Victoria Park is the third full-length studio album from lo-fi experimental music project Fog Lake. Entirely self-produced by Aaron Powell in both his parents' home and his apartment in St John's, Newfoundland, the album was released June 30, 2015 on cassette format through Orchid Tapes.[1]

Victoria Park
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 30, 2015
RecordedSeptember 2014 – June 2015
GenreSinger-songwriter, lo-fi
Length30:20
LabelOrchid Tapes
ProducerAaron Powell
Fog Lake chronology
Virgo Indigo
(2014)
Victoria Park
(2015)
Dragonchaser
(2017)

Background

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Upon garnering a larger following after 2014's Virgo Indigo and 2013's Farther Reaches and working with cassette-based DIY labels Birdtapes and Orchid Tapes, Powell worked on Victoria Park in both the city of St John's and Glovertown, Newfoundland. Heavily featuring piano-styled folk songs, it mostly abandons the ambient, dream-pop songs that accumulated Virgo Indigo for a more singer-songwriter like approach. The album takes its title from the park located in downtown St. John's in which Powell "spent two years as its neighbor".[2] It spawned one single Bury My Dead Horses and a music video for the song Shanty Town which was produced by California-based filmmaker Tyler T. Williams.[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Renegade" – 2:08
  2. "Andy" – 1:47
  3. "Shanty Town" – 2:29
  4. "Antidote" – 2:17
  5. "Victoria Park" – 3:00
  6. "Running Out Fast" – 1:58
  7. "No Innocents (Bad Moon)" – 2:47
  8. "Autumn 1998" – 2:50
  9. "Disposable Comatose" – 1:22
  10. "Bury My Dead Horses" – 2:55
  11. "Midnight Cross" – 2:43
  12. "Dog Years" – 4:00

Personnel

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Fog Lake
  • Aaron Powell – music, lyrics, recording
  • Kenney Purchase – synth (tracks 3, 6, 11, 12)
Additional personnel
  • Warren Hildebrand – mastering

References

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  1. ^ "Orchid Tapes – Fog Lake • Victoria Park".
  2. ^ "PORTALS: Residency: Fog Lake – Week 2".
  3. ^ "EARMILK: Shanty Town Video Premiere – Bronte Martin". 14 October 2015.