Lord Huron Returns with New Songs “Ancient Names (Part I)” and “Ancient Names (Part II)”
New Album, Vide Noir, to be Released April 20
Photo: Ian Holliday
“Lord Huron creates rich landscapes that stretch far beyond sound.” - The New York Times Style Magazine
“For the L.A. band Lord Huron, there’s far more to music than merely playing sweetly summery, rhythmically inventive pop. There’s also an air of mystery: a desire to tell stories, play with identities and craft visuals to complement its sounds.” - NPR Music
26 January 2018 (Toronto, ON) - Lord Huron invites you to stare into the abyss this spring with the release of their third full-length album, Vide Noir, out April 20. The first work for their new partnership with Whispering Pines/Republic Records/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company, Vide Noir follows 2015’s critically lauded Strange Trails.
In a preview of the new album, the songs “Ancient Names (Part I)” and “Ancient Names (Part II)” are available now. Watch the trailer for Vide Noir at lordhuron.com.
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).
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.
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.
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