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Lanterns on the Lake Share New Song “Real Life”

Versions of Us Due Out June 2 via Bella Union; Album Features Radiohead’s Philip Selway on Drums

May 10, 2023

British band Lanterns on the Lake are releasing a new album, Versions of Us, on June 2 via Bella Union. Now they have shared its third single, “Real Life.” For Versions of Us Radiohead’s Philip Selway has joined the band on drums. More

22 Best Songs of the Last Two Weeks: Jessie Ware, Alison Goldfrapp, Nation of Language, and More

Plus Blondshell, Girl Ray, Little Dragon, Dawn Richard, Indigo De Souza, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Apr 14, 2023

Welcome to the thirteenth Songs of the Week of 2023. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because I was on a brief vacation (it was my daughter’s spring break), so this week’s list includes songs from the last two weeks. Any song first released between April 1 and April 14 was eligible. Hence we have a supersized list week—22 songs is probably the most we’ve ever had in one Songs of the Week main list, but it breaks down to 12 songs from this week and 10 from last week. More

Lanterns on the Lake Share New Song “String Theory”

Versions of Us Due Out June 2 via Bella Union; Album Features Radiohead’s Philip Selway on Drums

Apr 04, 2023

British band Lanterns on the Lake are releasing a new album, Versions of Us, on June 2 via Bella Union. Now they have shared its second single, “String Theory.” For Versions of Us Radiohead’s Philip Selway has joined the band on drums. More

Feb 27, 2023

British band Lanterns on the Lake have announced a new album, Versions of Us, for which Radiohead’s Philip Selway has joined the band on drums, and shared its first single, “The Likes of Us.” More

Mercury Prize 2020 Nominees Announced – Anna Meredith, Laura Marling, Porridge Radio, and More

Charli XCX, Michael Kiwanuka, Dua Lipa, Lanterns on the Lake, and Others Also Nominated

Jul 23, 2020

This year’s Mercury Prize nominees have been announced and they include the latest albums by Anna Meredith, Laura Marling, Porridge Radio, Charli XCX, Michael Kiwanuka, Dua Lipa, Lanterns on the Lake, Stormzy, Georgia, Sports Team, and more. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Jessie Ware, The Homesick, Best Coast, and More

Plus Yorkston/Thorne/Khan, Graham Coxon, Jehnny Beth, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Nov 08, 2019

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. The last three weeks we could only come up with a Top 8, instead of our customary Top 10, but this week’s choices were surprisingly much stronger once we did some deeper digging. More

Lanterns on the Lake Announce New Album, Share New Song “Every Atom”

Spook the Herd Due Out February 21, 2020 via Bella Union

Nov 07, 2019

British five-piece Lanterns on the Lake have announced a new album, Spook the Herd, and shared its first single, “Every Atom,” via a video for it. They have also announced some tour dates. More

Sep 20, 2016

Widescreen British quartet Lanterns on the Lake released their third album, Beings, on Bella Union last November. The dramatic collection got a little lost in all the year-end stuff, but now the band has shared a video for “The Crawl” to help remind you of its existence. More

Jan 28, 2016

Widescreen British quartet Lanterns on the Lake released their third album, Beings, on Bella Union last November. The dramatic collection got a little lost in the holiday shuffle, but now the band has shared a video for “Through the Cellar Door” to help you revisit the album. More

Apr 02, 2014

England’s Lanterns on the Lake recently came to the U.S. for a string of dates in support of their dreamy new album Until the Colours Run. More

Dec 03, 2013

On Jan. 14 UK pop ensemble Lanterns on the Lake will release their sophomore album Until the Colours Run to a stateside audience. More

Premiere: Lanterns on the Lake – “The Buffalo Days” MP3 Stream

Until the Colour Runs is Out Now in the U.K. and January 14 in the U,S.

