Lonesome Dreams

LA在住のシンガーソングライター、ベン・シュナイダーによるプロジェクト、ロード・ヒューロンが待望のデビュー・アルバムをリリース！2010年にリリースしたEP『マイティー』がピッチフォークで8.0点を獲得する等絶賛されインディー・リスナーから注目を浴びた。待望のデビュー作はフォークを主体とした極上のソング・ライティングと美しいハーモニー、パーカッションや艶のあるギター・サウンドが哀愁あふれる世界観の中に爽やかな風を吹かせる良作！

Following two low-profile EPs, Lonesome Dreams is the debut from Michigan-born/Los Angeles-based sound sculptor Ben Schneider and his band Lord Huron. The wide-open pastoral feel of the album seems designed to calm the ongoing argument happening with Schneider's songwriting sensibilities, which seem conflicted between jubilant indie pop wanderlust and stoic traditionally structured Americana. The album opens with "Ends of the Earth," a jaunty and triumphant song filled with imagery of rivers, mountains, and arid desertscapes. As well constructed as the song is, it follows pretty closely the open-ended indie folk style of Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket, and the like. However, as soon as the song fades out, "Time to Run" begins with watery field recordings of bells and washy synth tones before bursting into a jubilant slice of acoustic pop owing equal parts to Animal Collective's happy-go-lucky freaked sounds and Paul Simon's Afro-pop-borrowing optimism. The song is beyond catchy and beyond happy, bounding along ecstatically between huge choruses, friendly verses, and experimental found sound breakdowns. ~ Fred Thomas|