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Album · 2026

Back Together and Barely in Tune

by The Lantern Hounds

Eight songs about home, the long way back to it, and a band that nearly broke and didn't.

Tracks

  1. 1. Grandpa's Bleachers, Our Whole Damn TownOur home-town anthem: Friday night lights and the whole town singing. It's the first song we wrote after we got back together.heartland anthem, gang vocals3:45
  2. 2. Rolling Through the Dark with the Dryer Light OnTwo in the morning with the dryer light on and the clean socks in a week-old bag. It's the van life in one sentence.driving anthem, bar-band rock4:23
  3. 3. Banjo on the Courthouse StepsA cardboard sign that says we play for gas money, which is how we started. The banjo is the one from the first tour.banjo folk rock, busker jangle2:57
  4. 4. Slow Walk Through the Produce AisleA slow walk through the Sunday market under paper lights. Sometimes a love song is just apples and a good morning.romantic folk, dream jangle4:09
  5. 5. Moving Day with the Windows DownWe loaded the van at dawn and left the empty house behind. It's a hopeful song with a lump in the throat.dreamy folk rock, hopeful jangle3:33
  6. 6. Hot Soup at the Top of the PassSnow on the pass, chains on the tires and a pot of soup on the stove. The cosiest cold we ever sang about.cosy folk, playful americana3:23
  7. 7. Home Is Where the Kettle's Already OnThree thousand miles from my mother's stove, and the kettle is already on. It's the quiet heart of the record.warm folk, tender singalong3:29
  8. 8. Back Together and Barely in TuneWe broke up in a parking lot over who stole the van, and got back together barely in tune. It's the only way to end this record.playful anthem, reunion rock2:46

Liner notes

We almost didn't make this one. We argued in a parking lot, took a break, then found ourselves back in the van writing like nothing had happened. So the record is about coming home: to a kettle on the stove, a courthouse step, a hometown bleacher, each other. We wrote the songs between shows on the road as always, and recorded them live in a week. We're barely in tune and wouldn't have it any other way.

The Lantern Hounds