Nov 05, 2013

Until the Colour Runs is the blissed-out sophomore album from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne’s Lanterns on the Lake. Today we’re pleased to premiere one of the album’s finest tracks, “The Buffalo Days.” More

Oct 10, 2013

Lanterns on the Lake‘s new album Until the Colours Run is out now via Bella Union. In celebration of that fact, the band stopped by Bowlegs Music for a live session. More

Aug 28, 2013

Early next year UK symphonic pop ensemble Lanterns on the Lake will release their sophomore album Until the Colours Run. More

Digital Version of Under the Radar’s Best of 2011 Issue Contains 100 Pages of Bonus Content

Additional Bonus Interviews With: Future Islands, Metronomy, Zola Jesus and More

Mar 10, 2012

Just a reminder that the not-to-be-missed digital version of Under the Radar’s “Best of 2011” issue (available for Mac, PC, iPad, and Android via Zinio here) includes the same articles that appear in the printed version—plus 100 extra pages of editorial content not found in the print edition. Included are extra photos of Beirut, Bon Iver, The Horrors, M83, Slow Club, Summer Camp, and tUnE-yArDs. The digital version features exclusive bonus interviews with Big Black Delta, Future Islands, Hooray for Earth, Lanterns on the Lake, Metronomy, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Real Estate, The War on Drugs, Wild Flag, and Zola Jesus. More

Under the Radar Announces Best of 2011 Issue Featuring Three Covers: Bon Iver, M83, and The Horrors

Plus: Florence and the Machine, Beirut, PJ Harvey, Anna Calvi, SBTRKT, R.E.M., and more

Dec 23, 2011

Under the Radar‘s Best of 2011 Issue has shipped out to subscribers and will be hitting newsstands soon. The issue features three unique covers, each featuring an artist behind one of our Top 5 albums of the year: M83, The Horrors, and Bon Iver. The issue also takes a look back at other artists who have made a splash in 2011, including Beirut, Anna Calvi, EMA, Florence and the Machine, Gang Gang Dance, Neon Indian, PJ Harvey, R.E.M., SBTRKT, Slow Club, St. Vincent, Summer Camp, tUnE-yArDs, and Yuck. More

Watch: “Keep on Trying” by Lanterns on the Lake

Gracious Tide, Take Me Home out 9/20 via Bella Union

Aug 26, 2011

“Keep on Trying” is the dreamy cut from British band, Lanterns on the Lake’s forthcoming album Gracious Tide, Take Me Home (out 9/20 via Bella Union). We have the video. More



Interviews

Jun 15, 2023

Following their Mercury Music Prize-nominated record Spook the Herd, the pressure was on for Lanterns on the Lake on their fifth studio album, Versions of Us. Hazel Wilde is chief songwriter and lead vocalist for the band, who remain loyal to their north-east UK roots in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. More

Feb 27, 2020

For our recurring Self-Portrait feature we ask a musician to take a self-portrait photo (or paint/draw a self-portrait) and write a list of personal things about themselves, things that their fans might not already know about them. This Self-Portrait is by Hazel Wilde of Lanterns on the Lake. More

2015 Artist Survey: Lanterns on the Lake

Paul Gregory, Oliver Ketteringham, Hazel Wilde, Bob Allan, and Angela Chan on Star Wars, Gun Control, and the Apocalypse

Feb 02, 2016

For Under the Radar’s 13th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2015. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2015 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. Here are some answers from Paul Gregory, Oliver Ketteringham, Hazel Wilde, Bob Allan, and Angela Chan of Lanterns on the Lake. British quartet released their third album, Beings, on Bella Union last November. More


Reviews

Jun 22, 2023

Lanterns on the Lake’s latest album, Versions of Us, almost didn’t see the light of day. More

Nov 24, 2015

Two years since Until the Colours Run debuted, U.K.-based quartet Lanterns on the Lake returns with their third full-length album. Much like its predecessor, Beings opens with lead-singer Hazel Wilde’s haunting vocal work, this time on “Of Dust & Matter.” More

Jan 22, 2014

Bella Union, the record label on which Lanterns on the Lake‘s sophomore album Until the Colours Run is released, is run by Simon Raymonde, formerly of dreampop pioneers Cocteau Twins. This is telling, because the band’s sound has always not so much borrowed from the Scottish trio as dressed in woollen knitwear and gone to a fancy dress party as it. More