[ATTENDED: March 27, 2026] Lucius
My wife and I saw Lucius 10 months ago and we really enjoyed the set (she didn’t really know them and became an instant fan after the show). When they announced a show in Princeton, I grabbed a ticket immediately. Even if it was going to be the same show, I wanted to experience it again.
Bu it turned out that this was an entirely different show–a retrospective of songs and stories. Just like Taylor Swift, or more in my orbit, just like Guster. When Guster did their We Have Eras Too tour, they created a narrative, telling stories between the songs and acting out little skits. Lucius did basically the same thing (with no skits and a bit more melancholy).
The stage was spare but interesting. There were three sections–a couch, a piano and a microphone and behind the instruments was a series of (I assume) the various costumes that the woman wore over the years on mannequins.
The lights went dark and Holly and Jess began talking. I assumed it was a recording because there were no lights but I was pretty sure I saw them walk to the piano. The narration was done as diary entries (we wondered if they were the actual dairies or a cotemporary edited version (not that it matters)). They told us about how they met (Berklee) and how they got the band name (Jess’ dog was called Lucius–which leaves out why the dog was name Lucius, of course).
They told about how a friend suggested they sing at the same time (their signature sound) and how they wrote an early EP called Songs from Bromley House. They sang a song called Shenandoah (Not the traditional one) and played piano. It was spare and lovely.
Then they introduced the two guys who would be playing with them that night. Guitarist Peter Lalish and bassist Solomon Dorsey (that’s right, no drums). They sat at a couch and played the Bon Iver song “Skinny Love” and talked about the apartment they were living in in NYC. (more…)
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