Lucius have joined forces with The Struggle on Medicine frontman Adam Granduciel for his or her new music “Previous Tape.” They’ve additionally shared a visualizer for the observe, which options comic, actor, and musician Fred Armisen.
The music arrives as a standalone single forward of Lucius’ tour opening for The Struggle on Medicine and The Nationwide, which kicks off on the East Coast in early September. Constructed on a fast tempo and a few signature craving guitar from Granduciel, “Previous Tape” is a towering, anthemic providing from Lucius. “And infrequently/ you flip up the dial/ to an previous tape enjoying in my head,” Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig sing in unison, earlier than belting “I’ll tune it out and stay as a substitute.”
“We wrote ‘Previous Tape’ whereas engaged on new music at Danny’s studio in LA; we had been discussing the loops we get caught in, the rabbit holes our minds go down, even getting nerdy on epigenetics — the voices in our heads that may not be our personal, and in the end, quiet that noise and let all of it go,” Lucius stated in a press release.
“We wished to make one thing that was each driving and uplifting and nobody does it higher than The Struggle on Medicine… so after constructing a panorama, we referred to as our pricey pal, Adam, to see if he’d lend his lovely vocals and guitar. He graciously and enthusiastically accepted and it actually introduced the observe to life.” The observe additionally arrives with a music video depicting Fred Armisen dancing in a starkly-lit room, each alone and alongside Wolfe and Laessig. Watch the visualizer under.
Lucius start the “Zen Diagram” tour with The Nationwide and The Struggle on Medicine on September twelfth; the tour runs by early October and features a cease at Louisville, Kentucky’s Bourbon & Past pageant. Get tickets right here.
Lucius’ final album was 2022’s Second Nature. Revisit our interview with the duo, the place they mentioned writing songs at Sheryl Crow’s home, working with country-folk-whisperer Dave Cobb, and the heartfelt tales behind Second Nature.
Lucius 2024 Tour Dates:
08/21 — London, U.Ok. @ Village Underground
08/22 — Dublin, Eire @ Button Manufacturing unit
09/12 — Gilford, NH @ Financial institution of New Hampshire Pavilion*
09/13 — New York, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium*
09/14 — Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Middle*
09/16 — Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Put up Pavilion*
09/17 — Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion at The Mann*
09/19 — Laval, QC @ Place Bell*
09/20 — Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage*
09/21 — Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Middle*
09/22 — Louisville, KY @ Bourbon & Past Pageant
09/24 — Chicago, IL @ United Middle*
09/25 — Sterling Heights, MI @ Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre*
09/26 — Madison, WI @ Breese Stevens Discipline*
09/28 — Denver, CO @ Fiddler’s Inexperienced Amphitheatre*
09/29 — Salt Lake Metropolis, UT @ Granary Reside*
10/01 — Seattle, WA @ Local weather Pledge Area*
10/02 — Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Area*
10/03 — Portland, OR @ Moda Middle*
10/05 — Napa, CA @ The Meritage Resort*
10/06 — Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre*
10/07 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl*
* = w/ The Nationwide and The Struggle on Medicine