Lantern Records

At this point, the art and money were essentially both stolen from me. I’ve reached out countless times after Heather again confirmed that she would ship it, only to be ignored. This is going on 3 months since I purchased the art piece and have yet to receive it, let alone be contacted by Heather at all. This is EXTREMELY unprofessional and disheartening, especially when I went out of my way to support a local business and artist. On July 13th, I bought a few vinyl records and a piece of art that was on display for a local art show. Heather, the owner, was present in the store and assisted with the purchase of both. She informed me that the art show didn’t end until July 31st, so if I were to buy the art, she couldn’t ship it until the 1st week of August. I agreed to this and purchased the art. Obviously giving her the address where she could ship the art once the art show/exhibit was over. After not receiving the art within the first 3 weeks of August, I began calling the store, but it only goes to voicemail. I left a message and never received a call back. I sent a text to the store’s number as instructed on August 24th, but that was ignored as well. Finally on August 30th, after calling each day, Heather answers the phone. She searched for the art for a few minutes, then informed me that it was “just sitting on our shelf with no info”. That’s odd. But regardless, she reassures me that she would ship it on the following Monday (September 1st). On September 11th, I reached out to Heather directly via a number she had given me and described as her personal cell phone. I sent the text at 5:27pm and she read it at 5:28pm. However, Heather did not reply. I’ve continued to call the store’s phone number in hopes of speaking with her, but I only spoke with a guy once who told me to reach out to Heather’s personal cell phone to get assistance with the artwork. On September 28th, I again sent Heather a text message, to which she hasn’t responded. **Both text conversations can be seen below**

I reached out to Lantern Records as I'm a newer music producer and artist and wanted to know if they work with artists in the area. Heather made me feel welcome right away, and was able to tell me a lot about the local music scene, and events to check out so that I can start getting more involved in the local music community. You can tell that she loves what she does, and that she help and supports the community, whether you're an artist or producer like me, a collector of records, music lover, and everything inbetween. She was more than happy to carry my CD, and give a very warm welcoming into the music scene, and even had some great recommendations for getting my music out there. I highly recommend checking Lantern Records out!

I picked up a few gems here recently. Great care is taken with the organization which makes for very easy browsing. The worker there was friendly and told us about local music events. They also have cassettes! I will be stopping by again!

A little gem of a record shop, with some really nice finds in vinyl, cassette, and CDs,with the cool vibe of downtown Olympia. Kat was very helpful and friendly. You might just find that hidden treasure of music you can't find elsewhere here, and the prices are very fair. It will be one of my new stops when shopping downtown.

What a wonderful little shop! Obviously, the owners have fantastic taste in inventory, there were about 20 records I wanted within 10 minutes of being at the shop! Cute decor, clean layout, and friendly and helpful staff. Also really like that they are including local members of the community in weekly shows at the store! An exciting new addition to the downtown area and a record collector's paradise!