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II

by Lauds

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1.
Rust 03:06
You want me to be there But he doesn’ know That what makes you happy Is starting to show You want me to go out But I’m getting higher It’s a pleasure to know you But I’m so tired Don’t out the old the same Into the rust he came Until you forfeit your view of the summer sun away Until you forfeit your view of the summer sun away
2.
Shimmer 03:21
So you’ve gone away Sent it up to fade Back to beyond Here again So it’s on my name You promised me a way Back to before There are some times Awake where you Can’t rewind And we’re back Where we are In the back Back where you Can’t seem to Reform It’s also late And you can’t escape And we’re back Where we are In the back In the dark
3.
CeeDee Lamb 03:02
I starved until I saw myself Like I had never dreamed I saw something I thought I’d never see It put me off It felt so wrong Then a sudden Tugging on the dusty strings There a mad dog, wild And running off his leash He wanders off, It all feels wrong, somehow So out of reach It all feels wrong somehow so far from me It all feels wrong somehow so out of reach
4.
Weekend 02:59
Watch the people cry What are they thinking That they can do with all this time Watch the people try They’re all just guessing What they can do What’s on their mind? Oh my my Hazy summer lines What are we doing The days are careening by The old 9 to 5 Who could invent a Better way to waste a life? Not mine You wanted to be there A sunny day You wanted to be there To see my face

about

Hailing from the beaches of Wilmington, NC, Lauds are five friends (two of whom are brothers) united by a love of the water and chiming guitar hooks. The quintet composed of McKay Glasgow (lead vocals, guitar), J Holt Evans (vocals, lead guitar), younger brother Boyce Evans (keyboards, third guitar), Gavin Campbell (bass), and Ross Page (drums, vocals) play a pulsing take on indie rock with lush intertwining guitar melodies that draw on everything from C86 jangle pop to British titans like Ride and The Cure.

On II, Lauds trade some of the more languid structures of their debut EP (Lauds, Fort Lowell Records) for hard hitting motorik-inspired pop. Now, the bass and drums are given equal footing with the guitars, which while catchy as ever, vacillate between moments of chorused-out bliss and searing noise-rock catharsis. The final product remains distinctly Lauds, with Glasgow’s vocals beckoning the listener to get lost alongside him in the sprawling guitarscapes.

Having become a staple of Wilmington’s thriving guitar-rock scene–playing packed sets at places like the Palm Room, Satellite Bar and Lounge, and, most notably, a sold-out Bourgie Nights slot opening for Athens, GA’s Futurebirds–look for Lauds to continue to make noise in their native the Carolinas and beyond. Next up: a 4/2 release show at Modern Legend, the first in-store show hosted by the record store and scene luminary in over two years. Featuring opening sets by local legends Color Temperature and Louis, this set promises to be the show of the year and a (noisy) celebration of all that live music has to offer in the Port City.

credits

released March 29, 2022

Fort Lowell Records
FLR046

Lauds is Boyce S. Evans, Gavin Campbell, James McKay Glasgow, J Holt Evans III, Ross Page

All tracks recorded at Plugpoint Studios in Wilmington, NC
Produced and Engineered by Holt Evans II and J Holt Evans III
Additional production work by Ross Langdon Page on ‘Shimmer’

Cover Artwork by Ross Langdon Page

J Holt Evans III- guitars, keyboards, vocals
James McKay Glasgow- guitars, lead vocals
Gavin Campbell- bass guitar
Boyce Evans- keyboards, additional guitars
Ross Page- drums

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Fort Lowell Records Wilmington, North Carolina

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[Est. 2009]

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