Lucy Dacus returns to honour one of the best songwriters of generations past: Carole King. As told to The Guardian, Dacus recounts, “When I listened to Tapestry from my mom’s CD collection, I was young enough that it didn’t register as good or bad – it just defined what music sounded like to me, and it’s still a foundation of how I understand songwriting. She’s clever in the good way – queen of internal rhyme...
Lucy Dacus released Home Video via Matador / Remote Control Records last year, solidifying her place as one of music’s best storytellers. After a remarkable showing on year-end lists, she returns with the new single, ‘Kissing Lessons’, and an accompanying video directed by Mara Palena. Complete with hand-drawn hearts and Polaroids, ‘Kissing Lessons’ is another gem mined from Dacus’ childhood in Richmond, Virginia. It was recorded and mixed during the Home Video sessions, and stood out with its sweet and relatable reflection of...
Before there was news of Home Video, an album which captured the complexities of Lucy Dacus’ formative years growing up in Richmond, VA, leading it to be described alternately as “a triumph” (Sunday Times) and “… a record with a rich storytelling impulse that could easily have seen it released as a written memoir in a parallel reality” (i-D), Lucy presented the long-awaited ‘Thumbs’ to the world. Debuted on tour in 2018 while on the road with boygenius, ‘Thumbs’...
Lucy Dacus‘ third album Home Video is out now via Matador / Remote Control. Earlier this week she performed newest single ‘Brando’ on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Watch the performance below. Dacus’ flair for storytelling is vibrant in ‘Brando’, and the Old Hollywood references she weaves throughout come to life in her endearing Kimmel performance. Filmed at the Theatre Gym at the Virginia Repertory Theatre, two dancers/choreographers, Egbert Vongmalaithong and Christina Leoni-Osion, twirl behind Dacus as...
Later this month on June 25th, Lucy Dacus will release her new album, Home Video, via Matador / Remote Control Records. Today, she presents ‘Brando‘, the album’s fourth track in a string of emotive singles – ‘VBS‘, ‘Hot & Heavy‘, and ‘Thumbs‘. Continuing to showcase Dacus’ incredible storytelling and songwriting, ‘Brando‘ weaves together Old Hollywood references with frank observations of a temperamental relationship. “‘Brando’ refers to a very dramatic friend I had in high school whose whole personality was the media...
Lucy Dacus presents ‘VBS’, a new single/video from her forthcoming album, Home Video, out June 25th on Matador Records / Remote Control Records. Like the previously released ‘Hot & Heavy‘ and ‘Thumbs‘, ‘VBS‘ starts the way a memoir might – “In the summer of ‘07 I was sure I’d go to heaven, but I was hedging my bets at VBS” – and presents the compassion, humour and honesty of the best autobiographical writing. ‘VBS’ features Dacus on vocals, Jacob Blizard on a slew of electric...
Lucy Dacus announces her third album, Home Video, out June 25th on Matador, and releases lead single/video, ‘Hot & Heavy’, which she’ll perform tonight on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The follow-up to 2018’s Historian and her 2016 debut No Burden, Home Video was built on Dacus’ interrogation of her coming-of-age years in Richmond, Virginia. Many of the songs start the way a memoir might, and all of them have the compassion, humour, and honesty of the best autobiographical writing. These songs capture...
The last few years have been tremendous for Lucy Dacus. She continues the momentum with a heart-wrenching new single, ‘Thumbs.’ The song debuted live following its creation in fall 2018 and has since become a fan favorite, so much so that it has its own dedicated Twitter account. In spirit of the anticipation and love for the song, prior to its official release, Dacus surprised 100 random fans with a hand-assembled VHS tape with a recording of ‘Thumbs.’ The track...
Julien Baker has shared another single from her forthcoming album Little Oblivions by way of a new single, ‘Favor’. The track follows up Baker’s previously released singles, ‘Hardline’ and ‘Faith Healer’. Fans can pre-order Little Oblivions here and the album will be available on February 26th via Matador. “I used to think about myself, like I was a talented liar,” Baker sings on the track, “turns out that all my...
2019, The year of Lucy Dacus, and the title of her new EP – out now through Matador Records. It arrives following the release of her acclaimed second record, Historian, and the collaborative boygenius EP with Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers. Throughout the year, Lucy Dacus has rolled out a festive mix of original and cover songs tied to various holidays. This is 2019. From the poignant refrain of ‘My Mother...
Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Bruce Springsteen’s Birthday. Lucy Dacus continues on her celebration of national holidays with another cover. ‘In The Air Tonight‘ is released ahead of Hallow’s Eve. In Lucy’s own words, “perhaps the best eerie bop of all time, and certainly the best drum fill. The image in the first verse is so unsettling- watching someone watch someone drown without moving to save them. People have wondered if this is...
In honour of The Boss’s birthday, Lucy Dacus has released a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dancing In The Dark’. This is the fourth instalment of her 2019 holiday song series, following her Valentine’s Day cover of ‘La Vie En Rose,’ and original songs ‘My Mother & I’ and ‘Forever Half Mast,’ celebrating Mother’s Day and Independence Day, respectively. Lucy’s ongoing 2019 singles series will also include tracks tied to Halloween, Christmas, and New Year’s, with a physical EP coming this Spring. Is there...
Lucy Dacus has released her new single ‘Forever Half Mast’ the third instalment of Dacus’ 2019 holiday song series. ‘Forever Half Mast’ follows her Valentine’s Day-inspired cover of ‘La Vie En Rose’, and an original ode to Mother’s Day and Taurus Season, ‘My Mother & I’. Still to come in Lucy’s 2019 singles series are tracks tied to Springsteen’s Birthday, Halloween, Christmas, and New Year’s, with a physical EP of the collection coming in...
Ahead of both Taurus Season and Mother’s Day in May, Lucy Dacus has shared a devastating new song – ‘My Mother & I.’ Listen here. This is the first composition for her ongoing 2019 holiday song series, which will also include singles tied to US Independence Day, Springsteen’s Birthday, Halloween, Christmas and New Year’s. In Lucy’s words: “Being adopted has encouraged me to consider what mothers pass on through blood...
Recorded in here-and-there studio spurts over the last two years, Lucy Dacus will release a series of songs titled 2019, made up of originals and cover songs tied to specific holidays, each of which will drop around their respective date: Valentine’s Day, Taurus season and US Mother’s Day, American Independence Day, Springsteen’s Birthday, Halloween, Christmas, and New Year’s. In honor of Valentine’s Day, Dacus has released a cover of Edith...
Lucy Dacus and her band are thrilled to announce their debut Australian tour. Catch the songwriter and member of indie-supergroup boygenius, tour Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and By The Meadow festival this March. Tour details below! Two years after her 2016 debut, No Burden, she returned with Historian, a remarkably assured 10-track statement of intent, a record full of bracing realisations, tearful declarations and moments of hard-won peace, expressed in lyrics that...
