Let's Build A Roof

LAKE's new album Let's Build A Roof [KLP213], produced by Northwest legend Karl Blau, is sweet, funky and nostalgic - a paragon of psychedelic pop. Their previous album, Oh, the Places We'll Go, contained lighter, more upbeat numbers, but its theme of wonder and idealism foreshadowed the next album to come. Let's Build a Roof is like a travelogue of the places they went, the stories they encountered on the way, and the memories that were unearthed from those experiences, be they good or bad. Eli Moore and Ashley Eriksson's radiating songwriting chemistry serves as the foundation of Let's Build a Roof. Their retro-jingly pop aesthetic is further fleshed out with thicker instrumentation (featuring a rotating cast of synths, keys, guitar, flutes and assorted percussions) and tempo shifts that fracture into kaleidoscopic sounds and harmonies. Every track stands out as a unique gem. The album opens suddenly with the rolling, pulsating song ''Breathing.'' A bell rings, a door opens, and an ominous chord is struck on the piano. The strong force of a pop journey is about to begin. Like a storybook, each song unfolds new characters and different walks of life, or death, as is the case in the dubby, slow-groove track ''Madagascar.'' Although there are many divergent styles on the record, the elements that tie the songs together are in the images and lyrical themes; like the image of the collapsing home, or of fear itself. The second song, ''Gravel,'' with its marimbas and chilling, pun

Tracks

1~1~Breathing
1~2~Gravel
1~3~Madagascar
1~4~Sing 99 & 90
1~5~Acorn
1~6~The Roof Caves In
1~7~Loose Wind
1~8~Winking Sign
1~9~Remote Control Cars
1~10~Don't Give Up
1~11~Christmas Island
1~12~Collapsing Homes

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Lake
Release Date: 19 April 2024
Genre: Alternative
Label: K Records
Distributor: Rocket Group