So I commemorated a moment that was so special to me, and I asked people to put their arms around each other while we played ‘Gun Song’ because that one’s about my dad. The Lumineers - Leader Of The Landslide (Letra e música para ouvir) - Every night I saw you there / In your old wicker chair / Singing, ooh / You were wrong, I was … After that one, we started ‘Donna.’ I had written some music and Wes had a line about not being sober enough to hold a baby. Still, in reality, the band is a partnership between Fraites and Schultz. (Isaacs, whose résumé includes time with Levon Helm and members of The Band family, has been with The Lumineers since Cleopatra. Some groups might have avoided this altogether, especially in the festival setting. I felt like I was already behind. At the end of the day, maintaining sincerity and honesty is the only thing that matters. Play Leader Of The Landslide Chords using simple video lessons Finally I can see you as the leader of the landslide She left, she left, the writing's on the wall Please believe me, don't answer when she calls The only thing I know is that we're in too deep And maybe when she's dead and gone I'll get some sleep Out there on my own I was feeling so alone Like a … To some degree, there was familiarity with the material via a series of three music videos that had already been released from the “Gloria Sparks” sequence, which would later be followed by seven more to capture the full epic sweep of the narrative. The results were so artful that the complete 44 minute III was accepted at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival. So, I had this shitty computer microphone that was very finicky and I would use the voice recorder on the computer we had at the time. The group has a keen sense of dynamics from song to song, not only in juxtaposing the pace and colors of each tune, but also switching up the instrumentation. The Bonnaroo performance was also notable in that it was the band’s most high-profile appearance since Pekarek’s depatrure. When we wanted to watch The Office on DVD just to chill out, I had to move my drumset away from the TV. Over the past few years, The Lumineers’ live lineup has included anywhere from three to six musicians onstage. Released 2 August 2019 on Dualtone. Complete your purchase of the CD album to save the MP3 version to your Music Library. Despite crossing over into the festival mainstream with an upbeat, sing-along anthem, The Lumineers’ story actually began with a personal tragedy. In October 2018, the group announced that she would be leaving the band to pursue a solo career. So I was never frightened by that; I never thought it was a bad thing.”, Fraites adds, “I don’t really know a song that’s truly affected my life positively that is a happy song. If you come to the show and you leave dissatisfied, at least I had a chance. Song Premiere: Roots of Creation and Mighty Mystic Collaborate on Sublime Cover for ‘The House That Bradley Built’, Watch Widespread Panic’s 1995 ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ Performance of “Can’t Get High”, Robert Randolph, Leftover Salmon, and Keller Williams to Perform FANS Livestreams from Vilar Performing Arts Center, Tibet House Benefit Pivots to Livestream Format feat. Schultz is an affable, impassioned frontman whose sincerity resonates. 808.6k Followers, 190 Following, 2,235 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from The Lumineers (@thelumineers) That version of the band began gigging on an active basis, steadily gained renown, and eventually signed a record deal with Dualtone. During a live performance, Lumineers lead man Wesley Schultz stated that “Leader of the Landslide” was a song for those “battling addiction” or “knew someone who has/had battled addiction.”. Every night I saw you there / In your old wicker chair / Singing, ooh / You were wrong, I was right / Didn't matter in a fight, ooh / Coffee mug filled it up / Always He seems pretty into this.’”, So while Schultz contemplated the idea of attending grad school to pursue a Ph.D. in psychology, he decided to place an immediate, exhaustive focus on music. It reinforces the concept of how addiction is most devastating behind the white picket fence, as family members must put on brave faces for the rest of the world, while enduring their private, personal suffering. “Denver eliminated a lot of distractions,” Fraites comments. But I also know that anyone who wants to play music and is alright at it, can go play music. “At that point, my dad wasn’t sick yet, but he died in 2007 after a three-or-four-year battle with cancer. We were thinking that, if we had a thousand people at a show, and we played it third or fourth, then, half the people could leave if they wanted to and they’d be like, ‘Nice, we saw this song; let’s get out of here.’ But then we were trying to create a fan base out of those 500 that remained.”, If, as Schultz suggests, a good song can serve as an icebreakers, then The Lumineers are particularly adept at taking things to the next level in the live setting. So it was ironic that we each had these very young infants at our homes and we were leaving and going to work on this very dark subject matter.”