After joining the Fantasy Records roster in 2023, Lucius released the single “Stranger Danger” as a preview of their fourth studio album, but the following year, the seductive indie pop outfit instead delivered a re-recording of their debut LP, 2013’s Wildewoman (with a new duet with Brandi Carlile added to sweeten the pot). It turns out that the two releases, much like the band’s tandem lead vocalists, are complementary.
Following divergences into more stylized ’80s pop, new wave, dance-pop, and more over the years, the expected album, titled simply Lucius, finds them looking back across the intervening years with a more direct indie pop reminiscent of their early material. It’s a poignant set of earnest songs focused on the acclaimed singers’ voices…