In his newly released single called ACORNS, Peter Lake attempts to give a voice to the sign of the times. Without forcing a judgment on a range of topics from the stock market to fossil fuels, Lake summarizes the range of topics that seem to define the times, and which he feels should be cataloged for our “collective memory.” Lake suggests that history is often forgotten, but music can be a special tool that helps us remember. Mr. Lake’s decision to release the song, merely weeks after two successive singles, reflects his desire to write about contemporary issues as they are happening, a practice he urges other musicians to follow.
Says Lake: “ACORNS is all about how times change, and how this is neither good nor bad, but just the way of the world. I hear about recession and everything getting expensive. I don’t know if these things are true or lasting. I don’t even really know what recession means! But there is a vibe that things aren’t going well, and we need to get ready for something, and the song tries to get at the new vibe.”
Lake goes on, explaining celebrity culture has made music a means of becoming famous. Lake notes that a hundred years ago, it would be “crazy” to go into music for money. “I think music should return to what it was originally, songs that are stories and songs that are about history, current events and the human condition. And most importantly, songs that could be sung in communities and that stand apart from whoever wrote them.”
ACORNS is now available globally wherever music is streamed.