Lanterna is a musical project led by guitarist Henry Frayne, formerly of Lodestone Destiny, The Syndicate, Ack-Ack, Area and The Moon Seven Times. Their tracks are evocative soundscapes, usually instrumental, that focus on Frayne's melodic guitar work awash in

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History

The first material released under the name Lanterna was a collaboration between Frayne, drummer Brendan Gamble and vocalist Lynn Canfield which the band self-released in 1992. Some of these tracks reappeared later that year on the Greek vinyl-only, Elfish label release ''Of Shapes That Haunt Thought's Wilderness''. The recordings were re-released on both

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and

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in 1995 and 1998, respectively. The Rykodisc version led off with the song "Silent Hills." The track later appeared on the first disc of

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's "All Songs Considered" CD series, which collected songs used as interstitial music during

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. Five albums followed on Badman/Jemez Mountain.

Discography

*''Lanterna'' limited edition boxed cassette (self-released, 1992) *''Of Shapes That Haunt Thought's Wilderness'' (Elfish, 1993) *''Lanterna'' (Parasol, 1995) *''Lanterna'' (Rykodisc, 1998) *''Scenic/Lanterna Live'' (split EP with Scenic, Parasol, 1998) *''Elm Street'' (Badman Recording Co., 2001) *''Sands'' (Badman RecordingCo., 2002) *''Highways'' (Badman Recording Co., 2004) *''Desert Ocean'' (Badman Recording Co./Jemez Mountain, 2006) *''Backyards'' (Badman Recording Co./Jemez Mountain, 2015) *''Hidden Drives'' (Badman Recording Co., 2021)

External links

Lanterna's page at Badman Records

Lanterna's website
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