Gilded Age by Lotus
When Mark Twain coined the term "The Gilded Age" he was describing the Reconstruction Era's thin veneer that masked substantial social struggle. Nostalgia is like the gilded age of memory. It's easy for the mind to increase the former glory, the perfect sheen, the once timelessness of present-day ruins.
On this album we wanted to occupy that powerful place of the human mind, the mental eye that can see erosion and cracks and envision a palace. We focused primarily on simple organic instruments: drum, bass, guitar, piano, percussion, played live in a room. The overall mood is one of reflective happiness, the joy of the impermanent, nostalgia of halcyon days.
Remixes from four superb down-tempo electronic producers take the nostalgia into deeper realms. The place where the brain starts reflecting on reflections and mixing together dreams and realities. Welcome to the Gilded Age.
Tracklist
| 1. | Let Me In | 4:17 |
| 2. | Gilded Age | 5:33 |
| 3. | I Want It All (To Give It Away) | 5:02 |
| 4. | The Oaks | 5:17 |
| 5. | Out of Focus | 3:52 |
| 6. | Sunset of the Giant Dipper | 5:50 |
| 7. | Out of Focus (Kilowatts - Bifocal Remix) | 5:10 |
| 8. | The Oaks (D.V.S* Remix) | 4:11 |
| 9. | I Want it All (To Give it Away) - (Marley Carroll Remix) | 4:44 |
| 10. | Let Me In (Skytree Remix) | 4:47 |
Credits
Mike Greenfield – drums
Luke Miller – guitar, piano, organ
Jesse Miller – bass
Chuck Morris – percussion
Mike Rempel - guitar
All tracks recorded and mixed by Jonathon Low at Miner Street Studio (Philadelphia) except The Oaks recorded at Firebrand Studio (St. Louis) by Brian Scheffer. Mastered by Alan Douches West West Side Music.
Photographs by Isaac Turner. Layout by Carl Bender
License
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Lotus is a band drawing on psychedelic rock and electronic dance influences.