Lucy Dacus announces new album, Home Video, shares wistful new single, Hot & Heavy

Lucy Dacus performs during the Okeechobee Music Festival at Sunshine Grove on March 08, 2020 in Okeechobee, Florida.

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Virginia indie-rocker Lucy Dacus has announced her third album, Home Video, due for release on June 25 via Matador, and unveiled new single, Hot & Heavy.

The new track sees the singer-songwriter meld rich layers of rhythm guitar textures with a yearning, nostalgic vocal.

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Mike is Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com, in addition to being an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and over a decade's experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock under the nom de plume Maebe.

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