Tom Lark – Moonlight Hotel (Vinyl)

Psychedelic folk artistTom Lark – the musical project of Shannon Fowler – will release his new album, Moonlight Hotel, on 4 April on vinyl and compact disc and has also announced his first live shows in Aotearoa since May 2024.

Moonlight Hotel is the artists second album and fans have already been given a sneak peak of the record, by way of the single Dumb Luck.

Steeped in the Tom Lark persona’s whimsical yet pragmatic sensibility, Moonlight Hotel is an evolution of what his debut album, Brave Star, introduced: sun-drenched odes to taking things as they come and rolling with the punches.

Fowler was born in tautahi and relocated to Tmaki Makaurau in 2012, after a stint recording in Berlin. He works from his Okie Dokie Studio, situated just off Karangahape Road.

“When I began writing Dumb Luck I was thinking a lot about perseverance but also how funny dumb luck is as a phrase. Despite hard work, sometimes things dont pay off and other times things work out in total naivet, for no other reason than some weird cosmic alignment. That said, I dont really subscribe to the idea of dumb luck. Instead perhaps being lucky is the ability to make the best of the circumstances as they present themselves; maybe luck is no more than finding a silver lining.“

Available on 180g Black Vinyl & 4 Panel Digipak CD.

Tracklist:

1 Dumb Luck 2 Rock & Roll Baby 3 Dive On In 4 Busy Living5 Fuselage 6 Love 7 Ballad Of The Barry Boys 8 Moonlight Hotel 9 Fern Ridge 10 Let Me Get On