Lake (American band)

Lake
Origin	Olympia, Washington, United States
Genres	Indie pop^[1]
Years active	2005–present
Labels	K Records
Associated acts	Eli & Ashley, Swimming, Baby Island, The Palisades, Kickball, Karl Blau, Memory boys, Skrill Meadow

Members	Ashley Eriksson Eli Moore Andrew Dorsett Markly Morrison

Past members	Adam Oelsner Lindsay Schief

Lake (stylized as LAKE)^[2] is an American indie pop band, signed to K Records, based in Olympia, Washington, United States.^[1] Formed in 2005, they are also known for composing the end song to the Cartoon Network show Adventure Time, entitled "Christmas Island" or "The Island Song" was written by Ashley Eriksson. A version of the song was featured on their third album, Let's Build a Roof.^[3] Another Adventure Time episode entitled "Shh!", featured their song "No Wonder I", and another episode, entitled "The Music Hole" featured their song "I Look Up To You."

On August 22, 2015, the band celebrated their 10 year anniversary playing all their albums from start to finish in a 12 hour marathon set at Bayview Hall, Whidbey Island Washington. Their eighth album, Forever or Never, was released on April 7, 2017.^[4]

Musical style

Lake features male and female vocals backed by guitars, keyboards and occasionally horns. AllMusic referred to Lake as being "one of several brainy and sweet indie pop bands... to call the Pacific Northwest their home."^[1] These characteristics were also noted in their reviews by Pitchfork Media. Like many artists on K Records, their style is lo-fi.

Studio albums

Cassette (October 2006)

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Recognize"	3:05
2.	"River"	5:05
3.	"Emotionally"	2:59
4.	"Fantasy/Reality"	2:29
5.	"Higher than Merry"	2:13
6.	"You Are Alone"	2:58
7.	"Lindy"	3:35
8.	"Kite"	3:27

Lake (2007)
Oh, The Places We'll Go (October 2008)

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Oh, the Places"	2:47
2.	"Blue Ocean Blue"	3:32
3.	"Counting"	2:50
4.	"Bad Dream"	4:01
5.	"Minor Trip"	2:09
6.	"Dead Beat"	2:14
7.	"Heaven"	2:39
8.	"On the Swing"	3:07
9.	"Oh, the Places Two"	2:39
10.	"Secret Track"	0:49

Let's Build a Roof (October 2009)^[3]

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Breathing"	3:54
2.	"Gravel"	3:17
3.	"Madagascar"	3:13
4.	"Sing 99 & 90"	3:46
5.	"Acorn"	2:35
6.	"The Roof Caves In"	2:01
7.	"Loose Wind"	2:46
8.	"Winking Sign"	2:39
9.	"Remote Control Cars"	3:41
10.	"Don't Give Up"	4:14
11.	"Christmas Island"	2:30
12.	"Collapsing Homes"	2:08

Giving and Receiving (2011)

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	0:50
2.	"One Small Step"	2:39
3.	"Roger Miller"	4:41
4.	"Within/Without"	2:27
5.	"The Stars"	1:06
6.	"Stumble Around"	1:47
7.	"Giving & Receiving"	4:30
8.	"Mother Nature's Promise"	4:18
9.	"Skeleton Costume"	3:57
10.	"Bird and the Berry"	3:46
11.	"Interlude"	1:16
12.	"Pilgrim's Day"	3:43
13.	"Efforts"	2:52
14.	"Distant Stars"	2:42

Circular Doorway (July 2013)

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Circular Doorway"	3:03
2.	"What You See is What You Get"	3:18
3.	"Don't Hate Yourself"	3:58
4.	"Crying Room"	3:07
5.	"Positive Warning"	3:28
6.	"No Wonder I"	3:07
7.	"Torpedoes"	4:35
8.	"Relief"	3:42
9.	"Yawrood"	2:09
10.	"Alone"	3:40

The World is Real (September 2013)

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Do You Recall?"	6:32
2.	"Bury the House"	2:46
3.	"Combat Culture"	2:54
4.	"Composure"	3:26
5.	"Go Back"	4:17
6.	"Dog in the Desert"	4:50
7.	"Perfect Fit"	3:19
8.	"Takin' My Time"	4:44
9.	"I Wish for You"	3:50
10.	"In the Stubborn Eyes of a Demon"	3:24
11.	"Reconcile"	4:17

Forever or Never (April 7th, 2017)

Track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Turn Around"	4:07
2.	"On the Swing"	3:17
3.	"Work with What You Got"	3:39
4.	"Give Back"	4:21
5.	"Gone Against the Wind"	2:44
6.	"Trouble"	5:08
7.	"Christian Comedians"	5:03
8.	"Over/Under"	3:20
9.	"Push and Pull"	4:11
10.	"Forever or Never"	4:49
11.	"We Can Work It Out"	4:22
12.	"Magazine"	3:30

References

1 2 3 Reges, Margaret. "LAKE - Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
↑ "LAKE - Home". Laketheband.com. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
1 2 Sendra, Tim (2009-10-06). "Let's Build a Roof - LAKE : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
↑ Steffen, Chris. "Album Premiere: LAKE, 'Forever or Never'". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-04-04.

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