Three years later, Schneider and his comrades ( Mark Barry, Miguel Briseño and Tom Renaud) have returned with an ambitious sequel. All of this also helped the listener organically picture the indigenous Wendat people of Schneider’s beloved Lake Huron and their strict social structure.
Wind chimes, tribal-percussion, harmonicas, tablas, Asian strings, foreign chanting and hydro-logical sounds adding to the already lush and psychedelic melodies and breezy, yodel-like harmonies that have become Lord Huron’s idiosyncrasies. Yet there was an extra ingredient of exoticism that traveled even further than the deserts, sand dunes and the woodlands of America, it was the trips to Mexico and Indonesia that Schneider had embarked on previously and his thoughts and experiences in the Navy that gave the album, its expeditions and unpredictable depth. This was one of many old and captivating adventure missions that reflected the Western-flavour of their indie-folk environment, although the inter-connective and universal subject matters of the album was based around mistimed love (“She Lit A Fire”), escapism (“Time To Run”), immortality (“The Man Who Lives Forever”), uncompromising spirit (“The Ghost on the Shore”), in-denial-mourning (“Into The Wind”) and difficult choices (“Ends of The Earth”) seen through celestial, nature-loving and philosophical star-gazing eyes. When an attractive woman suddenly flees away from her heroes after being rescued from an antagonistic tribe, it leaves the protagonist cowboys puzzled and heartbroken with the audio, “ where has that girl gone? She left no trace but I know her face and I will find her“.
Occasionally the actions and scenes were synchronized thoroughly with the lyrics, like in the case of “ She Lit A Fire“. Branded with Lord Huron’s logo, containing credits and “ to be continued…” incentives to make it all artistically authentic.
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The narrative of the album were visualized effectively by a series of western style short films, coated in 1970s graphics and projector film dirt. The destination for Schneider’s tales in debut album Lonesome Dreams were inspired by Lake Huron – one of the five Great Lakes of America – an insightful place that Schneider soaked up as a child, motivated the surrealism in his poetry and a place that he performed amateur campfire music sessions.
The visual and the audio are bound together as a deep exploration into metaphors about mental and physical journeys and soul-searching in vast landscapes. In a comparable scheme to Finland’s Heroin and Your Veins, it’s not a music project with contract-obliging and one-dimensional video promos acting as advertisements, with the sole purpose for aiding cash flow and funding flashy sports cars. Ben Schneider’s fondness for telling stories in a panoramic fashion is what makes Lord Huron a rare treat.
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