Artist: Lorna
Title: Constellations (2020)
Label: Words On Music
Recommended for fans of: Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura, Teenage Fanclub, Mojave 3, Coastal, American Analog Set, Stereolab, Angelo Badalamenti
Format: CD
Condition: New (Sealed, mint)
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Reviews: "Lorna bleed shoegazing ambience with bittersweet Belle
& Sebastian indiepop." - Uncut (UK)
"The songs weave the most perfect dreams you’ve ever had. Constellations is a pure delight from start to finish." - Dagger
Description: Constellations is the sixth record
by the Nottingham, England's Lorna and features nine new songs that evoke the
classic indie pop of Belle and Sebastian, the fractured beauty of Camera
Obscura, and the poignancy of a David Lynch soundtrack.
The record infuses shimmering, summery dream pop with a rich blend of
orchestration and analogue electronics helmed by singer and
multi-instrumentalist Mark Rolfe.
Husband and wife songwriting team Mark Rolfe and Sharon Cohen-Rolfe summon the
best of Scottish pop for the album's first single, "Through the Tall Grass"
while flutist Matthew Harrison and the band's three-piece string section
deliver call-and-response melodies along the way.
The record is steeped in lush and varied instrumentation that navigates soaring
chord progressions, such as the opening title track in which a two-plus minute
coda finds Stereolab experimenting with a Sergio Leone score.
"Restoration" recalls label mates Coastal as it maps ethereal dream
pop soundscapes onto a post-rock blueprint.
Inspired confections like the buoyant "Foxes," elegant "Distant
Chords," and the album-closing "Kaleidoscope" are penned and
performed with an unassuming earnestness that resonates authenticity – ensuring
Constellations
will stir memories and create a new soundtrack for fading Septembers all the
way through the "metronome of an August night."
Track Listing: 1. Constellations (5:17) 2. Foxes (4:19) 3. Distant Chords (3:31) 4. Through The Tall Grass (3:34) 5. The Secret Harmony (5:53) 6. Restoration (5:23) 7. Snowfall (5:16) 8. State Lines (3:52) 9. Kaleidoscope (5:08)