Lord Huron

Lord Huron
Lord Huron performing at Loufest 2015 (Ben Schneider pictured)
Background information
Origin Michigan
Genres
Years active 2010–present
Labels
Website www.lordhuron.com
Members Ben Schneider
Mark Barry
Miguel Briseño
Tom Renaud
Past members Brett Farkas
Peter Mowry
Karl Kerfoot

Lord Huron is an American indie band based in Los Angeles. The group's debut album, Lonesome Dreams, was released in 2012 on Iamsound in the US and Play It Again Sam in UK and Ireland in January 2013.[2][3][4][5][6] The band’s name was inspired by Lake Huron, the lake which band founder Ben Schneider grew up visiting, where he would spend evenings playing music around the campfire.[7] The band's third album, Vide Noir, was released on April 20, 2018.[8]

History

Formation (2010–2011)

Founding member Ben Schneider began writing music in his hometown of Okemos, Michigan. Schneider went on to study visual art at the University of Michigan and finished his degree in France, before moving to New York City where he worked for an artist.[7] In 2005, Schneider moved to Los Angeles. In 2010, Schneider formed Lord Huron as a solo project, recording his first few EPs entirely on his own and steadily adding members to help play in live shows, most of whom he had known since childhood.[9]

Lonesome Dreams (2012–2013)

Their first full-length album, Lonesome Dreams, was released on October 9, 2012.[10] It peaked at No. 3 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart, selling 3,000 copies in its first week. The album has sold 87,000 copies in the United States as of April 2015.[11]

With the release of Lonesome Dreams, the band also slowly released a series of music videos, all filmed in a western '70s style, which Schneider says was the focal point and narrative for the album. “We had this fun idea that Lonesome Dreams was kind of this series of old adventure tales. It's sort of a collection of pulp fiction and we wanted the videos to kind of reflect that and have that same feel and style,” Schneider said in an interview. They also decided to release a theatrical version of the videos.[12]

Strange Trails (2014–2017)

The band released their second album, Strange Trails, on April 6, 2015, in the United Kingdom and April 7, 2015, in the United States. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 23, and Folk Albums at No. 1, and No. 10 on the Top Album Sales chart, with 18,000 copies sold.[13] The song "The Night We Met" was RIAA certified gold on June 26, 2017 and certified platinum on February 15, 2018.[14]

Vide Noir (2018–present)

In January 2018 several short videos released on Lord Huron's official Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts with short clips of audio led to speculation of an upcoming album release.[8] The album was officially announced to be the band's third album, Vide Noir, and was released on April 20, 2018.[15]

On January 26, 2018, Lord Huron released their first single from the album, a two-part song called "Ancient Names".[16][17]. On February 16, 2018, Lord Huron released the next single, "Wait By the River".[18] On March 7, 2018 they made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform "Wait By The River".[19]

Lord Huron performed an extended preview of Vide Noir on March 8, 2018, at Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles, CA. They debuted five songs off the new album: "Ancient Names (Part I)", "Ancient Names (Part II)", "Wait by the River", "Never Ever", and "Vide Noir".[20] On March 27, 2018, they performed another preview set at Le Poisson Rouge in New York. They played the same five new songs as at Teragram Ballroom plus two more songs from the yet-to-be-released album, "When the Night Is Over" and "Back From the Edge".[21]

On the day of the album release, April 20, 2018, Lord Huron played an official release show in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Schneider's home state.[22]

On July 11, 2018, Lord Huron recorded two Spotify Singles 'When the Night is Over' and Neil Young's 'Harvest Moon' at Spotify Studios.

On August 11, 2018, Lord Huron performed a medley of the songs Never Ever, When the Night is Over, and Moonbeam from the album Vide Noir on the CBS This Morning: Saturday Sessions.[23]

Band members

Current

  • Ben Schneider – guitar, vocals, harmonica
  • Mark Barry – drums, percussion, vocals
  • Miguel Briseño – bass, keys, percussion, theremin
  • Tom Renaud – guitar, vocals

Touring

  • Brandon Walters – guitar, vocals[24]
  • Misty Boyce – keys, vocals

Former

  • Peter Mowry – guitar
  • Brett Farkas – guitar, vocals
  • Karl Kerfoot – guitar, vocals
  • Anne Williamson – keys, vocals[25][26]

Their song "Ends of the Earth" has appeared numerous times onscreen. It plays during the end credits of Season 3 Episode 12 of the Showtime television series Shameless and Season 2 Episode 6 of the FXX television series Man Seeking Woman. "Ends of the Earth" also appears in the films Endless Love and Walking With Dinosaurs (2014), as well as at the series finale of the TV show Community. It is also used in the series finale of the Netflix series Longmire, in the Netflix Documentary Unbranded, and in a TV commercial for jewelry company Zales. This song is also played during the end credits of the 2015 film, Road Hard.

Their song "The Night We Met" is used Season 4 Episode 5 of The Affair on Showtime. In Season 2 Episode 22 of The CW's "The Originals" and Season 1 Episode 18 of The CW's The Flash. "The Night We Met" also appears in Season 1 Episode 5 of the Netflix television series 13 Reasons Why in a dance scene with protagonists Clay Jensen and Hannah Baker, and again in Season 2 Episode 13.[27] The song subsequently entered international music charts, after the release of the show, in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Sweden and the UK in April 2017.

In the 2015 movie Freeheld, the band's track "Louisa" is used in the country western dance scene where Julianne Moore and Ellen Page's characters are dancing together.

