Title: How to Dream in Color Artist: Lotus Label: Lotus Vibes Music Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 732388470327 Genre: Electronic
Lotus were early innovators in fusing electronic dance music with a jam band model of improvisation and ever-changing setlists. The four-piece group also draws on psychedelic rock, krautrock, post-rock, disco, and funk. Their dance-inducing, high-energy shows have made them festival favorites, as they move between high-flying guitar solos and modular synth workouts, with tightly composed songs and free-ranging group improvisation.2024's How to Dream in Color is Lotus's 11th full-length studio album. While largely an instrumental group, vocals appear on several songs across the record's 12 tracks - both as traditional singing and as manipulated electronic elements; each composition builds it's world and atmosphere. "How Do I Come Down" is a rocking banger lead-off song with hints of Radiohead and features vocals from Gabe Otto. Watching the Distant Storm layers synths and cut-up vocals to form a groovy, chill, wholly unique experience. "In the Shadow of the Mountain" is a driving Krautrock instrumental that builds to glorious climax over 8:30 minutes.
Tracks: 1.1 How Do I Come Down 1.2 Splinter 1.3 Watching the Distant Storm 1.4 On My Block 1.5 Reed 1.6 Can You Hear the Sound 1.7 Electric Orange 1.8 Bamboo Forest 1.9 Glass 1.10 In the Shadow of the Mountain 1.11 Goodnight Supermoon 1.12 Wavvvves
