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SECOND NATURE TRACKLIST
1. Second Nature
2. Next To Normal
3. 24
4. Heartbursts
5. Dance Around It (feat. Brandi Carlile and Sheryl Crow)
6. The Man I’ll Never Find
7. Promises
8. LSD
9. Tears in Reverse
10. White Lies
Acclaimed indie pop band Lucius’ anticipated new album, Second Nature, is out today on Mom + Pop Music (U.S. and Mexico), Dine Alone (Canada), Second Nature Records/Secretly Distribution (RoW). Stream/purchase HERE.
Produced by Dave Cobb and Brandi Carlile, Second Nature is a portrait of singer and songwriters Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe’s shared reflection, chronicling each other’s seismic life shifts—motherhood, divorce, unplanned career pauses—and setting it to music. In celebration of the album, the band performed a special release show yesterday at Los Angeles’ Troubadour—watch the full performance HERE.
Critical acclaim for Second Nature…
“with Second Nature…they’re no longer 20 feet or even a couple of yards from stardom, but reclaiming the spotlight for themselves.”—Variety
“Lucius contains multitudes…shows off the pair’s powerhouse vocals and enviable blend”
—Consequence
—Consequence
“hyper-catchy choruses…a timeless dance groove that does anything but overstay its welcome”—Paste
“Lucius executes these styles with aplomb and brings the perfect amount of diva flair to the
table, the alchemy in their vocal connection as striking as ever.”—Glide
table, the alchemy in their vocal connection as striking as ever.”—Glide
“a harmonic monument to the moment disco met folk”—Nashville Lifestyles
“the kind of big dance track that can turn your day around. It’s absolutely worth a spin
(or five).”—Minneapolis Star Tribune
(or five).”—Minneapolis Star Tribune
“a vibrant discofied pop jam”—XPN The Key
“Mixing modernist pop sensibilities with old-school disco and funk, it’s a big stylistic shift from the band’s wistful indie-folk origins, but retains the sweet center of previous hits”—The Boot
“Second Nature steps firmly into a more mature adult alternative realm befitting the subject matter, without abandoning playfulness or high-contrast dynamics”—All Music
“positively jubilant”—Buzzbands.la
In support of the new music, the band will embark on an extensive North American headline tour later this month followed by a series of European shows in September. Upcoming stops include New York’s Beacon Theatre, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire among many others. In addition to the headline shows, the band will join Carlile on several marquee concerts this summer including Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre, L.A.’s The Greek Theatre and Colorado’s Red Rock Amphitheatre. See below for complete tour details.
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“It is a record that begs you not to sit in the difficult moments, but to dance through them,” Wolfe says. “It touches upon all these stages of grief—and some of that is breakthrough, by the way. Being able to have the full spectrum of the experience that we have had, or that I’ve had in my divorce, or that we had in lockdown, having our careers come to a halt, so to speak. I think you can really hear and feel the spectrum of emotion and hopefully find the joy in the darkness. It does exist. That’s why we made Second Nature and why we wanted it to sound the way it did: our focus was on dancing our way through the darkness.”
Of working on the project Carlile shares, “Lucius has been one of my favorite bands since their first studio album. I kept running into them at festivals and finding myself mystified by their power. This album feels like home to me and anyone growing up surrounded by 80s and 90s pop, but somehow Second Nature is the beginning of a new era—not just for Lucius, but for all of us. We need to get back up on our feet and that’s what this album is insisting we do. This is my first co-production with my dear pal Dave Cobb and I don’t know if I’ve ever been prouder even to witness something let alone get my hands on it. It was an absolute blast.”
Recorded primarily at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A, the 10-song album was written by Laessig and Wolfe and features their longtime band members Peter Lalish, Dan Molad alongside So
Second Nature is Lucius’ third full-length album and first since 2016’s Good Grief. Widely acclaimed since their debut in 2013, The New York Times declares, “Luscious, luminous, lilting lullabies,” while NPR Music asserts, “gorgeous, joyful songs” and Pitchfork praises, “powerful voices and a keen sense of melody.” In addition to their work in the band, Laessig and Wolfe have recorded with Sheryl Crow, Harry Styles, The War on Drugs, Ozzy Osborne and John Legend and toured extensively alongside Roger Waters.
Second Nature is now available for pre-order in a variety of formats including CDs, standard vinyl and deluxe vinyl. Full details can be found at www.ilovelucius.com.
LUCIUS SPRING NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
April 28—North Adams, MA—MASS MoCA
April 29—Boston, MA—Roadrunner
April 30—Portland, ME—State Theatre
May 4—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre*
May 6—Montclair, NJ—The Wellmont Theater*
May 7—Philadelphia, PA—Theatre of Living Arts*
May 9—Washington, DC—9:30 Club*
May 11—Raleigh, NC—Lincoln Theatre*
May 13—Atlanta, GA—Variety Playhouse*
May 14—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium*
May 16—Louisville, KY—Headliners*
May 17—Cleveland, OH—Beachland Ballroom*
May 18—Toronto, ON—The Opera House*
May 20—Chicago, IL—Metro*
May 21—St. Paul, MN—Palace Theatre*
July 23—Newport, RI—Newport Folk Festival
*with support from Celisse
LUCIUS ON TOUR WITH BRANDI CARLILE
June 11—George, WA—Gorge Amphitheatre
June 24—Los Angeles, CA—The Greek Theatre
July 8—Nashville, TN—Ascend Amphitheatre
July 9—Nashville, TN—Ascend Amphitheatre
June 24—Los Angeles, CA—The Greek Theatre
July 8—Nashville, TN—Ascend Amphitheatre
July 9—Nashville, TN—Ascend Amphitheatre
July 15—Austin, TX—Moody Amphitheater
July 16—Dallas, TX—Dos Equis Pavilion
September 9— Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September 9— Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre
LUCIUS FALL EUROPEAN TOUR
September 17—Dublin, Ireland—Button Factory
September 18—Glasgow, U.K.—St. Luke’s
September 20—Leeds, U.K.—Brudenell Social Club
September 23—London, U.K.—Shepherd’s Bush Empire
September 25—Brussels, Belgium—Grand Salon Botanique
September 26—Paris, France—La Maroquinerie
September 28—Berlin, Germany—Badehaus Szimpla
September 29—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso Noord
