Not exactly the stuff of a hit single, but the interlude is completely in service to the song’s story arc. Then, after 2½ minutes, the song suddenly shifts downward into what Schneider describes as a “fever dream.” It creeps and crawls for another minute before gaining full steam again. “It’s time to run/ They’ll string me up for all that I’ve done,” goes the first line. Take “Time to Run.” Released as the first single, it has the hallmarks of an earworm - a brisk melody that gallops like a pack of horses, an infectious chorus, a story line about someone who’s on the lam. It was really important for me to maintain that because I think sometimes a song needs space.” To be honest, there was still some pushback about some of the spaces we have on the record, about taking too long for things to resolve. “When we were looking for a label, we really wanted to find somebody who would let us do our thing. Hopefully you werent as emotionally invested in these characters as much as I was. Also, the lyric video confirms that Buck & Louisa either broke up or she was just a figment of his imagination, so uh, ya. “I definitely like to give songs space,” Schneider says. Ghost on the shore/best song: nothing too significant to the story, it’s just Huron talking about how he misses home/the Great Lakes. Songs deliberately transition from one another, as if each continues the narrative. It’s a sensibility somewhere between Willa Cather and Fleet Foxes. I’ve always had a bit of wanderlust.”Įxperienced as a whole from start to stop, which it truly should be, the album unfolds like a series of way-out-West short stories. ![]() I even kind of half-heartedly ran away from home a couple of times, trying to get my kicks on the adventure trail. “As a kid I would wander off by myself a lot. Growing up where I did in Michigan, and spending a lot of time by the lake and on the lake, I have a real connection with being outside,” Schneider says. Oh, there’s a mountain that no man has mounted Oh, there’s a river that winds on forever He lays out his journey on the opening “Ends of the Earth”: Schneider fixates on landscapes, from deserts and lakes to rivers and inland coasts. The album is told almost exclusively from the perspective of adventure. ![]() I was trying to create those environments and then tell a story with the lyrics.” I tried to do stuff that was evocative of movie soundtracks and spaces and places. I was really focused on storytelling, not just lyrically but also with the sonic choices. ![]() “That theme and aesthetic guided the record. “I approached them like they’re frontier songs telling these stories from the West,” he says. Lord Huron - Time To Run (Official Music Video) Its time to run, theyll string me up for all that Ive done Im going soon, gonna leave tonight, gotta I did it all for you, well I hope you know the lengths Ive gone to Whats a man to say Theyll be looking for me, should be on my way I love this band. The true star of “Lonesome Dreams,” though, is the alternate world Schneider created for the songs. Calypso, Bollywood, and spaghetti Western soundtracks were also touchstones.
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