Venue:
The Academy, Manchester
Date: 02/07/2025
Lucy Dacus may not be a household name, but she is having a bit of a moment. Hot on the heels of the success of boygenius her latest album is getting a lot of traction. Three years ago she was playing at Manchester’s 500 capacity Gorilla; now she’s effortlessly selling out the 2000 capacity Academy.
Her songs are understated, introspective and often low key melodically. But any fears that they wouldn’t work in a standing venue of this size are dismissed from the off, as she and her five piece band launch into ‘Hot and Heavy’ from her 2021 album ‘Home Video’, swiftly followed by the crowd pleasing ‘Ankles’ from her new album, ‘Forever is a Feeling’. She does almost the whole album, interspersed with songs from her earlier records including probably her best known song ‘Night Shift’. That, and the one boygenius song, ‘True Blue’, are greeted rapturously but so too are the new songs. The title track, and ‘Big Deal’ are standouts, but the song which arguably gets the warmest reception is ‘Best Guess’, which clearly is ‘Our Tune’ for many of the audience and I suspect will be much played » Continue Reading.