Lake - Bucolic Gone (2025) [Hi-Res]

After a five-year hiatus following 2020’s creative explosion Roundelay, LAKE returns with Bucolic Gone, their 10th full-length release—a polished, groovy, and meditative sophisti-pop gem. Featuring contributions from guest vocalists Nicholas Krgovich and Daisy Jaberi, frequent collaborators like Karl Blau, Steve Moore, and Eric Vanderbuilt-Matthews, and a heartfelt ABBA tribute, the album moves from the sorrow of tracks like “Blue Horizon” and “My Dear Brother” (written after Ashley Eriksson’s brother’s passing from COVID-19) to themes of healing in “Wonderful Sunlight” and “Love Is Deeper Now.” The closing highlight of the album features a breezy, surfy reprise of their cult hit “No Wonder I,” famously BMO’s favorite song in the popular international animated series, Adventure Time. Recorded at The Anacortes Unknown Studio by Nicholas Wilbur and produced by band member Eli Moore, Bucolic Gone exemplifies LAKE’s 20-year tradition of ethereal, melodic pop with a newfound contemplative spaciousness, signaling an exciting new chapter with Don Giovanni Records.