Lucy Dacus at Liberty Hall
LUCY DACUS SETLIST
LUCY DACUS TOUR DATES 02/20 - OK City, OK @ Tower Theatre *
INDIGO DE SOUZA TOUR DATES 02/23 - Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre * 02/24 - Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel * 02/25 - C-Ville, VA @ Jefferson * 02/26 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony * 03/01 - Toronto, ONT @ Danforth Music Hall * 03/02 - Montreal, QUE @ Corona Theatre * 03/03 - Providence, RI @ The Strand 03/05 - Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head 03/18 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club 03/19 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club 03/20 - Glasgow, UK @ St. Lukes 03/21 - Dublin, IE @ The Button Factory ** 03/23 - Manchester, UK @ Gorilla 03/24 - Bristol, UK @ Trinity 03/25 - London, UK @ Kentish Town Forum 03/29 - Brussels, BL @ Rotonde ** 03/30 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord ** 03/31 - Cologne, DE @ Artheater ** 04/02 - Hamburg, DE @ Molotow ** 04/03 - Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen ** Apr 04 - Aarhus, DK @ Atlas ** 04/06 - Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret ** 04/07 - Stockholm, SE @ Nalen Klubb ** 04/09 - Berlin, DE @ Lido ** 04/10 - Jena, DE @ Trafo ** 04/11 - Vienna, AT @ Chelsea ** 04/13 - Munich, DE @ Milla ** 04/14 - Zürich, SU @ Bogen F ** 04/15 - Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie ** * = Indigo De Souza supporting **= Fenne Lily supporting FEB 20 Tower Theatre Oklahoma City, OK *
FEB 23 Georgia Theatre Athens, GA * FEB 24 The Orange Peel Asheville, NC * FEB 25 The Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, VA * FEB 26 The Stone Pony Asbury Park, NJ * MAR 3 The Strand Ballroom & Theatre Providence, RI * MAR 5 Rams Head Live! Baltimore, MD * MAR 19 Blueberry Hill St Louis, MO * MAR 21 The Black Sheep Colorado Springs, CO MAR 22 Fox Theatre Boulder, CO MAR 23 - MAR 27 Treefort Festival Boise, ID MAR 26 ALMA Tacoma, WA MAR 28 Neumos Seattle, WA MAR 29 Aladdin Theater Portland, OR MAR 31 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA APR 1 Harlow's Sacramento, CA APR 20 Black Cat Washington, DC APR 21 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY APR 24 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY APR 25 Royale Boston, MA Rescheduled from Jan 27 APR 28 Higher Ground South Burlington, VT APR 29 Space Ballroom Hamden, CT APR 30 Colony Woodstock, NY MAY 2 Union Transfer Philadelphia, PA MAY 7 Le Hasard Ludique Paris, France MAY 9 Paradiso Amsterdam, NL MAY 11 Les Nuits Botanique Brussels, Belgium MAY 11 - MAY 14 The Great Escape Festival Brighton, UK MAY 12 Elsewhere Margate, UK MAY 15 SOUP Manchester, UK MAY 16 Rough Trade Bristol Bristol, UK MAY 17 Electrowerkz London, UK MAY 20 Bulls Ball Park Durham, NC MAY 24 Music Hall Richmond, VA MAY 25 Amos' Southend Charlotte, NC MAY 27 - MAY 29 Forecastle Festival Louisville, KY JUN 16 - JUN 19 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN JUN 21 Jacobs Pavilion Cleveland, OH ^ JUN 22 Stage AE Pittsburgh, PA ^ JUN 28 Meadow Brooke Amphitheatre Rochester Hills, MI ^ JUN 29 KEMBA Live! Columbus, OH ^ JUL 1 Breese Stevens Field Madison, WI ^ JUL 2 Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island Chicago, IL ^ AUG 16 -20 Vodafone Paredes de Coura Paredes AUG 18 - AUG 21 Green Man Festival Crickhowell, Wales AUG 19 - AUG 21 MS Dockville Festival Hamburg, Germany AUG 27 - AUG 28 This Ain’t No Picnic Pasadena, CA * = Supporting Lucy Dacus ^ = Supporting My Morning Jacket Read More
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Couch-bound confessions, revealing home videos, and more--
Two bold female acts took to the (newly refurbished) stage at Liberty Hall in Lawrence as indie singer-songwriters Lucy Dacus and Indigo De Souza played to a loyal and sold-out audience.
