With a pair of albums, Lucette carved out a niche between rustic Americana and spacy indie pop during the second half of the 2010s. Black Is the Color, her 2014 debut, unveiled a lively and clever songwriter steeped in earthy country-rock traditions, but Lucette took a sharp left turn with 2019's Sturgill Simpson-produced Deluxe Hotel Room, embracing electronics and trippy textures.
Born Lauren Gillis in Edmonton, Alberta, Lucette learned piano as a child and began writing songs as a teenager, inspired equally by classic singer/songwriters, modern pop, jazz, and country musi...