Brooklyn-based indie folk duo Lucius debut the dreamy "Shenandoah" video off their newly released LP "Songs From the Bromley House", which was released last year via Under the Radar. Are you a fan of lovely girl harmonies? If so, Brooklyn's Lucius are the perfect gals for your ears. "Shenandoah" stars out slow and lovely, but soon it breaks out into an upbeat heartwarming tale that is simply undeniable. I was floored by the way these girls put their voices into use. These lovely ladies know how to pen uplifting songs that you shouldn't be without.With the success of acts like Iron & Wine, Fleet Foxes, Horse Feathers, and many others, it's comforting to know that American Folk Music is alive and evolving. Lucius, a folk duo from Brooklyn fronted by Jesse Wolfe and Holly Laessig, may yet join the ranks of our new folk generation, with their tightly knit harmonies and humble guitar strumming. The ladies are currently poised to debut their album "Songs from the Bromley House," which showcases a cast of exceptional musicians. With a star-studded production team, there's no telling how far Lucius will take their own brand of folk music.
Lucius' songs have roots in Americana with vocal harmonies reminiscent of Simon & Garfunkel and The Roches. You can expect more lush instrumentation and heavier backbeats. The two songstresses have been writing music together since 2005 while students in Boston. It was with the accompaniment of the Bromley's original 1921 Steinway piano that most of the album was penned, though such memorable originals as "Rocky Mountains," and "8 Birds," were fumbling around the attics of their minds before their move to the former music school.
Those songs are but pieces of a whole – a biographical ode to the house, and to the experiences they've shared there. The album's sounds are compositions both organic and ethereal featuring homespun, mountainous, seems-like-they've-always-been melodies in songs, just like beautiful song "Shenandoah." The Brooklyn duo's soulful harmonies of rich, playful hooks and ballad-like power meld together with a refined precision that often sounds more like one voice than two. "Songs from the Bromley House" is a lyrical message straight from Lucius' collective heart with an arresting call that echoes from beneath the floorboards.
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