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Nov 13, 2015This is an album of sometimes brutal beauty; a risk taken and richly rewarded through a work suggestive of fragility, yet simultaneously attesting to defiance rather than any maudlin self-pity.
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Dec 14, 2015Whether all this is owing to a slight change in line-up (on bass and violin) or just increased confidence, it’s impossible to tell, but whatever the reason, Lanterns On The Lake are shining more brightly.
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Dec 2, 2015The resulting album is one free from distraction, an out-of-body journey best experienced alone, at least at first. Put on your noise canceling headphones, sink into your most comfortable chair, and immerse yourself in this beautiful, otherworldly music.
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Nov 20, 2015It’s an album that may not crack the Top 10, but to those who succumb to it’s beguiling atmosphere, this is a record that will live with you for some time to come.
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Nov 20, 2015Beings presents a band growing, progressing, and challenging itself without losing its sense of identity. And, like the best pop art, it speaks directly to current times while transcending them as well. It’s not to be missed.
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Nov 18, 2015Listening to Beings though makes one thing abundantly clear: Lanterns on the Lake are one of Britain's most crucial bands of the present moment.
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MojoNov 13, 2015At their most affecting and cohesive to date. [Dec 2015, p.91]
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Nov 13, 2015All in all another strong outing from the Newcastle band, it dwells in a cloudy blend of dreams and creeping nightmares, unsettling yet captivating.
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Nov 13, 2015Lanterns on the Lake are making rock music that, in terms of how vital it feels in 2015, is virtually without equal. Beings just about confirms that.
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UncutNov 13, 2015There's a clear confidence in their third album. [Dec 2015, p.74]
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Q MagazineNov 20, 2015If the songs themselves sometimes seem to float by without fully grabbing the attention, when the melodies rise above the textures, as in The Blue Nile-style ache of Send Me Home, Lanterns On The Lake give us a glimpse of what might make them truly special. [Dec 2015, p.109]