Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys

Summertime and the living is easy. I have been spending a good chunk of my day on the deck listening to music. I also watch clouds drift past on their way to who knows where.

I recently listened to ‘Transit Tapes’ (for women who move furniture around) by Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys.

I found it challenging to write this blog; I couldn’t stop listening long enough to write. So I am sitting at my desk as I write this, and my whole body is in revolt. My head is bobbing in sync with the music. My foot keeps time like a metronome. My fingers want to make chord shapes on the guitar instead of word shapes on the computer.

As with most other humans, one of the first things I do when I hear new music is to try and find a reference in my memory bank to something I have heard before. I play the who does this sound like game.

Nick Cave? Highly probable, Lucy Kruger cites Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds as an influence, so that makes sense.

Jennifer Warnes? Only a little bit.

Neko Case? More than Jennifer Warnes but not definitive.

Margo Timmins? Yeah, I can hear a good bit of cross-over with The Cowboy Junkies. Check out, Sweet Jane or Misguided Angel. Are they dopplgangers? No, but they are similar.

At the end of the day, Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys sound like Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys. Go figure, eh!

Lucy Kruger has an ethereal voice that fits like a dovetail joint with The Lost Boys. This project is the first time Kruger has worked with drummer Martin Perret, guitarist Liú Mottes and bassist Andreas Miranda, who form The Lost Boys. The depth that The Lost Boys add is apparent in the dramatic soundscape heard in A Paper Boat or the slow rumbling climb on A Stranger’s Chest.

I would encourage you, the reader and listener, to search out what you can on the internet about Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys. Here are a few good starting points.

https://www.facebook.com/LucyKrugerOfficial

https://www.instagram.com/lucy_kruger/

https://www.youtube.com/user/LucyKrugerOther

https://www.patreon.com/lucykruger

While reading what you can find about the journey that took Lucy Kruger to this point in time, I would encourage listening to her music. I would even promote listening to her back catalogue to listen to that journey and how it contributed to ‘Transit Tapes’ (for women who move furniture around).

This album scores an insanely high 9.5 out of ten which is rarefied air.

Buy it, listen to it. Listen to it in transit on your summer vacation. Listen to it while moving furniture around. Listen to it once, and I will boldly bet that you will want to listen to it again and again. I know I did.

While reading what you can about Lucy Kruger, I would encourage listening to her back catalogue and how that contributed to ‘Transit Tapes’ (for women who move furniture around).

‘Transit Tapes’ (for women who move furniture around) will be released by Unique Records on June 4th, 2021 wherever fine music is available.

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1DJMo9lG40b0N51VAgyBp4?si=2HfGiYkITZ-_lYsCfvEWyA
Bandcamp:
https://lucykruger.bandcamp.com/album/sleeping-tapes-for-some-girls
Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/lucykruger/sets/sleeping-tapes-for-some-girls
Social media links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LucyKrugerOfficial
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucy_kruger/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lucy_kruger
Bandcamp: https://lucykruger.bandcamp.com
A link to the videos:
Digging A Hole:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKM6yl7SMmU
Half of A Woman:
https://vimeo.com/338570248
The Ocean at Night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm86_2LgjJA
Mary (live):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4BokorKp64&feature=youtu.be