Arctic Lake released their new EP, How Do You Make It Look So Easy?, via Astralwerks. Across the EP’s seven tracks, the London-based duo – composed of vocalist Emma Foster and multi-instrumentalist/producer Paul Holliman – further solidify their sonic niche of emotive, intimate, expansive yet earwormy alternative pop. Opening with the ethereal “Fireflies” – written as Emma watched her grandmother pass away – the songs explore a vast range of human emotion.
“This EP is made up of songs from very different times in our lives, over the span of many years. The first song ‘Fireflies,’ for example, was written seven years ago so it’s a real journey through our adulthood and everything that comes with it,” explain Arctic Lake’s Emma Foster and Paul Holliman.
In support of How Do You Make It Look So Easy?, Arctic Lake will launch a headline tour of the U.K. tour on November 22 at The Grace in London.
“We wanted How Do You Make It Look So Easy? to be full of highs and lows so although sonically it lives in the same world, it has moments you can dance to and moments you hopefully cry to because that’s what life is like. Some days are hard and some days are magical and then there is everything in-between,” say Foster and Holliman. “It’s interlaced with a lot of personal stories from us but also from our friends and family. Some songs even have many accounts woven in together like ‘Fool,’ which talks about loving someone who is bad for you, or ‘Hold Me,’ which talks directly about both our breakups even though they were very different. A lot of these feelings and situations are universal and our desire has always been to move people, to write music that connects us, so we hope this patchwork EP does that. Or maybe everyone else is really making life look too easy and we want to know what the secret is? Either way, have a listen and let us know if you find out.”
Arctic Lake – UK Tour Dates
NOVEMBER
22 – The Grace – London
23 – Patterns – Brighton
24 – Dareshack – Bristol
29 – Oporto – Leeds
30 – The Poetry Club – Glasgow
DECEMBER
1 – YES – Manchester
