Goodbye, Hotel Arkada: Vinyl LP King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard grief and joy

grief and joy

or the moment in his Prince-like love song ‘You + Me’ when he pulls back the curtain on the magic and menace of the everyday

London supporting the PRSF Women Make Music fund

life-affirming power-pop

dipping its toes into Pi’erre Bourne-esque bass (see lead single “Spectacular”)

Goodbye, Hotel Arkada: Vinyl LP King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard grief and joyThrough evocative, emotionally resonant music, Goodbye, Hotel Arkada, the new LP from American harpist and composer Mary Lattimore, speaks not just for its beloved namesake a hotel in Croatia facing renovation but for a universal loss that is shared. Six sprawling pieces shaped by change; nothing will ever be the same, and here, the artist, evolving in synthesis, celebrates and mourns the tragedy and beauty of the ephemeral, all that is lived and lost