Lucy Dacus has often found herself rooted in the past. Historian and Home Video basked in nostalgia, almost single-minded in how they documented vignettes of her personal history. Four years on from her last solo release – and one year after her supergroup boygenius announced their indefinite hiatus – Dacus seems more firmly embedded in the present. On Forever Is A Feeling, she revels in easy romance and intimacy, looking to the future with gentle optimism instead of dwelling on the past.
Forever Is A Feeling excels in its breathtaking instrumentation, beginning with the most minimalist of strings on opener Calliope Prelude. Grandiose baroque-pop strings in Ankles perfectly complement Dacus’s soft, measured vocals, just as its imagery of quiet domestic bliss pairs well with its more sexually charged lyricism. January single Limerence and the title track continue this timeless musicality with folksy strings and piano reminiscent of Laufey or Sufjan Stevens.
