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RADIO SWAN IS DOWN by Laura (2006)

Melbourne’s rock group Laura was formed in 2001 and has attracted critical success with its second CD of largely instrumental, dense, atmospheric rock.  Included is the slow, moody track Lake Vostok Beachfront.   Andrew Chalmers, guitarist, vocalist and noisemaker with the band told us in 2008 that “I read about Lake Vostok in Scientific American or something.  It’s amazing...isolated for such a long time, but sooner or later, somebody will open it up, or the ice over it will melt...not as spectacular as the ocean rushing through the Straits of Gibraltar and filling up the Mediterranean Sea, but still a pretty big moment.  I think I like the idea of Lake Vostok because the immediate reaction is, “it’s so ancient and isolated”, but on the other hand it seems so precarious - the thought of an underground lake encased in ice makes me instantly think, “it’s perfect, so what will it take to ruin it?  Who destroys it?  Why?  Is it intentional?  Is it a consequence of human action?  Are humans even around?”  At some point, there may well be a Lake Vostok beachfront, and it might be a nice place to have a house.  Or at some point there may be ash on Lake Vostok, and an end might have been put to life on earth.  All very melodramatic, huh?  What am I, twelve years old?”  Alone Again Records Day006cd; www.lauratheband.com; www.myspace.com/lauranoise

 

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