The Daily Spin II

Lord Huron | Vide Noir

Welcome back to the Daily Spin. For the uninitiated, this is the series in which I review an album every day of 2025.

As was the case two years ago, my favorite song from each album can be found at the playlist linked here.

Album: Vide Noir (2018)

Artist: Lord Huron

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Vide Noir is a particularly apt name for this album - an odyssey in the stars in the form of a deep, beautiful echo.

From the off, we’re treated to a more resonant sound than previous Huron records. While his past efforts were somewhere a little closer to pop than not - as much as ‘The Night We Met’ veers into the folksier side of things, it’s a unique standout in a roster of songs that, in my mind, are coterminous with the Lumineers and other contemporaries of that day and age.

Noir, on the other hand, reaches towards the sort of post-rock sounds that call to mind solace - alone, if not always lonely. There’s plenty of that feeling to go around, of course - this is a classic heartbreak album in my books, full of the sort of echoing sentiment that calls to the loner within me yearning, but it takes steps away from that to provide what so many other bands couldn’t: a cohesive introduction of electronic sound.

Too many bands to name have failed that step, especially coming from the folk side of the aisle - and though it definitely angered some to lose those acoustic sounds, it’s the right move - and when it’s good, it pays wonderful dividends. To see a band evolve like this is a rare treat and should be appreciated all the more.

Rating: 8/10

Best Tracks: When The Night Is Over

Worst Tracks: Never Ever