Kontiki Suite – On Sunset Lake
LIMITED YELLOW VINYL LP
Following the 2009 release of their debut EP 'Stars', and national airplay on Steve Lamacq's BBC Radio 2 show and Tom Robinson's BBC Radio 6 Music show, the band released their debut LP 'On Sunset Lake' as 2012 became 2013, to widespread critic acclaim.
"The distance from Kontiki Suite’s Cumbria to their Californian dream is over five thousand miles yet throughout their debut album they effortlessly glide back and forth between autumn leaves of their home and a sun kissed Laurel Canyon. It’s a gentle romanticism that radiates from an album of extraordinary beauty. For ease of comparison imagine the space between Younger Than Yesterday and The Notorious Byrd Brothers and fill it with an album the Byrds might’ve made with Moby Grape. ..."
(Mark Raison - monkey-picks.blogspot.com )
"The sound of such American explorers as The Byrds, Big Star and Beachwood Sparks adapts beautifully ..."
(The Daily Mail 4/5)
Tracklist
| A1 | Down By The Lake | 3:13 |
| A2 | See You In The Morning (Elwood's Theme) | 3:27 |
| A3 | Hollywood | 4:06 |
| A4 | In My Head | 3:47 |
| A5 | Part Of You | 3:05 |
| A6 | Open Up & Smile | 1:42 |
| A7 | She Gets High | 3:23 |
| B1 | Watching Over Me | 2:58 |
| B2 | Autumn Fields | 4:14 |
| B3 | Music Man | 4:00 |
| B4 | Magic Carpet Ride | 8:26 |