How Beautiful Life Can Be
Studio album by
The Lathums
Released24 September 2021 (2021-09-24)
GenreIndie rock
Length39:00
LabelIsland
The Lathums chronology
How Beautiful Life Can Be
(2021)		 From Nothing to a Little Bit More
(2023)

How Beautiful Life Can Be is the debut studio album by the English indie rock band the Lathums, released on 24 September 2021 by record label Island Records. The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart on 1 October 2021.[1]

Background

The band's producer, the Coral's James Skelly, helped create the album, which featured some of the band's singles from 2019 and 2021. He also helped produce new songs that would appear on their debut album.

Alex Moore mentioned in an interview on Radio X that during the lockdown, where they were able to socially distance from one another, they started playing the song "Circles of Faith", which they decided would be the opening track for their debut album. It was the first song recorded for How Beautiful Life Can Be.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian[4]
NME[5]

NME gave the album four out of five stars stating, "It's been quite a year for them during the pandemic."[5] The Guardian gave the three out of five stars stating that "Its retro sensibility and guileless tone means How Beautiful Life Can Be is the guitar music equivalent of comfort food: undemanding, slightly stupefying, but immensely cheering all the same".[4] On Metacritic, it received an average score of 72, with four positive reviews and two mixed reviews.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Moore, Concepcion, Cunliffe and Durrans

How Beautiful Life Can Be track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Circles of Faith"3:30
2."I'll Get By"2:31
3."Fight On"2:49
4."How Beautiful Life Can Be"2:47
5."The Great Escape"3:49
6."I Won't Lie"2:51
7."I See Your Ghost"2:33
8."Oh My Love"2:23
9."I'll Never Forget the Time I Spent with You"3:14
10."I Know That Much"3:22
11."Artificial Screens"5:15
12."The Redemption of Sonic Beauty"3:57
Total length:39:01

Notes

  • "Numa Numa Yey" is a cover of the song "Dragostea Din Tei" by the Moldavian pop group, O-Zone. (The track is only available on the extended edition on Apple Music.)

Personnel

The Lathums


Production

Charts

Chart performance for How Beautiful Life Can Be
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[6] 71
Scottish Albums (OCC)[7] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 1

References

  1. ↑ Copsey, Rob (1 October 2021). "The Lathums score Number 1 debut album with How Beautiful Life Can Be". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "The Lathums break down new album How Beautiful Life Can Be | X-Posure | Radio X". Retrieved 15 June 2022 – via YouTube.
  3. 1 2 "How Beautiful Life Can Be by The Lathums". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  4. 1 2 "The Lathums: How Beautiful Life Can Be review – hearty 00s indie revivalism". The Guardian. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  5. 1 2 "The Lathums - 'How Beautiful Life Can Be' review: charming debut from Wigan's finest". NME. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Irish-charts.com – Discography The Lathums". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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