The band's debut self-titled album was released on April 3, 2012. The album's first single, "Ho Hey" reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.
The Ho Hey Songfacts reports that Schultz and Fraites were originally based in New York and started collaborating in 2002 after Fraites’ brother, Josh, who was also Schultz’s best friend died of an overdose. The pair began writing and performing to cope with their grief and they later relocated to Denver, where they met the classically trained Pekarek after advertising for a cellist.
Their self-titled debut album The Lumineers was released on April 3, 2012, on Dualtone Records.
Their second album, Cleopatra, was released in 2016.
The band's third album, titled III, was released on September 13, 2019 and debuted at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200.
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Angela
The Lumineers Lyrics
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And the wilderness inside
Let the exits pass, all the tar and glass
'Til the road and sky align
The strangers in this town
They raise you up just to cut you down
Oh, Angela, it's a long time coming
When your Volvo lights lit up green and white
With the cities on the signs
But you held your course to some distant war
In the corners of your mind
From the second time around
The only love I ever found
Oh, Angela, it's a long time coming
Home at last
Were you safe and warm in your coat of arms
With your fingers in a fist?
Did you hear the notes, all those static codes
In the radio abyss?
Strangers in this town
They raise you up just to cut you down
Oh, Angela, it's a long time coming
Oh, Angela, spent your whole life running away
Home at last
Home at last
Vacancy, hotel room, lost in me, lost in you
Angela, on my knees, I belong, I believe
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last
Hmm-mmm-mmm
Hmm-mmm-mmm
Hmm
Hmm
The Lumineers' song "Angela" tells the story of a woman named Angela who leaves her town, driving away with her windows down and a wildness inside. She lets the exits pass by until the road and sky align. The strangers in the town raise her up just to cut her down, and the singer believes that Angela has been running her entire life. She drives a Volvo whose lights light up green and white with the cities on the signs. Despite the cities and warm coat of arms she may come across, she's headed towards war in the corner of her mind.
The second verse begins with the singer wondering if Angela has found any safety and warmth in her coat of arms with her fingers in a fist. He continues his pondering by questioning if she hears the notes and static codes in the radio abyss. It seems as though Angela's wildness and her pursuit of war and new beginnings have brought her to hotel rooms and emptiness.
The chorus repeats that Angela's journey has been a long time coming, as she's been running her whole life. Finally, at the end, the singer claims to be lost in Angela and himself, on his knees but feeling as though he belongs and believes. The song ends with the repeated phrase "Home at last," which could be interpreted as finally finding a home in a person or a place, or as a simple declaration of relief at being at home.
Line by Line Meaning
When you left this town, with your windows down
You departed from this area with your car windows open
And the wilderness inside
You were carrying a sense of unpredictability and adventure within yourself
Let the exits pass, all the tar and glass
Ignore the mundane things like asphalt and broken glasses while driving
'Til the road and sky align
Wait until the trail ahead and the blue sky share the same line of sight
The strangers in this town,
The unfamiliar people in this area
They raise you up just to cut you down
They give you hope only to dash your spirits later
Oh Angela it's a long time coming
Oh Angela, you have been waiting for this for a long time
And your Volvo lights lit up green and white
The light from your green and white colored Volvo shone brightly
With the cities on the signs
The cities were labeled on road signs
But you held your course to some distant war
However, you persisted in following a path to some far-off conflict
In the corners of your mind
Deep in your thoughts
From the second time around
Upon the second encounter
The only love I ever found
It was the first love that I found
Oh Angela it's a long time coming
Oh Angela, you have been waiting for this for a long time
Were you safe and warm in your coat of arms
Were you secure and comfortable in your defensive barrier?
With your fingers in a fist
With the fingers of your hand tightly clenched
Did you hear the notes, all those static codes
Did you understand the notes and scrambled sounds of the static in the radio?
In the radio abyss?
In the deep, empty space of the radio airwaves?
Strangers in this town,
The unfamiliar people in this area
They raise you up just to cut you down
They give you hope only to dash your spirits later
Oh Angela it's a long time coming
Oh Angela, you have been waiting for this for a long time
Oh Angela spent your whole life running
Oh Angela, you have spent your entire life running away and searching for something
Vacancy, hotel room, lost in me, lost in you
Empty, deserted space awaits in a rented hotel room, surrounded by a sense of disconnection
Angela, on my knees, I belong, I believe
Oh, Angela, I am on my knees, I feel like I fit in and I believe your promises
Home at last
Finally arrived in familiar territory
Home at last
Finally arrived in familiar territory
Home at last
Finally arrived in familiar territory
Home at last, hmm
Finally arrived in familiar territory
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Wesley Schultz, Simone Felice, Jeremy Fraites
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