Lucy Dacus - No Burden

No Burden is the debut of Lucy Dacus, a singer and songwriter who grew up just outside of Richmond, Virginia and connected with the city's indie music scene as a high schooler. The album was recorded on relatively short notice when a friend alerted her to an open day at Nashville's Starstruck Studio, where he worked. Dacus put together a band of guitarist Jacob Blizard, bass player Christine Moad, and drummer Hayden Cotcher, and they arranged her songs for a quartet in the week leading up to a ten-hour recording session. The friend, Collin Pastore, engineered and mixed the album, which was co-produced by Dacus, Pastore, and Blizard, and led to a record deal with Matador Records within a matter of months. The buzz surrounding the album, the record deal, and the 21-year-old songwriter is merited, as Dacus' distinctive vocal timbre melts like butter and allures throughout the set of thoughtful rock tunes. Catchy standout and lead single "I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore" has chugging guitar