Lanterns On The Lake are a six-piece indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band from Newcastle-upon-tyne, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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History

Lanterns On The Lake formed in 2007. The band is composed of Hazel Wilde, Paul Gregory, Sarah Kemp, Oliver Ketteringham and brothers Adam and Brendan Sykes.

They self-released two EPs and a single before signing to the Bella Union record label in December 2010. Soon after the band provided a track for Bella Union's Christmas 10" EP along with new label mates Peter Broderick

Peter Broderick

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 and Phil Selway

Phil Selway

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The band released their debut album Gracious Tide, Take Me Home on September 19, 2011
. The album was recorded by the band and produced by Paul Gregory.

Their material is released in Europe by Bella Union

Bella Union

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 and by Sleepyhead Records in the USA.

Live Performances

In 2010 the band played a host of UK festivals including End of the Road Festival

End Of The Road Festival

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 and Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury Festival

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. In 2011 they played SXSW, Truck Festival

Truck Festival

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  and Bestival

Bestival

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 and returned to End of the Road Festival

End Of The Road Festival

End of the Road Festival is an annual music festival in England which focuses on alternative music, mostly folk, alt.country and Americana. It is hosted at the Larmer Tree Gardens, on the border of north Dorset and Wiltshire, and usually takes place over the first or second full weekend in...

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In October 2011, Lanterns On The Lake are scheduled to support Yann Tiersen

Yann Tiersen

Yann Tiersen is a musician from France. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks with a distinctive sound that is always involved...

 on his UK tour before carrying out their first headline UK and European tour in support of their debut album in November
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Members

• Hazel Wilde – vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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• Adam Sykes – vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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  , banjo
  Banjo
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  , piano
  Piano
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• Paul Gregory – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Oliver Ketteringham – drums
  Drum kit
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  , piano
  Piano
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  , synth
  Synthesizer
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  , glockenspiel
  Glockenspiel
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• Sarah Kemp – violin
  Violin
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• Brendan Sykes – bass
  Bass guitar
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Albums and EPs

• The Starlight EP (EP, 2008)
• Misfortunes and Minor Victories (EP, 2009)
• Gracious Tide, Take Me Home (LP, September 2011)