{"product_id":"goodbye-hotel-arkada","title":"Goodbye, Hotel Arkada","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough evocative, emotionally resonant music, \u003cem\u003eGoodbye, Hotel Arkada\u003c\/em\u003e, the new LP from American harpist and composer \u003cstrong\u003eMary Lattimore\u003c\/strong\u003e, speaks not just for its beloved namesake — a hotel in Croatia facing renovation — but for a universal loss that is shared.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSix sprawling pieces shaped by change; nothing will ever be the same, and here, the artist, evolving in synthesis, celebrates and mourns the tragedy and beauty of the ephemeral, all that is lived and lost to time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDocumented and edited in uncharacteristically measured sessions over the course of two years, the material remains rooted in improvisation while glistening as the most refined and robust in Lattimore’s decade-long catalog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt finds her communing with friends, contemporaries, and longtime influences, in full stride yet slowing down to nurture songs in new ways. The cast includes \u003cstrong\u003eLol Tolhurst\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Cure\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003eMeg Baird\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eRachel Goswell\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eSlowdive\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cstrong\u003eRoy Montgomery\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSamara Lubelski\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eWalt McClements\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“When I think of these songs, I think about fading flowers in vases, melted candles, getting older, being on tour and having things change while you’re away, not realizing how ephemeral experiences are until they don’t happen anymore, fear for a planet we’re losing because of greed, an ode to art and music that’s really shaped your life that can transport you back in time, longing to maintain sensitivity and to not sink into hollow despondency.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the title and inspiration, Lattimore’s mind returns to the island of Hvar in Croatia, where she first saw those silver ladders at the water’s edge. “There’s a big old hotel there called the Hotel Arkada, and you could tell it had been hosting holiday-goers for decades in a great way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI walked around the lobby and the empty ballrooms and it looked like a well-worn, well-loved place. My friend Stacey who lives there told me to ‘say goodbye to Hotel Arkada, it might not be here when you get back’ and I heard soon after that it was actually going to be renovated in a very crisp, modern way.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLattimore became fixated on the ingredients that make a place special — for Hotel Arkada, the patinaed chandeliers, the patterned bedspreads, the echoes of its intangible charm — and how when those leave this world, as they inevitably always will, it feels important to memorialize them, “to bottle it for a brief second.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50393543803211,"sku":"2049062","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Green LP","offer_id":50393544458571,"sku":"2049064","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Blue LP","offer_id":50393544229195,"sku":"2049063","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50393543704907,"sku":"2049061","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/MARY_LATTIMORE_-_GOODBYE_HOTEL_ARKADA_-_GI424_-_PACKSHOT_4671d4bc_thumbnail.jpg?v=1726420787","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/goodbye-hotel-arkada","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}