Lucy Dacus

Don’t hold your breath, forget you ever saw me at my best / You don’t deserve what you don’t respect / Don’t deserve what you say you love and then neglect Lord, be near me / My final hour / I once had sight / But now I’m blind /…

Home Video is, in my opinion, easily Dacus’ best album to date. The narrative of the album focuses on different people and experiences that have been important to Dacus, exploring themes of empathy, childhood, sexuality and religion, among many others. …

The singer songwriter tells a story of innocent sexuality and queerness in childhood, encompassing nostalgia in a short and sweet indie-rock song. The song is short, not even two minutes, but those two minutes are charming and endearing and encompass a feeling of childhood romance. “Rachel was a year old…

Every December since 2008, I’ve prepared a meticulously crafted list of my favorite music from the past year, counting down the albums from 20 to 1. …

On March 12th, 2020, I received the email that my college would be shutting down for at least three weeks. The office I worked in shut down, my professors were not allowed to give any exams or assignments for three weeks and my mom was texting me constantly asking when…

Man, breakups are a bummer. — Put simply, “Night Shift” by Lucy Dacus is an absolutely gorgeous, perfectly constructed, and immensely depressing song. Like, the unflattering reflection possible of your worst self at the worst possible time type of depressing. Give it a listen and read about why it’s so good at being sad! Oh Dang It’s Post-Breakup Now…

I started writing this recommendation with a light Googling. It turns out that this song that Spotify threw my way a few weeks ago was recorded in honor of Lucy Dacus’ father, who shares a birthday with a singer they both loved — Bruce Springsteen, of course. …

A supergroup of fragile feelings sung perfectly. — When I heard that Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus were joining forces, I wasn’t sure I could handle it. Like maybe it would be way too much of a good thing. I’ve spent most of 2018 with Bridgers’ Smoke Signals and Dacus’ Historian in steady rotation. …

Okay, fine. A point arrives in most romantic relationships. It might come a few years in. Some research suggests there are chemical reasons. If you’re older it could be a matter of months, or even just weeks. Time and science are vulgar ways to describe it. Calling it the “post-honeymoon…