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Mar 18, 2016Her smooth, rich voice dances gracefully over the rougher guitar riffs and drums found all over No Burden, her extremely confident first full-length.
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Sep 9, 2016With No Burden, Lucy Dacus challenges the little boxes everyone seems forced into at one time or another, exposing them for the weak material they’re built from. In the process, she’s created a debut record with an abundance of heart that should speak to anyone with a pulse of their own.
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Mar 18, 2016On No Burden, Dacus follows up the stellar opening track with a wonderful debut album full of bigger, bolder slow-burn anthems and subtle epics.
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MojoSep 6, 2016An astute writer whose lyrics--frank, observational, brutally self-aware--make her songs feel deceptively simple. [Oct 2016, p.100]
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UncutSep 6, 2016This is a rich offering crammed with songs that are heavy with atmosphere and humour, all wrapped round a voice that demands attention. [Oct 2016, p.26]
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Mar 18, 2016“Direct Address” fails to make sticking mantras of “Honesty is like a kiss on the lips” or “I don’t believe in first sight” or “I fall in love with everyone I see,” but there’s plenty of promise here that she’ll move past them, and it’s sometimes fulfilled.
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Sep 30, 2016No Burden's Nineties crunch plus its writer's youthful sageness/naiveté fosters a propitious career launch.
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Mar 18, 2016No Burden is an uncommonly warm indie rock record.
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Sep 9, 2016It's one full of warmth and engaging words and melodies, though, all guided by a voice that alone would prompt repeat listens.
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Sep 7, 2016As powerful as Dacus can be with the roar of a full band behind her, she only needs a guitar and a little bit of reverb to leave an impact.