Static Patterns and Souvenirs, by Lorna

Static Patterns and Souvenirs

by Lorna

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theminor2ndfans i love Lorna for being the perfect mix of thoughtful, pastoral, patient and mellow! What a great mix of styles, singing, and a timeless unique presence. My favorite album so far is Static Patterns and Souvenirs and I can't wait to hear them all. Favorite track: Remarkable Things.

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1.	Understanding Heavy Metal Parts I and II 05:32	buy track
2.	Homerun 03:09	buy track
3.	The Last Mosquito Fight Of Summer 07:01	buy track
4.	Remarkable Things 05:35	buy track
5.	Swans 03:44	buy track
6.	The Swimmer 04:50	buy track
7.	Be Forever 04:07	buy track
8.	Snow Song 03:16	buy track
9.	Will You Still Love Me Yesterday? 03:42	buy track
10.	He Dreams Of Spaceships 04:33	buy track
11.	Illuminations 07:22	buy track

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Static Patterns and Souvenirs is the second album of remarkably orchestrated songwriting by the Nottingham, England quartet. Lorna uses Scottish pop, postrock, Americana, and dream pop as signposts, but invigorates each of these genres by injecting a complex, yet seamless array of instrumentation, both traditional (pedal steel, classical guitar, flute, vibraphone, viola, banjo, French horn, flugelhorn, harmonica, mandola) and experimental (theremin, found noises, electronics). This orchestration serves as an innovative anchor to the compelling melodies sung, often in tandum, by Mark Rolfe, Sharon Cohen, and James Allen.

The album is inaugurated with "Understanding Heavy Metal Parts I and II." Part I is a beautifully mild-mannered pop song in the vein of Mazzy Star, with flourishes of banjo, harmonica, and trumpet. The song eventually segues into Part II — a two-minute instrumental coda with an electronic-fused rhythmic underbelly punctuated by vibraphone and trumpet melodies.

"Homerun" is a leisurely-paced piece with the vocals of Cohen, Allen, and Rolfe presiding over a more sparing instrumental mix that brings to mind the music and vocal coupling of Jason and Luisa Gough of Words On Music labelmates Coastal.

Lorna accelerates the pace with "The Last Mosquito Fight of Summer" — propelled by briskly syncopated brushed snare strokes and Allen's "Pictures of You"-esque bass line. The song contains a rousing instrumental chorus, highlighted by a Morricone-tinged theremin melody, and closes with fading trails of electronics, radio noise, and a melancholic assembly of violas.

"Remarkable Things" is inspired by the John McGregor novel about a day in the life of small British town with children left to their own devices and imaginations. Rolfe and Cohen sing over a naked bed of classic country instrumentation of banjo, acoustic guitars, and pedal steel. The orchestration eventually builds to a climax with alternating melodic passages by Matthew Harrison's flute and Dave Machell's flugelhorn.

"Swans" is one of the most gorgeously crafted compositions on the album, with the first two verses bridged first by a harmonica solo and then a surge of flutes, trumpets, and synthesizers. "The Swimmer" is an achingly moving ballad sung by Allen with Marc Ransley's languorous pedal steel paving the way for Rolfe's banjo plucks and bubbling keyboard noises. "Memories betray me / And now I'm lost / No place stays the same," ends the song's memorable refrain about the travails of a long-distance relationship.

The chords progressions and Cohen's beatific voice on "Be Forever" revive the wondrous music of David Lynch's Twin Peaks. "Snow Song" was penned by Coastal producer Aaron Jasinski and is interpreted on this recording by Lorna through the lens of American Analog Set.

"Will You Still Love Me Yesterday?" exposes the gorgeous, raw unaffectedness of Allen's voice — with his verses encasing an extended episode of rumbling timpanis, theremin, and viola. "He Dreams of Spaceships," is the first song written for the band by long-time member Matthew Harrison. On it Cohen sings about the sad, forgotten story of Laika the Soviet space dog against a deceivingly warm backdrop of Scottish pop suggesting Camera Obscura or Sarah Martin of Belle and Sebastian.

The measured postrock composition "Illuminations" closes the album, building from its bare opening verses with passages of flute, trumpet, banjo, and experimental noises, only to conclude with pulsating electronics, a Twin Peaks "Red Room" muted trumpet, and ringing vibraphone melodies.

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released April 26, 2005

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lorna Nottingham, UK

Dreamy orchestral indie-pop from Nottingham via Tel-Aviv and Minneapolis. For fans of Teenage Fanclub, Belle and Sebastian, Yo La Tengo and The Velvet Underground. Music released by Words on Music and Winnetka Records.

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