Rising star Indigo De Souza, from Asheville, NC was up first, in support of last August’s Any Shape You Take (on Saddle Creek Records) and proved early on, that she was worthy of the gaining buzz and attention she’s been getting.
We were fortunate to catch her headlining last fall in Minneapolis, making mention of her burgeoning female fan base and Lawrence was no exception, with devotees perched up front along the railing, some in pastel makeup, glitter and angel wings, singing along to every word.
The product of a bossa nova guitarist father and primarily raised by her visual artist mother (who paints her album covers), creativity seemed to surround her from an early age, making her own music at age nine, and shyly but confidently making her own blend of grunge pop and emotional 90s-esque indie rock. The setlist built to a crescendo with De Souza’s voice and angst rising to end with repeated verses of “Tell them that I wasn’t having much fun” (though the audience sure seemed to be).
Lucy Dacus sure can persevere--
Despite continued Covid restrictions/mask mandates (and a problematic fifty-minute wait in line outside for entry) and for the last ten days or so, two painful herniated discs in her back, Dacus has bravely carried on with her tour, when many acts under less duress probably would have called it all off and returned home.
In support of her third studio album, Home Video (on Matador Records) out last summer, the tour (like everything else) had to be postponed, but that also gave the Virginia musician some time to also release two new singles.
In between acts, the screen at the back of the stage showed a loop of Dacus’ own home movies, VHS-sourced clips of the singer from near-birth to young child, to early teenager, in typical family settings.
A long leather couch with pillow and short mic stand and nearby guitars were placed at the center of the stage, with her solid four-piece band (bass- Dominic Angelella; drums- Ricardo Lagomasino; guitars- Jacob Blizard; keys- Sarah Goldstone) framed around her on each corner. With Dacus flat on her back, the rest of the band had to, and did rise to the musical occasion, notably guitarist Jacob Blizard.
We've seen Dacus a handful of times over the last several years, and her musical confidence and audience have both grown exponentially, along with a greater self-assurance in her warts-and-all honest lyrics.
The ninety-minute set started with the new album’s last track, “Triple Dog Dare” and whose lyric, “you’re yawning on your couch” got an early chuckle from the crowd, who collectively felt for her restricted condition and were hanging on every verse.
Laying back and strumming guitar with her vulnerable and self-revealing songs, Dacus appeared like she was emoting life experiences on an analyst’s couch, very briefly sitting up here and there for a verse, before the pain forced her back down again.
The living room-style setting, and relaxed nature seemed to add an additional intimacy, further allowing even the most reserved fans in the crowd, to believe it was all right to sway with eyes closed and sing along to all their favorites.
2018’s “Addictions” from her first album and “Hot & Heavy” which opens the new record, were especially crowd-pleasing, with Dacus growing a bit restless as she sang as a movie marquee with the song’s title was shown on the screen.
Religion is still strong in the bible belt Midwest, as evidenced when she asked the crowd how many had gone to Vacation Bible School as children, and so many hands went into the air before the band launched into “VBS” from the new record.
“Timefighter” from her first record was a rare treat to hear, not having been performed live in over three years with Dacus singing her truth that “I’m just good as anybody, I’m just as bad as anybody". The band would gather around her for a campfire version of “Home Again”, a Carole King cover from her classic 1971 Tapestry album and an obvious influence on Dacus.
Aforementioned new singles, “Thumbs” and “Kissing Lessons” were saved towards the end of the set and embraced as heartily by the fans as older, familiar songs like “Brando” and “I Don’t Want to be Funny Anymore” which were played in-between.
With obviously no traditional encore (the pain of Dacus having to get up and then re-enter, would have been too much), the evening would end with “Night Shift”-chronicling a somewhat resentful end to a long-term relationship of hers, a needed group catharsis for the crowd as she let the audience take the chorus over, “You got a 9 to 5, so I'll take the night shift, and I'll never see you again if I can help it”.
Wounded, hurt, vulnerable, awkward, revealing, and eventually persevering– this was the running message through the songs of both Lucy Dacus and Indigo De Souza, and from the invested reaction of the sold-out crowd, these were feelings, emotions, and experiences that everyone there could also relate to.
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