Echo Lake is an
English indie pop
Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with a DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and s ...
band formed in London in 2010. Their debut EP ''Young Silence'' was released through No Pain In Pop in 2011 and their debut album ''Wild Peace'' was released in June 2012 through
Slumberland Records
Slumberland Records is an American independent record label, formed in 1989 in Washington, D.C., and based in Oakland, California. The label has released recordings by Velocity Girl, Honeybunch, Lilys, Stereolab, Evans The Death, St. Christo ...
and No Pain In Pop. Their second album, ''Era'', was released in March 2015.
The band is centred on the songwriting partnership of singer Linda Jarvis and producer-guitarist Thom Hill. Critics have identified dream pop and shoegazing
elements in their sound. Ex-choirgirl
Jarvis' voice and Hill's unique production style have both received acclaim.
The current band line-up consists of Linda Jarvis on vocals and keyboards, Thom Hill on guitar, Will Young on bass guitar and Dayo James on drums. Original drummer Peter Hayes died in June 2012. Kier Finnegan and Steven Green are also founding members of the group.
Reception
The critical reception for ''Wild Peace'' was strong. The album was called "something striking, singular and mercurial" in a 9 out of 10 review at
Drowned In Sound; "a rather extraordinary sonic party full of elegiac beauty" in The Line Of Best Fit's 9 out of 10 review; "dazzling, hypnotic, deliriously seductive and gloriously prodigious" in Clash Magazine's 8 out of 10 review; and "effortless" in a 4 out of 5 review from
The Times
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.
The album was
Rough Trade Shops
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The first Rough Trade shop was opened in 1976 by Geoff Travis in the Ladbroke Grove district of West London. Travis reported ...
' Album of the Week, and listed in
NME
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's Top 75 Records of 2012, at number #8 in The Line Of Best Fit's Records of 2012, and in the top 60 of
Drowned In Sound's Albums Of 2012.
US radio play
''Wild Peace'' reached the US College Radio Charts Top 10, peaking at #7 in the
CMJ
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Top 200.
Discography
Studio albums
*''Wild Peace'' (No Pain In Pop/Slumberland Records, 2012)
*''
Era
An era is a span of time.
Era or ERA may also refer to:
* Era (geology), a subdivision of geologic time
* Calendar era
Education
* Academy of European Law (German: '), an international law school
* ERA School, in Melbourne, Australia
* E ...
'' (No Pain In Pop, 2015)
EPs
*''Young Silence'' (No Pain in Pop, 2011)
Singles
*"Another Day" / "Breathe Deep" (No Pain In Pop, 2011)
*"Alisa" (
Ariel Pink
Ariel Marcus Rosenberg ( ; born June 24, 1978), professionally known as Ariel Pink, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter whose work draws heavily from the popular music of the 1960s–1980s. His lo-fi aesthetic and home-recorded al ...
cover) (web release, 2011)
Remixes
*"
Peaking Lights
Peaking Lights are a husband-and-wife music duo who met in San Francisco in 2006 and moved to Spring Green, Wisconsin in December 2007 where they lived until 2009. The couple then moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where they stayed until their return t ...
" - Marshmallow Yellow (Echo Lake remix) (Web release, 2012)
*"Fairewell" - Born Under A Bad Sign (Echo Lake remix) (Web release, 2011)
*"Saint Saviour" - Red Sun (Echo Lake remix) (Web release, 2011)
Personnel
Current:
Linda Jarvis - vocals, keyboards
Thom Hill - guitar
Will Young - bass guitar
Dayo James - drums
2010 formation to mid-2012:
Linda Jarvis - vocals, keyboards
Thom Hill - guitar
Kier Finnegan - guitar
Steven Green - bass guitar
Peter Hayes - drums
References
External links
Official website
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Indie rock groups from London