LUCIUS WILDEWOMAN
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Sixties girl-group sounds inform lots of indie rock these days. But it rarely sounds as fresh or thrilling as Brooklyn’s Lucius. That’s because Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig can motherfracking sing: Listen to the outsize drama of “Go Home,” which goes beyond just echoing Brill Building bouffant-chic. You hear the Andrews Sisters and the Roches as much as the Shangri-Las, and the production gets freaky in ways that always serve the songs: Check the smeary guitar solo on “Don’t Just Sit There,” and “Monsters,” a parlor-room waltz that cleaves to a kind of sonar bleep. On the Phil Spector-ish finale “How Loud Your Heart Gets,” the women chant that they’re “going going going to get you.” Smart money says they will will will.
Tracks
- Wildewoman
- Monsters
- How Loud Your Heart Gets
- Turn It Around
- Go Home
- Hey, Doreen
- Tempest
- Nothing Ordinary
- Two of Us on the Run
- Until We Get There
- Don't Just Sit There
Reviews
"Herein exists a clever blend of danceable tracks with broader ones which take the audience through a whole gamut of emotions. It took a few listens for the refined perfection of this record to settle with me, as I will always crave the rawness of a live performance sound with Lucius. I want to be able to see the organic beauty of the band’s interaction to one another. That’s the only thing: their studio work is great, but this is a band that needs to be experienced live. And though a recording can’t quite capture all of their magic, this album damn near does. A+"
- The Now Sound
