SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: LAKES - THE CONSTANCE LP

Lakes
The Constance LP
Independent

Wedged somewhere between mid-western emo and alternative indie, Watford sextet Lakes is a band anyone who went to Warped Tour or Boston Calling should listen to. Producing their own 10-part music video series and having played in pubs all through Watford, Lakes’ new LP The Constance is a one-of-a-kind album to not miss out on this summer.

Kicking off the LP with the track “Constance”, listeners at first think they’re listening to a happy, boppy Owl City-like indie tune to wash their worries away — that is, until you get a taste of the longing pop punk vocals and realize this song is about getting out of a terrible relationship. Not to mention, the music video for “Constance” has a surprising plot twist at the end, where vocalist Sam Neale’s reaction to close the scene beautifully marries impulse with despair.

“Lucerne” is another standout track on the album, with heart tugging lyrics, reminiscent math guitar riffs and just a taste of twinkling glockenspiel. Lakes then craftily twists Sam Neale’s and Roberto Cappellina’s vocals simultaneously in the track, setting the lyrical scene of two lovers talking into the night.

The Story So Far meets Of Monsters and Men, Lakes perfectly mixes “I hate this town” with twinkling glockenspiel and math-like guitar riffs. Lakes is a band that isn’t afraid to mix things up in their own distinctive way, and with that in mind I can’t wait to see what story the rest of the music videos have to tell.

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Raised on Don McLean and Zeppelin, Molly knew every word to “American Pie” before she could walk. A natural born writer and musician, Molly has worked in and out of the entertainment industry for almost a decade, from singing Italian opera to having managed an award-winning heavy metal radio station, and now working as a publicist for world changing companies around the globe. Molly graduated from Seton Hall University with a B.A. in Public Relations and currently lives in Jersey City with her lifelong sister soldier and her bug defeating cat Clementine.

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