Arctic Lake (band): Difference between revisions

English indie pop duo

Arctic Lake are an alt pop duo^[1] from London, England composed of vocalist Emma Foster and multi-instrumentalist producer Paul Holliman.^[2] The band was originally a trio with founding member Andrew Richmond.^[3]

Biography[edit]

Emma Foster and Paul Holliman met in 2012 while studying in London and formed Arctic Lake in 2014, together with Andrew Richmond.^[3][4] They released their first original song online in 2014, titled “How Long Can You Stare”.^[5] Their debut single, “Limits”, came out in 2015.^[6] After releasing the single “Heal Me” in 2016, they were invited to perform at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in England that same year.^[3]

Arctic Lake released their debut EP, titled Closer, in 2017 and their follow-up, What You May Find, in 2018.^[7] See Inside, their third EP, came out in February 2020.^[8] During this period, they had their first UK headline tour (in May 2018),^[9] toured with Freya Ridings and Vancouver Sleep Clinic, and collaborated with house producer Lane 8 and neo-classical pianist Peter Sandberg.^[10] In 2021, they teamed up with ZHU on “Yours”, a noirish techno track that hit #16 on Billboard’s Dance chart.^[11] Their next single, “Lonely”, followed on 10 September 2021.

Musical style[edit]

Arctic Lake’s sound has been described as “delectably dreamy alt-pop”,^[12] and Mundane Mag noted their “ability to channel tightly-wound emotions and turn them into breathtaking, electromagnetic anthems”.^[13]

Discography[edit]

EPs

• Closer (2017)
• What You May Find (2018)
• See Inside (2020)
• Side by Side We Lie Awake (2022)

Singles

• “Limits” (2015)
• “Only Me” (2015)
• “For Us” (2015)
• “Heal Me” (2016)
• “Friend” (2016)
• “What You May Find” (2018)
• “Sight of You” (2018)
• “Night Cries” (2018)
• “You Know All of Me” (2018)
• “Night Cries/Further (Mahogany Sessions)” (2018)
• “Blue Monday” (2019)
• “My Favourite Game” (2019)
• “Shed a Tear” (2019)^[14]
• “Unhold Me” – with Peter Sandberg (2020)
• “Read” (2020)
• “Cold Hands” (2020)
• “Yours” – with ZHU (2021)^[15]
• “Lonely” (2021)
• “Breathe” (2022)
• “Love You Like That” (2022)
• “Srs2” (2022)
• “Amazing” (2023)

Featured on

• “Fall” – Over the Water (Poté), 2016)
• “Don’t Let Me Go” – Brightest Lights (Lane 8, 2019)^[16]
• “Cherry-Coloured Funk” – Back to Life (2019)
• “Road” – Brightest Lights (Lane 8, 2020)
• “Plus Minus” – Organ (Dimension, 2021)
• “What Have You Done to Me?” – Reviver (Lane 8, 2021)^[17]

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