Lucius In No ‘Rush’ On New Album
It sports guest appearances by the War on Drugs' Adam Granduciel and Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith.
After a string of high-profile collaborations with Joni Mitchell, the Killers and Ringo Starr, Lucius will put the spotlight back on their own music with their new, self-titled album, which will be released May 2 as the first in a new deal with Fantasy Records. Lead single “Gold Rush” is out now.
The album was produced by Lucius drummer Dan Molad and, per a statement, finds Lucius “writing and recording without seeking outside influence” for the first time in more than a decade. It sports guest appearances by the War on Drugs’ Adam Granduciel, Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith, Madison Cunningham, Ethan Gruska, Luke Temple, Rob Moose and Evan Smith.
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“Our fourth studio album is the four of us, just as we first started recording together as a band,” they say. “It’s raw and honest and feels like coming home; something that resonates deeply in this moment of our lives. We are home in so many senses of the word; in the last couple of years we’ve started setting roots, finding life partners, building families, growing gardens. We got dogs (you can hear them in the background if you listen close). We wrote songs about life and relationships. We recorded them in our home studios. We saw the beginnings and endings of life cycles while making this record — the beauty and fragility of the human experience. So it’s only fitting that this album is self-titled. It’s our story [of] who we are now and how we got here. Welcome to our living room.”
As for “Gold Rush” in particular, they declare that it’s “that addictive sweetness to love. The roller coaster highs and lows. The sugary ‘can’t get enough of you, can’t live with you’ feeling that keeps you coming back for more.”
Lucius will hit the road from May 6 in St. Louis through July 24 in Portland, Me., with a second leg of dates to follow starting Oct. 17 in Indianapolis. Click here for ticket onsale details.
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