Lord Huron Debuts Lead Single, “Wait By The River”, Today

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Lord Huron Debuts Lead Single, “Wait By The River”, Today

New Album, Vide Noir, to be Released April 20

Available for Pre-Order Now

 

16 February 2018 (Toronto, ON) - “Wait by the River”, the lead single off Lord Huron’s highly anticipated album Vide Noir, debuts today via Whispering Pines/Republic Records/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. Listen to the track HERE. The album is scheduled for release on April 20 and is available today for pre-order on digital platforms HERE. Lord Huron is also offering exclusive vinyl and merch bundle pre-orders that can be purchased HERE. All orders include a pre-sale access code for tickets to their upcoming Toronto show on July 25 at the Sony Centre. General on-sale begins Feb 23. 

Vide Noir was written and recorded over the past two years at Lord Huron’s Los Angeles studio and informal clubhouse, Whispering Pines. The album was mixed by Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips/MGMT) and engineered by Sonny DiPerri (Portugal. The Man, Animal Collective). In conjunction with the album announcement last month, the band released “Ancient Names (Part I)” and “Ancient Names (Part II),” which received critical praise from NPR Music and SPIN who called them, “An eery, unresolved tale of a crystal ball vision that amplifies the band’s characteristic thematic darkness into distorted garage rock.”

Singer, songwriter, and producer Ben Schneider found inspiration wandering restlessly through his adopted home of L.A. at night: “My nighttime drives ranged all over the city—across the twinkling grid of the valley, into the creeping shadows of the foothills, through downtown’s neon canyons and way out to the darksome ocean. I started imagining Vide Noir as an epic odyssey through the city, across dimensions, and out into the cosmos. A journey along the spectrum of human experience. A search for meaning amidst the cold indifference of The Universe,” he says.

As a true multi-media artist, Schneider has once again created an adorned world to inhabit within Vide Noir: the album will be accompanied by a wealth of imagery, videos, and immersive experiences crafted to expand upon its narratives and themes. This builds on Schneider’s past work which used videos, a comic book, a choose-your-own-adventure hotline, and assorted Easter eggs as means of deepening the listener experience. Watch the trailer for Vide Noir at lordhuron.com. 

Originally a musical and visual solo project by Michigan native-turned Angeleno Schneider, Lord Huron now includes members Mark Barry (percussion), Miguel Briseño (bass), and Tom Renaud (guitar). After a pair of independent EPs, Lord Huron released two full-length albums, Lonesome Dreams (2012) and Strange Trails (2015) on IAMSOUND Records, followed by extensive touring and prestigious festival appearances both stateside and abroad. After appearing in the hit Netflix show “13 Reasons Why”, the band’s song “The Night We Met” (from Strange Trails) was officially certified Platinum in January 2018.

 

Photo credit: Ian Holliday

 

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Lord Huron – Vide Noir

1. Lost in Time and Space
2. Never Ever
3. Ancient Names (Part I)
4. Ancient Names (Part II)
5. Wait by the River
6. Secret of Life
7. Back from the Edge
8. The Balancer’s Eye
9. When the Night is Over
10. Moonbeam
11. Vide Noir
12. Emerald Star

 

Canadian Tour Date:

July 25 – Toronto @ The Sony Centre

 

 

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