Lucius have unveiled details of a 10 track acoustic album, NUDES, for release March 2nd, 2018 on Mom + Pop Music. Recorded in collaboration with Electric Lady Studios, the release coincides with a highly anticipated acoustic tour which kicks off with three sold out nights at Los Angeles’ Largo Theater.The intimate NUDES tour then makes its way around the country, including sold out stops in Boulder, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington DC and New York’s Town Hall on March 22nd, before ending at Big Ears Festival. All tour dates below.
While Lucius’ sleek look-a-like soul sisters Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig spent much of 2017 as a dazzling high point of Roger Waters‘ North American arena-conquering Us + Them tour (which resumes next week in Auckland, New Zealand and continues throughout the year in Australia, Europe and Central and South America), 2018 finds Lucius back together for an intimate, acoustic tour and the release of an accompanying 10-track acoustic album, NUDES. A collection of songs chosen specifically to showcase their soulful, powerful voices and gorgeous harmonies, NUDES includes three brand new songs, four compositions from the band’s back catalog, and three covers. The album also features sit-ins from Wilco’s Nels Cline (on “Million Dollar Secret“) and Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters (on “Goodnight Irene“).
Of choosing to record an acoustic album, Jess and Holly say, “Amidst nearly every performance over the past few years, we’ve had the opportunity to strip away everything – be it at the center of the crowd, or on stage around one microphone, or in tiny, unexpected rooms around the world – all to share and create an intimate, heartfelt connection with our audience. It’s these moments that have inspired our newest project, NUDES. Recorded over two days at New York’s legendary Electric Lady Studios, NUDES is a collection of acoustic songs: new, from our back catalog – reimagined, and covers we’ve always wanted to record. It is a record giving homage to what has been…and a hint at what’s to come.”
NUDES tracklist:
1. Woman
2. Right Down the Line (Gerry Rafferty cover)
3. Tempest
4. Something About You
5. Neighbors
6. Eventually (Tame Impala cover)
7. Until We Get There
8. Million Dollar Secret #
9. Feels Like a Curse
10. Goodnight, Irene (traditional) *
# featuring Nels Cline
* featuring Roger Waters
LUCIUS TOUR DATES
FEB 22 – Perth, Australia@ Perth Festival
FEB 24- Brisbane, Australia @ The Brightside
FEB 25- Melbourne, Australia @Howler
FEB 26- Sydney, Australia @ Oxford Art Factory
MAR 3 – Los Angeles, CA @ Largo (SOLD OUT)
MAR 4 – Los Angeles, CA @ Largo (SOLD OUT)
MAR 5 – Los Angeles, CA @ Largo (SOLD OUT)
MAR 7 – Bozeman, MT @ The Rialto
MAR 8 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room (SOLD OUT)
MAR 9 – Fort Collins, CO@ Washington’s
MAR 10 – Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theatre(SOLD OUT)
MAR 12- Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
MAR 13 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall (SOLD OUT)
MAR 15 – Burlington, VT – First Unitarian Church (SOLD OUT)
MAR 16- Portland, ME – The State Theatre
MAR 17 – Providence, RI – Columbus Theatre (SOLD OUT)
MAR 18- Woodstock, NY – Levon Helm Studios (SOLD OUT)
MAR 20 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church (SOLD OUT)
MAR 22 – New York, NY – The Town Hall (SOLD OUT)
MAR 23 – Washington DC – Lincoln Theatre (SOLD OUT)
MAR 24 – Durham, NC – The Carolina Theatre
MAR 25 – Knoxville, TN – The Bijou Theatre (Big Ears Festival)
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