recipiente #1 - summer 2025
“After writing and recording an album, I allow myself a large and ever-increasingly long exhale. But leading up to the process, I tend to get consumed by a theme that carries me through to the writing - I know when it’s happening now because it feels like picking up breadcrumbs; one book leads to another, or I feel called to travel or learn
... See moreMétricas misteriosas
Zane Lowe: When did you know the album was “done”?
Lucy Dacus: Each song has to succeed for me on a misterious metric. I just have to listen to it and be like … I could do this or that but it wouldn’t actually change the effect or feeling. And it’s kind of random what works”.
The mistery can be frustrating for people, but take
... See moreIt used to feel really chaotic to me. I used to be like, how do we make sense of all this stuff? There's so much stuff. There's so many different moods, tones, attitudes, no cohesive narrative. But then once you get enough distance and look in the rearview you realize: that's a body of work.
New Media IRL: "New Release" by Yacht
Looking back at it now, one thing I learned from not doing my first solo album till I was 27 was to try to create an even flow. Like, don’t hold your breath for five or seven years and not release anything, and then you’ve just got clogged up with way too much stuff. I think that’s what you gain from that. Maybe you’ve gained some immaculate,... See more