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Lost Horizons Share New Track “I Woke Up With An Open Heart” Feat. The Hempolics

Today Lost Horizons have announced news of their new album In Quiet Moments. The album features a stellar array of musical guests including John GrantC DuncanMarissa NadlerPorridge RadioPenelope IslesKaren Peris (the innocence mission), Tim Smith (Midlake), Ren Harvieu and many more. The 16-track album will be released in two sections. The first half (8 tracks) will be released digitally on December 4th and the second half and full physical release following on February 26, 2021

Lost Horizons have shared a video for first single “I Woke Up With An Open Heart”, directed by Blue Laybourne, which features The Hempolics.

https://youtu.be/tlbQyUO5QX0

In 2017, Simon Raymonde and Richie Thomas had both abstained from making music for 20 years until they united as Lost Horizons and released a stunning debut album, Ojalá – the Spanish word for “hopefully” or “God willing.” 

“These days, we need hope more than ever, for a better world.” Thomas said at the time. “And this album has given me a lot of hope. To reconnect with music…. And the hope for another Lost Horizons record!” 

Thomas’ hopes had a mixed response. On the plus side, the new Lost Horizons album In Quiet Moments is an even stronger successor to Ojalá with another distingui

Lost Horizons’ melancholy-delia also feels buoyed aloft by airy currents, informed in part by Raymonde and Thomas’ former respective bands: the legendary Cocteau Twins and Dif Juz. Their former bands were labelmates on 4AD in the mid-80s, which is how they first met.  

In Quiet Moments has its pockets of loss but – aligned to the concept of ‘hope’ – the album is more about rebirth than death. “I think it’s more joyous than Ojalá,” says Thomas. “But both albums have a great energy about them.”  

Those energy levels undulate across a dazzling array of moods and voices; as broad as the name Lost Horizons sounds. Take the first three tracks: the melting rapture of “Halcyon” featuring Jack Wolter of Bella Union signings Penelope Isles, the simmering urban-soulful “I Woke Up With An Open Heart” featuring Nubiya Brandon of The Hempolics and the quintessentially melancholy-delic “Grey Tower” featuring a returning Tim Smith .  

Also returning from Ojalá are Gemma Dunleavy, Karen Peris (the innocence mission), Cameron Neal (Horse Thief) and Marissa Nadler. The last three are all Bella Union family members; likewise, John Grant (the lush, choral “Cordelia”, etched by David Rothon’s pedal steel and Fiona Brice’s elegant strings) and Ren Harvieu (a sultry “Unravelling In Slow Motion”), and new signing Laura Groves (the jazz-tinged “Blue Soul”), all making their Lost Horizons debuts.  

Dana Margolin of the hugely acclaimed Porridge Radio lends the rampant “One For Regret’’ her trademark bristling energy; at the other end of the spectrum, “Flutter” features Rosie Blair (of former Bella Union signing Ballet School) adding exquisite blue notes to a stark palate of Thomas’ piano and Fiona Brice’s strings. Deploying his A&R acumen, Raymonde called on new Swedish discovery Kavi Kwai for the Cocteaus-evoking “Every Beat That Passed” (“You can’t make music for as long as I have and drop all your influences and habits overnight,” says Raymonde). Also present are Lily Wolter (of Penelope Isles) under her solo pseudonym KookieLou, and C Duncan. A richer and more varied cast list would be very hard to find.  

“I think ‘In Quiet Moments’ is more in the direction of where we’re going,” Thomas concludes. “People have retreated into their lives and, in those quiet moments, reflected on the world, how we fit in and who we trust. Maybe the next album will be about rebellion! But the road is long and winding. We just need to express ourselves in how we feel at the time.”

In Quiet Moments track listing:
Part 1:

1. Halcyon – Lost Horizons feat. Penelope Isles

2. I Woke Up With An Open Heart – Lost Horizons. feat. The Hempolics

3. Grey Tower – Lost Horizons feat. Tim Smith

4. Linger – Lost Horizons feat. Gemma Dunleavy

5. One For Regret – Lost Horizons feat. Porridge Radio

6. Every Beat That Passed – Lost Horizons feat. Kavi Kwai

7. Nobody Knows My Name – Lost Horizons feat. Cameron Neal

8. Cordelia – Lost Horizons feat. John Grant 

Part 2:

9. In Quiet Moments – Lost Horizons feat. Ural Thomas

10. Circle – Lost Horizons feat. C Duncan

11. Unravelling In Slow Motion – Lost Horizons feat. Ren Harvieu

12. Blue Soul – Lost Horizons feat. Laura Groves

13. Flutter – Lost Horizons feat. Rosie Blair

14. Marie – Lost Horizons feat. Marissa Nadler

15. Heart Of A Hummingbird – Lost Horizons feat. KookieLou

16. This Is The Weather – Lost Horizons feat. Karen Peris

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