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Lucius' highly anticipated debut album 'Songs From the Bromley House' showcases a cast of exceptional musicians, fronted by singers and songwriters Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig. The two songstresses have been writing music together since 2005 while students at Boston s Berklee College of Music. It was with the accompaniment of the Bromley's original 1921 Steinway piano that most of the album was penned, though such memorable originals as 'Rocky Mountains' and '8 Birds' were fumbling around the attics of their minds before their move to the former music school. Those songs are but pieces of a whole a biographical ode to the house, and to the experiences they've shared there. And the album's backcountry Virginia recording sessions underscore a down home Americana tone evident from word one. The sounds of Songs from The Bromley House are compositions both organic and ethereal featuring homespun, mountainous, seems-like-they've-always-been melodies in songs like 'Shenandoah' and 'Step Up' while 'For Loves Lost' and 'What Does That Say' taps into a solemn, forlorn wistfulness reminiscent of acts like Feist and the Be Good Tanyas. The distinction though, is in the vocals. The Brooklyn duo's soulful harmonies of rich, playful hooks and ballad-like power meld together with a refined precision that often sounds more like one voice than two. Theirs is a delicate recipe of gritty (see percussion on 'Step Up' and polished textures, elicited by producer Doug Wamble (noted for his work with Norah Jones, Charlie Hunter), who also plays guitar on the album and is now a full-time member of the band. Alongside a host of notables also lending their expertise engineer Ariel Borujow (Jay-Z, Kanye West), and mastering engineer Greg Calbi (John Lennon, Bob Dylan, John Mayer) 'Songs from the Bromley House' is a lyrical message straight from Lucius collective heart with an arresting call that echoes from beneath the floorboards.