A special one-off hometown show…

The only hometown show of the year.


An intimate candlelit seated gig in the beautiful old music hall at The Nonsuch Theatre. Lorna will be playing an extended set featuring songs from all 6 of their studio albums and previews of next years ‘Constellations’ album. The show is family friendly, bring your own drinks/bring your own fairy lights. Support comes from Jake Burns with a DJ set by Andy Haynes.

Doors 5pm
Jake Burns 5.30pm
Lorna 6.15pm

Limited capacity, tickets available now

The new single

Nottingham based dreampop band Lorna are set to release Through The Tall Grass on 29 June 2018 through US label Words On Music. The single is the first to be taken from forthcoming sixth LP Constellations, due for release in September on CD and digital (via Words On Music) and on limited coloured vinyl through UK independent label Reckless Yes.

Mixing analogue, electronic instrumentation with subtle orchestration Lorna evoke the classic indiepop of Belle and Sebastian or the fractured beauty of Camera Obscura, six- piece Lorna make a return with the shimmering summery dreampop in lead single Through The Tall Grass. Released ahead of their sixth long player Constellations the band achieved longevity through their brilliant grasp of melody.

Lorna play The Playhouse, Chesterfield on 30 June 2018.

Buy it now

Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/through-the-tall-grass-single/1397968258

Stream

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2Oyi6J4STgpHYKk4kuGdVC?si=_yw6OlyjRpOEl6x1x8AyzA

 

 

A brand new album

https://lornatheband.bandcamp.com/album/a-christmas-carol

A Christmas Carol is a re-imagined musical narrative of Charles Dicken’s classic winter tale, based upon the abridged text that Dicken’s himself used to read from.

Conceived when Nottingham based band Lorna discovered a mutual love of Dicken’s with Steve Oliver, a Nottingham based writer, critic and broadcaster, Steve’s narration, recorded on the hottest day of the year in July 2017 was taken back to Lorna’s own ‘Stars of winnetka’ studio’s where the band produced around 80 minutes of original music between July and December 2017 – a brand new cinematic/dreampop soundtrack to Dicken’s much loved tale.

Talking about the idea behind the album Mark Rolfe (producer) commented, “Steve and I first spoke around this time last year, initially about the different edit’s of The Muppet’s Christmas Carol. We then met up on a rainy night in February and sketched out a plan.
“We recorded the narration on the hottest day of the year and I spent a lot of the summer writing the parts. Writing a soundtrack to my favourite book has been a lifelong ambition, Steve was great to work with and is very connected in the Dickens world.  Musically I wanted the book to be a cross between the Twin Peaks soundtrack which is a huge influence on us and classic christmas movie scores like It’s a Wonderful Life and Scrooge. Parts of it are very dreamy and pretty, parts of it are very dark, for Lorna at least…”

The album is mostly instrumental with rich soundscapes and textures although a fully scored song. ‘Release’ is available as a digital single

https://soundcloud.com/lornauk/release

The audiobook is available to listen to as individual tracks without narration (tracks 1-18) then as the full audiobook with narration in 4 Staves as Dicken’s always intended (tracks 19-22) from:

https://lornatheband.bandcamp.com/album/a-christmas-carol

Steve Oliver is currently giving Dicken’s readings around the country. Lorna are putting the finishing touches to the their 6th studio album on Words on Music due out next year.

New live video

Lorna are proud to present ‘live in Cardiff’, a 25 minute video. Filmed in HD by Heinz Brossolat, Joe Marvelly and Wayne Mills with pro audio from Ed Truckell, ‘live in Cardiff’ shows off the dynamic and sonic side to the band. The video also acts a premier of the new song ‘The Secret Harmony’ (track 2) taken from the currently untitled 6th studio album. Other live tracks include As She Goes By, Understanding Heavy Metal Parts I and II, Like Alastair Sim and Bigger than sound (and greater than us)
 
https://youtu.be/eKLIi2WlNjQ

Wales Goes Pop

We are delighted to confirm our first show of the year,  we will crossing the border to Wales and performing alongside bands such as Honeyblood, The School and Joanna Gruesome at this years Wales Goes Pop Festival. We will be playing on the Sunday,  tickets and information here  https://www.facebook.com/events/1210411139028180/

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Snowfall – New song, free download

Here’s something brand new. ‘Snowfall’ which comes as a free download is composed by Matt Harrison (flautist/guitarist). Recalling Matt’s days of living and studying in Moscow in the early 90’s the pays tribute to classic winter songs such as ‘Fairytale of New York’. Snowfall is rich in strings, brass, wind, echoey guitars, brushed drums and stacked harmonies. It is taken from our forthcoming 15 track Christmas album ‘The Stars of Winnetka’ which is released on December 9th. There’s another new track coming your way on Thursday, and it’s a cover of a Coastal song!snowfall

Our new holiday album

The Stars of Winnetka, Deluxe edition is the brand new holiday CD from Lorna.

front-cover

The 2016 deluxe edition includes 9 songs originally released as a digital album in 2013, and in addition features 6 extra tracks. The CD is made available as a physical release, signed and gift-wrapped.

Limited to just 100 copies, the album will be released on December 5th 2016, but due to the limited number of copies available we have launched a pre-order facility on our bandcamp website.

The Deluxe Edition CD features:
– All 9 original tracks from the 2013 edition
– Like Alastair Sim (2014)
– Like John Candy (2015)
– Snowfall & Snow in Bethlehem (2016)
– The First Person to Arrive (live, 2013)
– Like Alastair Sim remix (by Silverman)

Pre-order now at https://lornatheband.bandcamp.com/album/the-stars-of-winnetka-deluxe-edition

 

New album, new store

finished artwork

Something brand new from us, of sorts.

Somewhere your life the winter is dying: Recordings from 1999-2003. 16 track album available digitally now from www.lornatheband.bandcamp.com which is our brand new line store featuring signed cd’s, limited edition t-shirts and the remaining 10 copies of our 2001 7″ single ‘November Kicks Again’.

This 16 song digital only album is a collection of Lorna’s work from their inception in around 1999 to the release of their debut album in the autumn of 2003. It also features many of the tracks that Lorna had success with on the much missed mp3.com.

Somewhere in your life the winter is dying (the intended title for their debut album, This Time, Each Year) includes studio recordings, home recordings of early songs as well as alternate and demo version of songs that made it onto ‘This time, each year’ and ‘Static Patterns and Souvenirs’.

During this time Lorna were briefly signed to EMI Music Publishing by Jeff Barrett (Heavenly Recordings) and spent time in the studio working other Nottingham musicians such as Chris Olley (Six.by Seven) and Richard Warren (Echoboy). Alongside existing Lorna members of Mark Rolfe, Sharon Cohen-Rolfe, Andy Bullock and Matt Harrison these tracks feature contributions from early members who have gone on to have success in bands of their own.
credits
released August 31, 2016

Written, recorded and produced by: Mark Rolfe, Sharon Cohen-Rolfe, Matt Harrison and Andy Bullock

With thanks to:

Chris Moore (When the sun hits): Guitar
Helen Maddison (Spaceships are cool): Viola
Peter Morley (Model morning/winterhouse): Voice/Drums
Corey Cunningham (Terry Malts): Voice/Guitar
Kate Clarkson (The Melons, The Fat Tulips); Voice
Jorge Martinez (Drums)
Lee Burdus (Drums)
James Allen (Bass/Voice)
Simon Patterson (French Horn)
Hilmar Hauer (Trumpet)

Special thanks to Aaron Jasisnki (you sail on)

Additional producers: Guy Elderfield, Richard Warren, Chris Olley
Artwork: Matt Harrison