Promise Lands

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Promise Lands
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Studio album by
Released31 March 2008
RecordedThe Dairy, Brixton, London, England
Home Studio, England
Genre Rock
Label Goldhawk Recordings/
Cooking Vinyl
Producer Darren Ford, Dan Roe
Lowgold chronology
Keep Music Miserable
(2005)
Promise Lands
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Promise Lands is the fourth album by English band Lowgold, released in 2008 [1] on Goldhawk Recordings.

Contents

The album was recorded at The Dairy, Brixton, London and at Darren Ford's home studio, co-produced by Ford and Dan Roe and mixed by Gareth Parton who has previously worked with The Go! Team. Burning Embers was released as a digital single.

Track listing

All songs written by Darren Lee Ford except "Farmer's Tale" by Dan Symons.

  1. "Clear"
  2. "Burning Embers"
  3. "Just Like Skin"
  4. "Don't Let Love In"
  5. "Flame"
  6. "When The Song Is Over"
  7. "Dead Sea"
  8. "Nothing Stays The Same"
  9. "Farmer's Tale"
  10. "Hope And Reason"
  11. "Silk And Steel"
  12. "Climb The Sea"
  13. "Feathered Word"

(11-13 iTunes only bonus tracks)

UK singles

  1. "Burning Embers" (2008)

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 "Lowgold - Promise Lands | album reviews". musicOMH. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  2. "Lowgold - Promise Lands - Review". soundmag.de. Retrieved 6 March 2012.