(Alternative, Indie Rock) Lucius - Lucius EP [WEB] - 2012, FLAC (tracks), lossless

"The two singers from Lucius are a dangerous tag team, sounding powerful without becoming overbearing, tender without becoming too cutesy...they must know each other well, as their voices work together in an uncannily close relationship" - The Deli Magazine When they wrote their self-titled EP (due February 14th), Lucius was living in an old victorian house in Brooklyn's Ditmas Park. They found the place on Craigslist, not knowing it was a recording studio and music school for 60 years prior. There were so many treasures that had been left behind - like the 100 year old Steinway piano that would nurture their writing habits. The four-story musical fortress also housed 8 other musician friends and would soon open their doors to bandmates, Danny Molad and Peter Lalish. Holly and Jess have had a relationship filled with coincidences. Their lives are uniquely in sync. "When we were ready to make our record Danny and Pete felt it was imperative that the recording reflect that synergy. None of us were concerned with trying to sound like 'a band', we just wanted to create a unique environment for each song to sit in." Much of their record is about these unique experiences, told from the same perspective, at the same time, with the same sentiment. Two voices as one. Lucius has been described by the New York Times as "The next Feist" having "luscious, luminous, lilting lullabies", by Seventeen Magazine as "alluring and magnetic" and their song "Don't Just Sit There" is currently being played on NPR's All Songs Considered. Their self-titled EP, produced by Tony Berg (Phantom Planet, Aimee Mann, Beck) and Dan Molad (Elizabeth & The Catapult, Luke Temple/Here We Go Magic) is an exciting debut.

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Lucius is a band with a sound as eclectic as their beginning. While the quintet hails from Brooklyn, New York, the individual members come from all over, the US including one from our very own Cleveland, Ohio. The thing that they do share is a passion for good tunes and a house with a strong musical history. After finding a home on Craigslist in a Victorian house, Holly and Jess learned of the house’s 60-year run as a recording studio, musical school, and recital venue, they filled it with more musicians and began the group that recently released its first EP and is set to release a full-length album later this year. That group is Lucius, and their sound is nothing short of luscious.