Lucy Dacus

  • rock
  • indie
  • singer/songwriter

Lucy Dacus's 'No Burden' is full of surprises -- sharp lyrical observations, playful turns of musical phrase, hooks that'll embed themselves in your frontal lobe for days. But the most surprising thing about this album might be the fact that it's a debut; it has a keen sense of self about it, and it nearly glows from the self-possession held by the woman at its core. The 21-year-old Dacus grew up in Richmond; she was adopted at a young age, an experience that informed her curious, openhearted

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