Reigning from Olympia, Washington, Lake is making quite a name for themselves in Indie music circles with their third record Oh, The Places We’ll Go. Comprised of both male and female singers, Lake’s new album is full of group harmonies, catchy guitar and piano melodies, horn players and percussionists, wrapped in synth and lathered in hand claps. That, my friend, is the beautiful ingredients to one tasty album, that will put your ear buds in shock and craving for more. 
On “Oh, The Places We’ll Go,†the first song and title track of the album, a catchy drum beat full of high-hat drives the track all the way to the end accompanied with a bass line reminiscent of the Motown era.
Lake starts off the album with indie dream pop sounds and keeps it well rolling into songs like “Bad Dream†and “Blue Ocean Blue†, that make you want to clap along. Later on in the record “Dead Beat†and other tracks like “Heaven†chill out a notch, but still keep that up-beat danceable tempo similar to Jens Lekman’s Swedish indie pop sound.
“On The Swing†goes into slow motion with the sounds of sleigh bells and synth, giving a nice build up to the end up the album. Finishing off this lovely collection of songs, “Oh, The Places Two†is just what it sounds like. It’s as if they cut the second half of their first track off, and put it on the end of their record. Don’t get me wrong, I think it is great. I think Lake is great, and their album makes an accurate prediction of their future. They will be going places after this record, and you should too: places like the record store to pick up their CD.
Lake’s Oh, The Places We’ll Go will be released by K Records on October 21, 2008.
Tracklisting:
01. Oh, The Places We’ll Go
02. Blue Ocean Blue
03. Counting
04. Bad Dream
05. Minor Trip
06. Dead Beat
07. Heaven
08. On The Swing
09. Oh, The Places Two
Written by: Joe Gotschall
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