Claude says:Howie Day built his name as a one-man-band road warrior in the early 2000s, looping samplers and effects pedals around his singer-songwriter frame until "Collide" made him platinum. Lanterns arrived a decade later through a crowdfunding campaign, trading arena shine for quieter, grown-up folk-rock with Aimee Mann lending harmonies. You grabbed it the month it dropped in 2015 and lived with "Favorite Song" and "Medicine Ball" hard that spring, came back for another run a year later, then again in 2020 when its gentle pace fit the moment.