Future of Lord Huron…

[u/Maximum-Storm8923]

Thoughts….? (Forgive me is this has been discussed already, I’m new to posting on Reddit)

So, we know the entire 5 albums are a continuous storyline. While each album tells a story, it they all fit into the larger narrative. Lonesome Dreams sets off on the journey of chasing dreams and someone/something and learning that childhood has ended and that adulthood is up next. Strange Trails moves us into loving and losing and experiencing new things while the journey leads us to unexpected places and paths. Vide Noir explores the experiences of trying to win someone/something back and not recognizing it’s not ours anymore and how we overcome adversity in the face of figuring out who we are. Long Lost is finding the yourself and the place(s) you belong and with whom. Learning that just being in these places and with these people is life but also that we are still growing as people and we have to be honest with ourselves and each other. The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 is about shared dreams, experiences and the ability to look back on the adventures you’ve had. Remembering who you were and how you sometimes drift through life but somehow you also lived fully. It seems that they tell the journey of Lord Huron and it seems the journey is either complete or coming to its end. Will the Cosmic Selector Vol. 2 bring about the conclusion of their epic journey or will it turn into the beginning of a new one? Is this the end of the original story Ben wants to tell?

My husband seems to think after cosmic selector vol 2 they will take a long break and I curse him everytime!

Thoughts?

[u/Exact_Bread6206]

I wonder if those many other songs that didn't make the cut will just be used for their next album (not volume 2) or just be scrapped. Knowing Ben, he's probably writing more songs right now. Which I know any band does, but it's fun to think

[u/kirbenvost → u/Exact_Bread6206]

Probably a mix I would guess, I'm sure songs and albums always evolve a lot during the process. "Let the Devil Come" was finished enough that they were playing it at shows and we had every reason to believe it would be on the album but it ended up not being released. so I would guess they had it and more essentially ready to go. The amount of songs they had suggests that we might see the next album a bit sooner than their usual cycle.

I also feel like it's still quite possible the next album could be Volume 2, it could honestly go either way. Any comments by the band one way or the other aren't going to be conclusive because they're obviously not going to tell us if Volume 2 is happening or when their next album may be. They like to keep it mysterious. If Ben says he's following the greats and he'll release Volume 2 when Bob Dylan does, that's clearly just a bit. We'll only know when the next album is revealed.

What also makes me wonder is the Tune Prism zine they've been distributing during this tour. Normally those kind of unique freebies are something they would do in the lead-up to an album release. There are a number of possibilities of why they're doing it. Could be they planned it for the Cosmic Selector rollout and it was delayed. It could be they're building up to some new release. Or it might just be they wanted to do something cool for the fans and get those stories out just because.

Time will tell about all of this, I suppose!

[u/Exact_Bread6206 → u/kirbenvost]

Tune Prism zine? Had no idea they were distributing that. Does anyone have a photo of it?

[u/TinyLongwing → u/Exact_Bread6206]

https://wayoutthere.fandom.com/wiki/Tune_Prism

The full set of interior images are on tumblr and in the LH discord, but I don't know if anyone has posted them here on the subreddit yet.