. Neyla Pekarek, who was classically trained on the cello—and as a bonus could contribute rich, melodic vocals—was the first person to respond. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. But we’re not going to play this live.’ It’s basically me on piano and Wes singing, but for such a quiet song, it gets one of the biggest reactions live.”, Fraites pauses, then looks back on his experience devising and developing the poignant sounds of III: “We never decided, ‘Let’s go dark on this album’ or anything as clear cut as that. I recorded 20 songs and called it Wes. There’s one lyric in ‘Gloria’ that Wes wrote that really struck a chord with me, which is, ‘Gloria, there’s easier ways to die.’ It’s almost unimaginable the lengths that people will go to when they’re addicted to something. “Sometimes there were more band members onstage than in the audience. Schultz returned to their hometown of Ramsey, N.J., after graduating from the University of Richmond, looking for musical collaborators. ), “It harks back to something we used to do when we were starting out,” Fraites recalls. Tuning: E A D G B E. Capo: 1st fret. I literally said to myself before we started playing together: ‘I will not be in a band with a singer. I kept returning to the same subject over and over—my family and an addict in my family.”. As it turned out, plenty of folks were game, and “Ho Hey” became an unexpected pop hit. That’s what I aspired to do at the time. This album was sort of an obsession, and I couldn’t really get past it. Now you can go pretty deep with how you can present the music and tell a story.”. At Bonnaroo, I saw them in one of the tents on Father’s Day, and Michael Franti gave a beautiful intro to a song, where he spoke about the various people in his band and in his crew who had lost their fathers. That’s all I can really do. The songs ends with an interpolation from The Lumineers song Gloria, as an ode to how the two songs and two characters are connected. He suggests, “Years ago, people would make a music video, and for the most part, it was a paid advertisement for what the band looks like. At that time, I remember meeting bands who opened for us and they would say, kind of filled with dread, ‘How’s it going? Even before the death, I saw how it can be a long, drawn out, terrible set of events where people could be getting hurt constantly. It was interesting because I played drums and Justin played drums, and then I tried to play piano, which was really aggravating. It’s also interesting that as we started writing the album together, we had each just had a baby boy. He was like, ‘Hey, man, this stuff is so heavy on me right now and it’s very therapeutic to get it out into poetry—to get it out into lyrics and not ignore it, like everything is fine.’”. “I only liked complicated stuff: Dream State, Planet X, Liquid Tension Experiment—prog’s prog. The pursuit of it and that sacrifice have become a point of pride because there were a lot of lean years where the world was looking at me like I was insane. Watch HERE. Recommendations for Harmonic Mixing. Required fields are marked * Name * Email * Website. “When we were living on the East Coast, Wes was living in Brooklyn, and I was finishing up school and living with my parents. But, while they were acquaintances growing up and were both impacted deeply by Joshua’s death, it was not until 2005 that they first connected as artists. All of this was on display this past summer during the closing day of Manchester, Tenn.’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, when The Lumineers played the penultimate set on the What Stage, just prior to Phish. However, as Fraites discloses, “Part of the pain of writing this album was that, in 2001, Joshua died of a heroin overdose. The tunes are moving without feeling moody or maudlin. Learn to play guitar by chord / tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more. Coffee mug filled it up Always knew what it was Sing, ooh Been on your side for years You could never love without crying, ooh. Leader of the Landslide art by anavi_arts on Instagram. “I hadn’t planned out any of this in advance. He thinks about it frequently. “Then, we began working on a song that eventually became ‘Leader of the Landslide’ and, again, it was talking about that same subject. “I felt the desire to tell that story, but it didn’t feel right to tell it so literally,” he reveals. While Schultz wasn’t familiar with all the artists, the totality of the experience drew him back to the festival in 2003, where Michael Franti & Spearhead left an indelible impression: “I referenced this onstage at Bonnaroo [in 2019], but I saw bands that I had never been exposed to or would not necessarily buy a ticket to and fell in love with their music. The Lumineers - Leader Of The Landslide (Part 5 Of 10) The Lumineers - It Wasn't Easy To Be Happy For You (Part 4 Of 10) The Lumineers - Chapter II: Junior Sparks (trailer) The Lumineers - Life In The City (Part 2 Of 10) The Lumineers - Donna (Part 1 Of 10) The song peaked at No. One that I remember vividly was Angela. Initially, I thought that the last chapter, which is sort of the heaviest, needed to be in one chunk. This article originally appeared as the cover story of the Jan/Feb 2020 issue of Relix. Finally I could see you as the leader of