Lucy Dacus announces October/November European tour dates – debut album No Burden out on Friday 9 September

LUCY DACUS Announces First Ever European Tour With Full Band This Autumn

Debut album No Burden due out on Friday, 9 September via Matador

Stream full album via Spotify

Watch video for “I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore”

Following a triumphant set in a heaving Tipi Tent stage at End of the Road at the weekend and a sold-out headline show at the Old Blue Last in London last night, Lucy Dacus announces her first European tour with full band in October/November. She also plays a solo instore set at Sister Ray Ace tonight (7 September) at 6.30pm. Her debut album No Burden is out this Friday, 9 September via Matador Records.

LUCY DACUS – European Tour Dates:

Fri 21 Oct – Spain – Barcelona – Primavera Club
Tue 25 Oct – Switzerland – Zurich – Eldorado
Wed 26 Oct – France – Paris – Pitchfork Avant-Garde @ La Mécanique Ondulatoire
Fri 28 Oct – Belgium – Gent – Charlatan
Sat 29 Oct – Netherlands – Eindhoven – DDW Music @ Altstadt
Sun 30 Oct – Germany – Düsseldorf – New Fall Festival
Tue 01 Nov – UK – Bristol – The Crofters Rights
Wed 02 Nov – UK – London – The Waiting Room
Thu 03 Nov – UK – Manchester – Soup Kitchen
Fri 04 Nov – UK – Leeds – Brudenell Games Room

Praise for No Burden:

“Lucy Dacus has produced a debut album of extravagant promise. This is a rich offering crammed with songs that are heavy with atmosphere and humour, all wrapped round a voice that demands attention.” Uncut 8/10

“Indie darling status awaits.” Mojo

“Immediate and simple in its appeal, ‘No Burden’ displays talent and vision a-plenty.” Loud and Quiet

“This Richmond singer-songwriter’s just-released No Burden is one of 2016’s best indie rock debuts” – Rolling Stone
“Grunge-indebted indie rock and alt-country, with the appealing warmth of Neko Case and the self-deprecating wit of Courtney Barnett.” Pitchfork

“Her power-pop songs are naturally rootsy, embodying an authentic Southern soul… yet her voice transcends her locale and her age, a confident blend of Sharon Van Etten’s aching power, Jenny Lewis’ cool drawl and Courtney Barnett’s bright wit” – NPR

Richmond, Virginia-based songwriter Lucy Dacus is the latest addition to the renowned Matador Records roster.  The 21-year-old’s critically acclaimed debut album, No Burden, which was released earlier this year, is out now digitally, with a re-pressing of CD and LP formats coming on 9 September.
Lucy Dacus’ No Burden is full of surprises—sharp lyrical observations, playful turns of musical phrase, hooks that’ll embed themselves in your frontal lobe for days. But the most surprising thing about this album might be the fact that it’s a debut; it has a keen sense of self about it, and it nearly glows from the self-possession held by the woman at its core.
Dacus was adopted at a young age, an experience that informed her curious, openhearted songwriting. She started playing around Richmond while in college, opening for local acts and eventually meeting Jacob Blizard, a guitarist who invited her to make a record for a college project of his. No Burden originally came out in February 2016 on the Richmond label EggHunt Records.
The album opens with the forthright, almost brutally honest “I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore,” the last song Dacus wrote before the album’s day-long recording session at Starstruck Studios in Nashville. Dacus delivers scalpel-sharp observations about resisting pigeonholing over chunky guitars, ticking off ideals of femininity and youth until the track’s not-quite-resolution.
The rest of No Burden, which was produced by Collin Pastore, puts Dacus’s voice center stage, allowing the glinting poetry of her lyrics to shine even more brightly. The album is a forthright, disarmingly catchy statement. And while it’s a sterling debut, it only hints at the potential possessed by this passionate, thoughtful young woman.

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