


Part of that universe is a haze, a mystery that hangs over everything. Schneider answers the comparison by saying, “I had to fight for that.” He goes on to say, “It supports the narrative of the whole project, just creating this universe it all exists in. The writer of the piece, James Reed, compares the images to watercolor paintings with soft focus and grainy texture. A recent profile of the band by the Boston Globeprovided a telling anecdote of the frustration of searching for a fairly standard image of Lord Huron’s singer and songwriter, Ben Schneider. Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago), although Lord Huron don’t seem to be particularly interested in presenting such a narrative at the moment. Lord Huron have an uncommon talent for creating songs that offer the very essence of what it is to be human – embracing wonder, finding love, fighting death, cherishing honor –while granting them an almost heroic beauty extracted from the mountains, valleys, forests, deserts and lakes that have blessed mankind with their beauty for ages.Ī rich debut as rewarding as Lonesome Dreams doesn’t just spontaneously originate. Its highs come organically – in touch with the truest, most heartfelt emotions of man, and they are delivered with pristine beauty and an emphasis on the glory of nature. Lord Huron’s Lonesome Dreams is quite possibly the most fully realized, full-length debut album 0f 2012.