the landslide She left, she left, the writing's on the wall Please believe me, I smell the alcohol The only thing I know is that we're in too deep And maybe when she's dead and gone I'll get some sleep You blamed it all on your kids We were young, we were innocent You told me a lie, fuck you for that “We had written ‘Gloria,’ which was about addiction, alcohol and how all that can affect the family,” Fraites continues. The Lumineers – Leader Of The Landslide (Official Video) August 5, 2019 Tagged: Leader Of The Landslide, The Lumineers, Video Premiere. He explains, “To this day, I believe that if you work hard, you can achieve something. About “Leader of the Landslide” 2 contributors During a live performance, Lumineers lead man Wesley Schultz stated that “Leader of the Landslide” was a … It was all over the map and mostly covers, but I had a few originals on there. So this year at Bonnaroo, we played on Father’s Day, and I told that story and talked about how my dad never saw me do much of anything with music. I saw firsthand what addiction did to a family, how it disrupted a family. Still, as Schultz explains, when he and Fraites began writing songs for their followup to 2016’s Cleopatra, they had no intention of crafting a concept record. This makes sense: While III is a unique entity, the album’s individual songs share essential affinities with the rest of The Lumineers’ catalog. The Lumineers essentially did just that at Bonnaroo to a crowd of 50,000, who appreciated both the intent and the execution. It’s hard to say, ‘I’m going to do my own thing,’ but kudos to her for doing that.”, Rather than a cello, the band opted to add a violin to its live show, bringing in Lauren Jacobson. It was a moment he had long anticipated. We just did what felt right and what felt true, which is what we’ve always done.”. Buy the CD album for $10.99 and get the MP3 version for FREE. I got offstage after playing and felt like that was one of the most gratifying, mind-blowing experiences for me. Schultz and Fraites tapped Kevin Phillips to direct the series, after watching Phillips’ film Super Dark Times. Her association with the group goes all the way to the first record, where she contributed to “Stubborn Love” and “Dead Sea.” Fraites explains, “We had known her for years. Still, while Schultz had a personal connection to the subject matter, he found it freeing to explore the topic at several removes. SHOTS. 1 status on the Alternative Songs and Adult Pop Songs charts. The album is divided into three chapters, exploring three generations of the fictional Sparks clan. All there is to say about love, sadness, happiness and life has been said already. The Lumineers - Leader Of The Landslide (Letras y canción para escuchar) - Every night I saw you there / In your old wicker chair / Singing, ooh / You were wrong, I was right / … That was when I said, ‘Hey, can we go for a walk around the block?’, “While we were doing that, I told him, ‘It’s becoming apparent that there’s a lot of subject matter about this heavy stuff.’ We had a good, long conversation that was really cathartic and constructive. This album, for me, was more of a meditation,” Schultz acknowledges, then changes course. Schultz’s compulsion to explore this topic ultimately led to a record that chronicles the trials of a family caught in the throes of addiction. Leader of the Landslide, a Single by The Lumineers. It was exciting to say, ‘We’re going to play some new music and that’s going to be OK,’ without feeling like people were going to run for the hills. One of them was called ‘Second to None’ and it was a love song to my high school girlfriend. “You just get a sense about a song and what it can do live that you really didn’t know in the studio. The music I go back to over and over is often darker than that. I really admired producers like Timbaland, Rick Rubin and The Neptunes. So we would unplug our instruments, leave the stage, and go to the center of the room, where we would stand on tables or chairs and try to engage people.”. Print. Still, in reality, the band is a partnership between Fraites and Schultz. The songs are stirring and reflective, as they chronicle the insults and the injuries that yield both direct and collateral damage. I had seen Michael Franti & Spearhead open up for Dave Matthews Band, but I had only caught part of that set. We considered moving to the city, but were like, ‘If we live in New York City, we’re each going to have to work two or three jobs, which would leave like two hours a week to work on music.’”, So after considering a number of areas—from Philadelphia to the U.K.’s Brighton Beach—they opted for the Mile-High City. This rant is brought to you by The Lumineers, enjoy. However, Schultz notes, “That was a much bigger priority this time around—to incorporate more of the record than in the past when we might be precious with that. The Lumineers have released the music video for 'Leader Of The Landslide,' a song off their upcoming album III out September 13 on Dualtone … “When Wes and I went around the block and talked about it, I explained that it was bringing up dormant—and what I had thought were extinct—feelings about losing my brother to drug addiction. Is she dead, is she fine Every day, every night.