LUCIUS Announces Fall and Winter NY Shows

After a sensational fall Rockwood Music Hall Residency, including a CMJ show that the New York Times recommended as the answer to the question "Who will be this years' Feist?", Brooklyn-based duo Lucius announce two additonal fall/winter shows sharing melodic homespun gems from debut LP Songs From the Bromley House.

NY Times CMJ Four Word Reviews
"Lucius: Luscious, luminous, lilting lullabies."

Under the Radar premiered the dreamy video for "Shenandoah."
Happy Endings calls the song
"beautiful & nostalgic. I predict it will be the final song in a movie where two lonely souls finally find each other, only to learn that one of them is dying" - download the MP3!

More raves and show dates below!

Lucius Fall/Winter Dates
Nov 9 - Brooklyn Bowl - BK, NY
Music Video Film Fest
Dec 7 - Rockwood - NY, NY
with Harper Blynn, Taurus & Madison Square Gardeners

NYLON Magazine made Lucius a Pick of the Week and raves
"still unsigned, this Brooklyn duo craft dreamy gems made even more wistful by the ladies' heartbreaking harmonies."

Early press love for Lucius
Lucius' easy-going, rootsy sound - which focuses just as much on "seems-like-they've-always-been-there melodies" as it does on meaningful lyrics and arrangements - helped them realize the album and garner attention in New York's saturated music scene.
Performer Magazine

The songwriting talent exhibited here is undeniable, with its mix of clever lyrics and addictive melodies reminiscent of the best of Ingrid Michaelson and Brandi Carlile. But to compare this group to these other more established acts is worthless, because these girls offer something so much more, thanks in large part to lead singers Holly and Jess' amazing harmonizing capabilities. With the two of them taking on verses, coming together for choruses and knocking it out of the park every time, you can actually feel the creation of music coming from onstage, at once so personal and universal. Yes, I will write about them again and again, and I bet the rest of the world will soon follow.
Popten

The Story of Lucius
They found it on Craigslist. In the summer of 2008, they moved into the Bromley House in Brooklyn, NY with six other musician friends. It was heaven to them, as the house had been a music school and recording studio for over 60 years. They were the first tenants to live there since the schools closing and have since learned of it's rich history and the Bromley's contribution to the musical community through local stories and memorabilia in the house.

Lucius' highly anticipated debut album Songs From the Bromley House showcases a cast of exceptional musicians, fronted by singers and songwriters Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig. The two songstresses have been writing music together since 2005 while students in Boston. It was with the accompaniment of the Bromley's original 1921 Steinway piano that most of the album was penned, though such memorable originals as "Rocky Mountains," and "8 Birds," were fumbling around the attics of their minds before their move to the former music school.

Those songs are but pieces of a whole - a biographical ode to the house, and to the experiences they've shared there. And the album's backcountry Virginia recording sessions underscore a down home Americana tone evident from word one.

The sounds of Songs from The Bromley House are compositions both organic and ethereal featuring homespun, mountainous, seems-like-they've-always-been melodies in songs like "Shenandoah" and "Step Up," while "For Loves Lost" and "What Does That Say" taps into a solemn, forlorn wistfulness reminiscent of acts like Feist and the Be Good Tanyas. The distinction though, is in the vocals. The Brooklyn duo's soulful harmonies of rich, playful hooks and ballad-like power meld together with a refined precision that often sounds more like one voice than two.

Theirs is a delicate recipe of gritty (see percussion on "Step Up") and polished textures, elicited by producer Doug Wamble (noted for his work with Norah Jones, Charlie Hunter), who also plays guitar on the album and is now a full-time member of the band. Alongside a host of notables also lending their expertise - engineer Ariel Borujow (Jay-Z, Kanye West), and mastering engineer Greg Calbi (John Lennon, Bob Dylan, John Mayer) - Songs from the Bromley House is a lyrical message straight from Lucius' collective heart with an arresting call that echoes from beneath the floorboards.

http://www.myspace.com/luciustunes

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