I could list every track and rhyme off a whole catalogue of touchstones so let me keep this simple: ‘Light Upon The Lake’ is a beautiful thing. Its melodies are beautiful and its honesty of emotion is beautiful. Make it a part of your life.
Light Upon The Lake is a transient pleasure – but a vivid one while it lasts.
For a band trying to embody the mindset of an “old-ass dude living alone” you’ll be surprised at just how warm and inviting Light Upon the Lake is, as well as the size of the smile it leaves on your face.
This is a debut record that focuses less on establishing identity and more on crafting its own picturesque little world. Light Upon the Lake hasn't a care in that world; it innocently rolls around some of the loveliest, sunniest country songs you're likely to hear all year.
Despite being a pleasant album to relax to in a summer afternoon in June, Whitney’s cliched concept and lack of unique sound will make it hard them to stand on their own two feet away from the name complexities.
this record sounds exactly like something my dad would play on a saturday morning in the beginning of spring
The instrumental melodies on this thing are really really great... The key is Julien Ehrlich needs to grow a bit as a vocalist and songwriter. IMO this band has huge potential and I hope they have been hard at work on a sophomore effort. Three years later (to the day) we are still waiting for a follow up, but they have a big tour coming up so I'm hopeful a new album will be announced in the near future.
1 | No Woman 3:57 | 93 |
2 | The Falls 2:20 | 79 |
3 | Golden Days 4:02 | 86 |
4 | Dave’s Song 3:01 | 84 |
5 | Light Upon the Lake 3:09 | 78 |
6 | No Matter Where We Go 2:41 | 81 |
7 | On My Own 2:14 | 82 |
8 | Red Moon 1:42 | 67 |
9 | Polly 3:26 | 75 |
10 | Follow 3:26 | 74 |
#8 | / | Loud and Quiet |
#10 | / | Northern Transmissions |
#10 | / | The Wild Honey Pie |
#12 | / | FLOOD |
#15 | / | Piccadilly Records |
#16 | / | Dork |
#17 | / | Esquire (US) |
#20 | / | Double J |
#21 | / | Red Bull |
#23 | / | Earbuddy |