Lucette shares her stories on “Nice Girl From The Suburbs”

Canadian singer-songwriter Lucette returns with a new EP, Nice Girl From The Suburbs. Just as spring has brought new changes, Lucette provides a breath of fresh air with this introspective, intimate album with a country flare. A follow-up from her 2019 project, Deluxe Hotel Room, Lucette feels invigorated more than ever as she takes full control of her career creating this autobiographical album with elements of clever self-deprecation. However, that self-awareness is relatable and brilliantly woven into a rootsy Americana album.

Nice Girl From The Suburbs immediately pulls listeners in with the first song, “Too Soon For Sorry”. Lucette’s sweet, heavenly voice pulls on your emotions with her soft-spoken, gut-wrenching lyrics ‘God I’m such a mess, I overthink I guess. I’m losing it this think’. That desperate yearning of a person echoes throughout as the smooth guitar riffs ease the pain a bit. “’I wish you were here right now. I wish I let you in instead of letting you down. It’s 4 in the morning and too soon for sorry’. The instrumentation builds as Lucette professes her regret for handling past relationships that we all experienced before. Please sing to blast on your car speakers when needing a therapeutic session.

The next track is, “Back In The Blue,” features the talented Mariel Buckley. Here the two singers share relatable stories of depression, which is an excellent contrast over the upbeat instrumental. You get caught up dancing to the tune before understanding the lyrics. Together the pair shines as they sing the catchy chorus in unison, ‘I’m fucked up, but so what? It’s not anything new. I never wanted to be up out of the blue’. Again we have all been there and no matter how hard we try, it feels are efforts seem pointless. Of course, they’re not, but sometimes there’s comfort in being in your sorrows.

Perhaps the best track to throw on during a party is Lucette’s “True Devotion”. Here Lucette lets loose providing an anthem professing her love and all the excitement it brings. All the little emotions that falling in love and rejuvenation that make you want to dance without explanation. The song definitely has that country-hootenanny tune going and goes well with some Tennessee moonshine in the cabinet. So pour up a glass and grab your sweetheart close and dance the night away.

“Heading for the End” sees Lucette return to a darker mindset. The tone shifts to a slower atmosphere letting her words be impactful in each delivery as she gives her honest answers. Lucette states: “Heading For The End” is an extension of topics that I began to speak about on my last album. It’s a dark, sarcastic way of looking at my near-melodramatic behaviour when I feel low. Thinking that I’m hurt, I’m heading for the end. Telling myself stories that probably aren’t true. Leaning into those feelings a bit too much.”

Nice Girl From The Suburbs is a wonderful piece to sit back and listen to. Across the 6 tracks, Lucette gives every piece of herself from the highs and lows, not hiding anything in between. That’s kind of the way life works, isn’t it? The simplicity in her lyrics blended with an Americana tone makes for an experience everyone can hear a bit of their own lives.

Cover image by Sebestian Buzzalino