LULUC To Bring
‘Sculptor’ Tour
To Melbourne, Castlemaine
& Polyester!
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LULUC top off a banner year with three shows in their home state of Victoria, playing Howler with Sarah Mary Chadwick + Lucy Roleff on January 11; Theatre Royal Castlemaine with Sarah Mary Chadwickon January 12; plus an all ages in store performance at Polyester on January 10.
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Much loved Brooklyn-via-Melbourne duo LULUC return to Australia to launch their stunning album ‘Sculptor’ with three Victorian shows; an all-ages instore at Polyester Records on Thursday January 10 at 6pm; Friday January 11 @ Howler with Sarah Mary Chadwick + Lucy Roleff; and Saturday January 12 @ Theatre Royal with Sarah Mary Chadwick.
Having won Album of the Week from The Age, Triple R and Double J, rave reviews worldwide, and touring internationally with J Mascis and Sub Pop label mates Blitzen Trapper, 2018 was a banner year for LULUC. Recorded and produced by Zoë Randell and Steve Hassett in their Brooklyn studio, ‘Sculptor’ features contributions from J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr), Aaron Dessner (The National), Jim White (Dirty Three), Matt Eccles (Weyes Blood, Connan Mockasin) and Dave Nelson (The National, Beirut). You can mail order ‘Sculptor’ on limited edition jade green vinyl or CD by CLICKING HERE!
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“This is suburban sadness recast as beauty”
– THE GUARDIAN – ★★★★
“Haiku-like celebrations of human spirit and suburban transcendence”
– MOJO – ★★★★
“Luluc lift their poetic, comforting songs to ever greater heights”
– THE AGE ALBUM OF THE WEEK – ★★★★
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‘Sculptor’, LULUC’s third album, won resonant acclaim from all quarters.
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To quote The Guardian: “You might listen to it and think of Cowboy Junkies; you might also think of the short stories of John Cheever, for this is suburban sadness recast as beauty.”
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‘Sculptor’ can be consumed loud; because while LULUC’s music is at times masterful in its minimalism, it is anything but quiet in impact. There’s a before you hear LULUC’s music, and an after; a turning point that affects people with rare force.
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Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney says, “it’s music that once you hear it, you can’t live without it”.
The National’s Matt Berninger said that for months, Passerby (Mistletone, 2014) was “the only album I wanted to listen to”.
“What first hits is that voice”, writes Peter Blackstock (No Depression), “a peaceful serenity that reaches deep into the heart”.
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That gripping, imperative quality pulses through ‘Sculptor’, perhaps to an even greater extent than on ‘Passerby’ or ‘Dear Hamlyn’ (2008). Zoë Randell writes with more experimentation and possibility. From the contemplative scene of ‘Cambridge’, to the churning disaster chronicled in the title track, the songs on ‘Sculptor’ are there for the taking.
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“Broadly speaking, with these new songs I was interested in the difficulties that life can throw at us – what we can do with them, how they can shape us, and what say we have,” Zoë explained. “That potential that is there for everyone, the different lives that are open to us. That’s what I love in (Japanese poet) Ise’s poem ‘Spring Days and Blossom’ – which form the lyrics to “Spring” – the brimming sense of spring and its cycle, the enormity of what’s possible and the beauty.”
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Mistletone and Triple R Present…
LULUC
2019 AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES
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JANUARY 11TH 2019
HOWLER | MELBOURNE, VICTORIA
WITH SARAH MARY CHADWICK + LUCY ROLEFF
JANUARY 12TH 2019
THEATRE ROYAL | CASTLEMAINE, VICTORIA
WITH SARAH MARY CHADWICK
JANUARY 18TH 2019
BLACK BEAR LODGE | BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND
WITH ANGHARAD DRAKE
JANUARY 19TH 2019
FOUR5NINE | PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
HEADLINING RTR’S DISTANT MURMURS
JANUARY 20TH 2019
MOJO’S | FREMANTLE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
WITH TANAYA HARPER
JANUARY 25TH 2019
LEADBELLY | SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES
WITH TESSE
JANUARY 27TH 2019
MILTON THEATRE | MILTON, NEW SOUTH WALES
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TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW! CLICK HERE FOR THE LINKS TO EACH SHOW!
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