Lucero has revealed some details about their upcoming full length. The band has completed work on Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers, their second album for their own Liberty and Lament imprint. Besides that album, 2005's Nobody's Darlings, the band released a repackaged edition of The Attic Tapes and a DVD documentary, Dreaming in America.
The fifth full length was produced by David Lowery and Alan Weatherhead at Sound of Music Studios in Richmond VA and features legendary Memphis sideman (and recent Cat Power band member) Rick Steff on piano and B3 organ. Ben Nichols commented on the album:
"Rebels, Rogues, & Sworn Brothers sounds like a Lucero record to me. A little bit of this and a little bit of that. Some songs go one direction and others are exactly their opposite. [..] But at the same time, it is the same five guys playing each song. Each song has the same voice, just presented in different ways. Hopefully folks will appreciate that. I think this record came out being as close to what we wanted as was possible."
Following the release, the band will embark on a national headlining tour kicking off on September 27th with support from Rocky Votolato and William Elliott Whitmore supporting.
You can check out a track from the album here: "I Can Get Us Out of Here."
For Nichols' description of the tracks, you can click Read More.
Luceroâs Ben Nichols:
"Rebels, Rogues, & Sworn Brothers sounds like a Lucero record to me. A little bit of this and a little bit of that. Some songs go one direction and others are exactly their opposite. Iâve said before that Lucero is influenced by a wide variety of musicians and songs.Iâve always wanted to take everything I love and respect and put it all together and hopefully make it my own. I think each Lucero record is a step closer to doing just that. I think the new record might let some of our influences shine through even more clearly than they did in the past.
There are Springsteen-inspired rock & roll songs like What Else Would You Have Me Be? And I Can Get Us Outta Here. There are southern rock songs like The Mountain and Sing me no Hymns. There are darker songs like The Weight of Guilt and pop songs like Sheâs just that kinda girl. She Wakes When She Dreams is basically a heart-wrenching lullaby. And some of my favorites like Nineteen Seventy Nine, Cass, and San Francisco are all harder to label, and all sound completely different.
But at the same time, it is the same five guys playing each song. Each song has the same voice, just presented in different ways. Hopefully folks will appreciate that. I think this record came out being as close to what we wanted as was possible."