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Cascade Lakes is an awakening of sorts. In many respects. Albeit a late one.
It's a coming to terms with. A deep dive into the human condition. At its darkest.
A searing indictment. Harsh and tender, desperate and hopeful.
An accomplished work, compelling and deeply moving.
There is classic storytelling, cryptic imagery and analytical depiction.
Guitars, bass, drums, analog synths, mellotron, a pump organ and a (toy) piano.
Cascade Lakes is also Jan Schewe, Fabio Papais and Tobias Noormann. At the band's core.
Indie rock with a refined pop sensibility.
A nod to a formative time and a bold glimpse into the future.
From the cloud-like bewilderment of first single “Means to an End” and the pressing restlessness of “At the Seams” to the topical storytelling of “For the Record” and the crushing intimacy of album closer “Smoke and Mirrors”, the album is personal as much as it is universal. And a much-needed reminder that something beautiful can come out of something horrific.
Recorded in Cologne at Bear Cave Studio with Jan Niklas Jansen and Björn Sonnenberg-Schrank (Locas In Love) and mixed and mastered in San Francisco and Oakland at tiny telephone with Adam Hirsch (Sam Amidon) and Jacob Winik (Magnetic Fields, John Vanderslice), the album is set for a February 28 release.
Coming off of a run of shows with Wintersleep and a much-lauded performance at last year’s Reeperbahn Festival, the Hamburg-based band also opened for Lightning Dust on a few select dates of their European tour in December.
The album’s artwork comprises of paintings by New England artist and label mate Jarid del Deo of Unbunny.
credits
released February 28, 2020
Produced by Cascade Lakes, Björn Sonnenberg-Schrank and Jan Niklas Jansen
Engineered by Jan Niklas Jansen and Björn Sonnenberg-Schrank
Recorded at Bear Cave Studio, Cologne
Mixed by Adam Hirsch at tiny telephone, San Francisco
Mastered by Jacob Winik at tiny telephone, Oakland
Painting by Jarid del Deo
All songs written by Jan Schewe and Cascade Lakes except
“Lunapark” written by Fabio Papais and Cascade Lakes
Cascade Lakes
Jan Schewe: Vocals, guitar, synths (2, 4, 8), mellotron (2, 8)
Fabio Papais: Guitar, bass, vocals (7), backing vocals (9), synths (1, 6), mellotron (7)
Tobias Noormann: Drums, percussion
Additional musicians
Björn Sonnenberg-Schrank: Guitar (1), lap steel (7), synths (1, 4, 6, 7, 10), piano (1, 2), glockenspiel (1), mellotron (3), pump organ (9), Wurlitzer (10)
Jan Niklas Jansen: Guitar (3)
Beate Wolff: Cello (10)
Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-135 launch commentary and landing comments (6) courtesy of NASA
(c) & (p) 2020 Affairs Of The Heart HUG029 / LC-16017
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