Music blogs are buzzing today with word that Memphis favorites Lucero have announced an Oct. 6 release date for 1372 Overton Park, the band's sixth album and first for major label Universal/Republic.
The album, named for the address of a Midtown loft where they used to live, finds the band adding elements of Memphis soul to their sound, including horn charts provided by saxophonist Jim Spake. Says frontman and "$5 Cover" star Ben Nichols:
The album, named for the address of a Midtown loft where they used to live, finds the band adding elements of Memphis soul to their sound, including horn charts provided by saxophonist Jim Spake. Says frontman and "$5 Cover" star Ben Nichols:
"When Jim Spake put that first horn track down, we began thinking of the record as having a certain sound. We heard pieces of Memphis history being played over our songs and it floored us and we just went with it."Listen to streaming audio of the new song "The Devil and Maggie Chascarillo" at Lucero's Web site.
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