Lucette
Deluxe Hotel Room
Release Date: May 17, 2019
Genre(s): Pop/Rock
Record label: Rock Creek
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Album Review: Deluxe Hotel Room by Lucette
Very Good, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 7/10
Working with producer Sturgill Simpson helped Lucette perform a complete reversal of direction on her second album, Deluxe Hotel Room. Cloaked in echo and anchored in electronics, Deluxe Hotel Room is a distinct sonic departure from Lucette's earthy, Dave Cobb-produced 2014 debut Black Is the Color. Shifting perspectives as it changes colors, Deluxe Hotel Room is proudly, almost defiantly urban; the songs are concerned with a decaying relationship and the production is sophisticated, purposely blurring lines between styles and eras.
Based on rating 7/10
How do you emulate the multi-faceted layers of emotion that hotel rooms bring? Since 2014's Black Is the Color, Lucette has experienced her fair share of movement, displacement and impermanence. Deluxe Hotel Room holds this flux against a search for internal stasis to create a record rooted in Americana. With a steady piano rhythm, the title track lavishes in Lucette's moody vocals. The story here is one of uneasy success: with the expense of the hotel room juxtaposed over more authentic, less luxurious recollections. The ever-catchy ….
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