[ATTENDED: May 22, 2025] Lucius
I saw Lucius last year when they played the anniversary of their debut album. I enjoyed the show and their performance so much that I knew I’d want to see them again. And I knew my wife would really enjoy it as well.
But I had no idea she’s enjoy it as much as she did. She said it was her favorite concert of the year [UPDATE: at year’s end she maintains that belief].
The stage was set up with two large cacti flanking the keyboard set up of
But mostly, Lucius are instantly recognizable because of the gorgeous vocals of
There’s a several Lucius songs that I absolutely love. There’s also some that I’m iffy about (but the hits greatly outweigh the misses for me). And I really like the vibe of the new album a lot. I’m sure that has a lot to do with Adam Granduciel of The War on Drugs who produced the album (his fingerprints are all over it). The opening song Final Days doesn’t sound like The War on Drugs, but it does sound like Lucius covering a War on Drugs song.
They followed up with Gold Rush, which I was surprised to hear so early as its the big hit from the album. They wound up playing five new songs in a row. Trespassers Will Be Shot uploaded several songs from our show (see below). Things had mellowed, but when Stranger Danger came on and the guitars went crazy and Jess and Holly came to the front of the stage–it was electrifying.
The band had a simple set up. Jess and Holly in the center. On our right side was drummer Dan Molad and on our left was multi-instrumentalist (but mostly, an amazing guitarist–the sounds he generates are amazing) Peter Lalish.
They played the quieter 24 and then moved to Wildewoman for the amazing Tempest. Since they had just toured the album last year I didn’t think they’d play too much from it, so it was cool to hear this one.
Then for the really fun Joy Ride, they put on matching hats and sat stage right in a couple of folding chairs. We got a kick out of them snapping their heads left and right to the beat.
They jumped back to Wildewoman again for the awesome (and even more awesome live Nothing Ordinary) and the fantastic Genevieve, which was delightfully percussion heavy (Jess and Holly playing cowbells) and full of cool lighting. (more…)
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