Lucy Dacus

This new gift from Dacus, 'Home Video,' her third album, was built on an interrogation of her coming-of-age years in Richmond, Virginia. Many songs start the way a memoir might—“In the summer of ’07 I was sure I’d go to heaven, but I was hedging my bets at VBS”—and all of them have the compassion, humor, and honesty of the best autobi-ographical writing. Most importantly and mysteriously, this album displays Dacus’s ability to use the personal as portal into the universal. “I can’t hide behind generalizations or fiction anymore,” Dacus says, though talking about these songs, she admits, makes her ache. While there’s a nostalgic tint to much of Dacus’s work, the obliquely told stories in past songs are depicted here with greater specificity. "Triple Dog Dare" recounts young, queer love complicated and forbidden by religion. The toxic relationship depicted in "Partner in Crime" is filled with pining, deceit, and meeting curfew. (“My heart’s on my sleeve/ it’s embarrassing/ the pulpy thing, beating.”) "Christine" is an elegiac ballad about a close friend vanishing into an inhibiting relationship.
Discography
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- Artist
- Lucy Dacus
- ReleaseProduct
- Historian (5th Anniversary Edition)
- Label
- Matador
- Catalogue Number
- OLE1139LP2
- Release Date
- May 26, 2023
- LP (special)
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- Artist
- Lucy Dacus
- ReleaseProduct
- Home Again / It's Too Late
- Label
- Matador
- Catalogue Number
- OLE1932DS
- Release Date
- September 28, 2022
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- Artist
- Lucy Dacus
- ReleaseProduct
- Kissing Lessons
- Label
- Matador
- Catalogue Number
- OLE1863DS
- Release Date
- February 2, 2022
- 7″
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- Artist
- Lucy Dacus
- ReleaseProduct
- Thumbs Again
- Label
- Matador
- Catalogue Number
- OLE1849DS
- Release Date
- November 10, 2021
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- Artist
- Lucy Dacus
- ReleaseProduct
- Home Video
- Label
- Matador
- Catalogue Number
- OLE1736DA
- Release Date
- June 25, 2021
- LP
- CD
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- Artist
- Lucy Dacus
- ReleaseProduct
- Thumbs
- Label
- Matador
- Catalogue Number
- OLE1750DS
- Release Date
- March 9, 2021
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- Artist
- Lucy Dacus
- ReleaseProduct
- 2019
- Label
- Matador
- Catalogue Number
- OLE14526
- Release Date
- November 8, 2019
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- Artist
- Lucy Dacus
- ReleaseProduct
- Historian
- Label
- Matador
- Catalogue Number
- OLE11396
- Release Date
- March 2, 2018
- LP
- CD
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- Artist
- Lucy Dacus
- ReleaseProduct
- No Burden
- Label
- Matador
- Catalogue Number
- OLE11156
- Release Date
- February 16, 2016
- LP
- CD
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