Canadian band Tucker Lane. Creatively reinvigorated amid the pandemic era lockdown in their home base in Saskatoon, the alt-country rockers emerged from social bubbles, backyard campfire shows, and basement studio sessions with their sophomore release, the very of-the-time, Random Fireworks on a Beach Obscured by Trees. The 13-track album will be released January 15 via all streaming platforms.While a self-acknowledged, indie-rock “baby band,” the principals in Tucker Lane – Leslie Stanwyck (vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer) and Johnny Sinclair (bassist/composer/producer) – are CanRock mainstays, with a musical lineage dating back to their time in Platinum selling band The Pursuit of Happiness, their formative days as the hard-rocking Loud Factory, and then parlaying their distinct power pop across seven Universal Honey albums and a brand, spanking-new EP, UH Extended Play 2020.The band has likened the Random Fireworks on a Beach Obscured by Trees approach to that taken by the Rolling Stones on their hit Some Girls album – that is, stylistically putting their spin on the songs without being overly hung upon style or genre.The haunting ambient sonics on the focus track “Ghost,” serve as a companion to many feeling the loneliness or isolation during these times.
Stanwyck and Sinclair recorded and produced the album in their home studio in Saskatoon, with in-person performances taking place after lockdown restrictions allowed the group to expand their personal bubbles.