Featuring a pair of Berklee College of Music voice majors in Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, who wear matching hairstyles and outfits to visually complement their serpentine harmonies, Lucius debuted their blend of torchy folk-rock and urban indie pop on a self-titled EP in 2012. The band's first record to crack the top half of the Billboard 200 was their second full-length, 2016's Good Grief, which looked to slicker, '80s-styled pop without abandoning acoustic balladry. They continued to experiment with a range of influences on albums such as the Brandi Carlile-co-produced Second Nature (2022). The duo earned a Grammy nomination the year prior for their contributions to Carlile's "You and Me on a Rock." A deal with Fantasy Records preceded the release of the group's fourth full-length outing slated for 2024.