Lotus: How to Dream in Color (Vinyl LP)

Lotus were early innovators in fusing electronic dance music with a jam band model of improvisation and ever-changing setlists. The four-piece group also draws on psychedelic rock, krautrock, post-rock, disco, and funk. Their dance-inducing, high-energy shows have made them festival favorites, as they move between high-flying guitar solos and modular synth workouts, with tightly composed songs and free-ranging group improvisation.2024's How to Dream in Color is Lotus's 11th full-length studio album. While largely an instrumental group, vocals appear on several songs across the record's 12 tracks - both as traditional singing and as manipulated electronic elements; each composition builds it's world and atmosphere. How Do I Come Down is a rocking banger lead-off song with hints of Radiohead and features vocals from Gabe Otto. Watching the Distant Storm layers synths and cut-up vocals to form a groovy, chill, wholly unique experience. In the Shadow of the Mountain is a driving Krautrock instrumental that builds to glorious climax over 8:30 minutes. How Do I Come Down, Splinter, Watching the Distant Storm, On My Block, , Reed, Can You Hear the Sound, Electric Orange, Bamboo Forest, Glass, , In the Shadow of the Mountain, Goodnight Supermoon, Wavvvves