Lanterns On The Lake - There’s A Bird In My Ribcage

Lanterns on the Lake’s There’s a Bird in My Ribcage moves from everyday details to distant suffering and humanity’s place in the universe. Hazel Wilde’s songs resist emotional numbness, asking how to remain attentive when distraction and cynicism offer easier options.

Tracked largely live in a Northumberland church hall, with additional recording in North Shields, the album gives the band’s atmospheric guitar sound a leaner, more immediate form. Direct melodies and economical arrangements carry Wilde’s insistence on staying open to the world.