Lucius (album)

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Lucius
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 2, 2025
Studio
Length45:57
Label
Producer Dan Molad
Lucius chronology
Wildewoman (The New Recordings)
(2024)
Lucius
(2025)

Lucius is the fifth studio album by the American indie pop band Lucius. It was released on May 2, 2025, under the band's label Wildewoman Music and Fantasy Records. The album was produced by band member Dan Molad.

Contents

Background

Lucius recorded the album in Los Angeles at the Altamira Sound studio and album producer Dan Molad's home studio Sounds Like a Fire. Of why the band decided to name the album eponymously, they said in a press release that the album's material as "raw and honest", further adding that "[the album] feels like coming home; something that resonates deeply in this moment of our lives. We are home in so many senses of the word; in the last couple of years we’ve started setting roots, finding life partners, building families, growing gardens. [...] We wrote songs about life and relationships. We recorded them in our home studios. We saw the beginnings and endings of life cycles while making this record, the beauty and fragility of the human experience. So it’s only fitting that this album is self-titled, it’s our story, who we are now and how we got here. Welcome to our living room." [2]

The album features multiple collaborations, including with Madison Cunningham and Ethan Gruska on "Impressions", Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith on "Stranger Danger", and the War on Drugs' Adam Granduciel on "Old Tape". [3]

Promotion

The album's official lead single, "Gold Rush", was released on February 5, 2025, simultaneously with the album's announcement. [4] Of the song, the band commented: "'Gold Rush' is that addictive sweetness to love. The roller coaster highs and lows. The sugary can’t get enough of you, can’t live with you feeling that keeps you coming back for more. It’s energy and grit: guitars wailing, heavy backbeat, dynamic vocals which flip from verse to chorus – mellow to strong – playing off the band and echoing the sentiment of the lyrics." [5] The second single, "Impressions", was released on March 4, 2025. The band said about the creation process of the song: "We wrote 'Impressions' in Ethan Gruska’s home studio in Los Angeles. Together with [Madison Cunningham], we were exchanging ideas and feelings about the changes in our lives and how to reckon with them — the choice as to what to keep with you, and what to let go of, as we grow and evolve, and the questioning of yourself when you’re living a life you don’t recognize anymore." [6] The third single, "Do It All for You", was released on April 4, 2025. The band self-described it as a "deeply romantic, in moments self-sacrificing, love letter about how far you would go and how much you would give for the person you love." [7]

Track listing

Lucius track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Final Days"4:42
2."Gold Rush"
4:15
3."Do It All for You"
  • Wolfe
  • Laessig
  • Molad
4:34
4."Mad Love"
3:54
5."Stranger Danger"
  • Wolfe
  • Laessig
  • Molad
4:41
6."Hallways"
  • Wolfe
  • Laessig
  • Molad
3:47
7."Old Tape" (featuring Adam Granduciel)
  • Wolfe
  • Laessig
  • Molad
  • Oliver Hill
4:38
8."Impressions" (featuring Madison Cunningham)
3:46
9."Borderline"
  • Wolfe
  • Laessig
  • Molad
3:46
10."Orange Blossoms"
  • Wolfe
  • Laessig
4:37
11."At the End of the Day"
  • Wolfe
  • Laessig
  • Molad
3:17
Total length:45:57

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [1]

Lucius

Additional musicians

Technical and visuals

References

  1. 1 2 Lucius (Media notes). Lucius. Wildewoman Music, Fantasy Records. May 2, 2025.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Kelly, Tyler Damara (February 5, 2025). "Lucius detail forthcoming self-produced and self-titled album". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  3. Robin, Murray (February 5, 2025). "Lucius Detail New Album; Share New Song 'Gold Rush'". Clash Magazine. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  4. Chelosky, Danielle (February 6, 2025). "Lucius Announce New Album 'Lucius': Hear "Gold Rush"". Stereogum. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  5. Pappis, Konstantinos (February 6, 2025). "Lucius Announce New Album, Share New Single 'Gold Rush'". Our Culture. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  6. Breihan, Tom (March 4, 2025). "Lucius Team With Madison Cunningham On New Song "Impressions": Listen". Stereogum. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  7. "Lucius debuts new single "Do It All For You"". Concord Records. April 4, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.