Victoria Park (album)
Victoria Park is the third full-length studio album from lo-fi experimental music project Fog Lake. Entirely self-produced by Aaron Powell in both his parents' home and his apartment in St John's, Newfoundland, the album was released June 30, 2015 on cassette format through Orchid Tapes.[1]
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Released | June 30, 2015 | |||
Recorded | September 2014 - June 2015 | |||
Genre | Singer-songwriter, lo-fi | |||
Length | 30:20 | |||
Label | Orchid Tapes | |||
Producer | Aaron Powell | |||
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Background
Upon garnering a larger following after 2014's Virgo Indigo and 2013's Farther Reaches and working with cassette-based DIY labels Birdtapes and Orchid Tapes, Powell worked on Victoria Park in both the city of St John's and Glovertown, Newfoundland. Heavily featuring piano-styled folk songs, it mostly abandons the ambient, dream-pop songs that accumulated Virgo Indigo for a more singer-songwriter like approach. The album takes its title from the park located in downtown St. John's in which Powell "spent two years as its neighbor".[2] It spawned one single Bury My Dead Horses and a music video for the song Shanty Town which was produced by California-based filmmaker Tyler T. Williams.[3]
Track listing
- "Renegade" – 2:08
- "Andy" – 1:47
- "Shanty Town" – 2:29
- "Antidote" – 2:17
- "Victoria Park" – 3:00
- "Running Out Fast" – 1:58
- "No Innocents (Bad Moon)" – 2:47
- "Autumn 1998" – 2:50
- "Disposable Comatose" – 1:22
- "Bury My Dead Horses" – 2:55
- "Midnight Cross" – 2:43
- "Dog Years" – 4:00
Personnel
- Fog Lake
- Aaron Powell – music, lyrics, recording
- Kenney Purchase – synth (tracks 3, 6, 11, 12)
- Additional personnel
- Warren Hildebrand – mastering