Lucius Announces Guest-Aided, Self-Titled New Album

Lucius will release their self-titled new album on May 2 through Fantasy Records. The band announced The Gold Rush Tour in support of the record, which takes it name from the newly shared single, “Gold Rush.”

Lucius – Holly Laessig, Jess Wolfe, Peter Lalish and Dan Molad – recorded Lucius during sessions held at Los Angeles’ Altamira Sound and at Molad’s home studio, Sounds Like A Fire, which was left inoperable by the recent Los Angeles wildfires. Molad produced the 11-track Lucius.

Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith, whose home was also damaged by the L.A. wildfires, appears on the track “Stranger Danger.” Others featured on the album include The War On Drugs' Adam Granduciel on the previously shared “Old Tape” and Ethan Gruska and Madison Cunningham appear on “Impressions.” Additional contributions came from Luke Temple, Rob Moose and Evan Smith.

Lucius put out a statement regarding their self-titled effort:

“Our fourth studio album is the four of us, just as we first started recording together as a band. It’s raw and honest and 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 got dogs, (you can hear them in the background if you listen close). 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.”

Stream the Lucius lead single, “Gold Rush,” below:

Lucius will begin The Gold Rush Tour with a May run featuring support from Victoria Canal, starting in St. Louis on May 6 and including 13 additional cities before concluding at Boston Calling on May 24. After a standalone July show in Portland, Maine, the band performs October dates in Indianapolis and Chicago, followed by a November trek kicking off in Phoenix on November 11. The final leg of the tour takes Lucius through eight cities across the western United States, concluding at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on November 21.

The Gold Rush Tour tickets go on sale via an artist presale starting Tuesday, February 11 at 10 a.m. local venue time. Ticket go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 14 at 10 a.m. local time.

Lucius Tracklist

1. Final Days
2. Gold Rush
3. Do It All For You
4. Mad Love
5. Stranger Danger
6. Hallways
7. Old Tape (feat. Adam Granduciel)
8. Impressions (feat. Madison Cunningham)
9. Borderline
10. Orange Blossoms
11. At the End of the Day