The band's track "Fool for Love" is used in the end credits of Season 5 Episode 1 of HBO's Girls, in Season 7 Episode 1 of Once Upon A Time and in the end credits of Season 3 Episode 2 of Lovesick.[28]

The songs "She Lit a Fire", "Ends of the Earth", "Brother", "The Ghost on the Shore", and the previously-unreleased track "The Birds are Singing at Night" are all used in the film A Walk in the Woods.[29]

Their song "The Yawning Grave" appears in Season 7 Episode 11 of The CW television series The Vampire Diaries.

The song "Lonesome Dreams" is used in the 7th episode of the first season of HBO's Togetherness.[30]

Discography

Albums

Title Album details Chart positions Sales Track lists
US
[31]		 US Heat
[31]		 US Folk
[31]		 US Rock
[31]		 BEL
[32]		 IRL
[33]		 UK
[34]
Lonesome Dreams
  • Released: October 9, 2012
  • Label: Iamsound
  • Format: Digital download, CD, vinyl
 179 3 — — 64 97 —

US: 87,000[11]
Strange Trails
  • Released: April 7, 2015
  • Label: Iamsound
  • Format: Digital download, CD, vinyl
 23 — 1 2 108 70 95
Vide Noir
  • Release date: April 20, 2018
  • Label: Republic
  • Format:
 9 — 1 2 134 — —

US: 28,000[35]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

  • Into the Sun EP (self-released, 2010)
  • Mighty EP (Linian Music, 2010)
  • Time to Run EP (Iamsound, 2012)

Singles

Song Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[36]		 US
AAA
[37]		 US
Rock
[38]		 US
Alt.
[38]		 AUS
[39]		 BEL
[32]		 CAN
[40]		 FRA
[41]		 IRL
[33]		 SWI
[42]		 UK
[34]
"The World Ender" 2015 —28————————— Strange Trails
"Fool for Love" —340——131—————
"The Night We Met" 2017 847523784458115287477
"Ancient Names (Part I)" 2018 ——45———————— Vide Noir
"Wait by the River" —1447————————
"Never Ever" —26—————————
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

References

  1. ↑ Thomas, Fred. "Lord Huron – Overview". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 6, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Lonesome Dreams - Lord Huron - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ "Lord Huron: Lonesome Dreams Album Review - Pitchfork". pitchfork.com.
  4. ↑ Review, Austin Chronicle
  5. ↑ Review, No Depression
  6. ↑ Review, Rolling Stone
  7. 1 2 Jennings, Zeke. "A Q&A with Okemos native Ben Schneider, whose band Lord Huron is on the rise". M LIVE.
  8. 1 2 "Lord Huron on Twitter". @LordHuron. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  9. ↑ Lord Huron's folk forges a pioneer's path. Boston Globe, October 6, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Lord Huron: Lonesome Dreams". AllMusic.
  11. 1 2 "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015.
  12. ↑ "CULTURE: A Conversation with Lord Huron (Ben Schneider)".
  13. ↑ Trust, Gary (August 16, 2015). "Taylor Swift Tops Billboard Artist 100, Wiz Khalifa Blasts to No. 3". Billboard.
  14. ↑ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  15. ↑ Simpson, Dave (April 20, 2018). "Lord Huron: Vide Noir review – pop goes the astral plane". The Guardian. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  16. ↑ "We've Got Two New Lord Huron Songs — And A Secret".
  17. ↑ "Lord Huron Announce New Album Vide Noir With Two-Part "Ancient Names"". January 26, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Lord Huron – "Wait by the River"". February 16, 2018.
  19. ↑ LordHuronVEVO (March 9, 2018). "Lord Huron - Wait by the River" – via YouTube.
  20. ↑ "Los Angeles Gets A First Taste Of Taste Lord Huron's Vide Noire At Teragram Ballroom – Blurred Culture".
  21. ↑ "Lord Huron Setlist at Le Poisson Rouge, New York". setlist.fm.
  22. ↑ "Lord Huron 'Vide Noir': Stream". April 20, 2018.
  23. ↑ "Lord Huron Deliver Sultry Medley Of Songs From 'Vide Noir' On 'CBS This Morning': Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  24. ↑ "Lord Huron".
  25. ↑ "INTO THE PURE BLACK VOID: LORD HURON PREVIEWS NEW SONGS AT LPR - Pancakes And Whiskey". March 30, 2018.
  26. ↑ Crespo, Charley (March 27, 2018). "Everynight Charley's Manhattan Beat: Lord Huron at le Poisson Rouge".
  27. ↑ "Soundtrack for Neflix's '13 Reasons Why' to Be Released - Film Music Reporter". filmmusicreporter.com. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  28. ↑ "Music from Once Upon A Time S7E01". Tunefind.
  29. ↑ "A Walk in the Woods (2015)" – via www.imdb.com.
  30. ↑ "Music from Togetherness S1E07". Tunefind.
  31. 1 2 3 4 "Lord Huron Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  32. 1 2 "Discografie Lord Huron". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  33. 1 2 "Lord Huron Irish Charting". irish-charts.com. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  34. 1 2 "Lord Huron" (select "Albums" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
  35. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (April 29, 2018). "J. Cole Claims Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart & Biggest Week of 2018 With 'KOD'". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  36. ↑ "Lord Huron - Chart history - Billboard". www.billboard.com.
  37. ↑ "Lord Huron- Adult Alternative Singles". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  38. 1 2 "Lord Huron - Chart history - Billboard". www.billboard.com.
  39. ↑ "The ARIA Report" (PDF). ARIA. May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  40. ↑ "Lord Huron - Chart history - Billboard". www.billboard.com.
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  42. ↑ "Lord Huron Schweizer Hitparade". Hit Parade. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
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