just as much hope in ‘Keep on Trying’ and ‘You’re Almost There’, where fear and insecurities are banished by self-belief; “the feeling that you’re going places,” as Hazel says. Mirroring the sentiment of the album title, ‘I Love You, Sleepyhead’ and ‘Places We Call Home’ draw on the comfort and security of home, friendship and memory.

Gracious Tide, Take Me Home – 10th Anniversary Edition

Music GB