Luluc

Luluc
Byron Bay Bluesfest, 2015
Background information
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genres	Indie folk
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Sub Pop
Website	http://www.lulucmusic.com/
Members	Zoë Randell Steven Hassett

Luluc are an Australian indie folk music duo, consisting of Zoë Randell and Steve Hassett, currently based in Brooklyn, New York. They are signed to the Sub Pop record label, which released their second album, Passerby, in July 2014. The band is noted for their understated sound which has won them critical acclaim and notable champions like Lucinda Williams, producer Joe Boyd, and Aaron Dessner of The National

Luluc released their debut album, Dear Hamlyn, in 2008; the songs were written following the death of Randell's father.Dear Hamlyn eventually gained a large group of influential admirers. Peter Blackstock co-founder of No Depression Magazine, wrote of the album, "The most beautiful album I've heard in ten years." In 2011, Nick Drake's producer, Joe Boyd, also taken by Dear Hamlyn, invited Luluc to feature in his Nick Drake tribute tour. They contributed the tracks "Things Behind the Sun" and "Fly" to the live tribute album, Way to Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake in 2013.

Released on July 15, 2014, the album was co-produced by Aaron Dessner of The National, and recorded at his studio in Brooklyn. Sub Pop co-founder Jonathan Poneman, met and signed the band within 48 hours of hearing the master recordings.

Passerby has received wide critical acclaim and was listed as the top album of 2014 by NPR Music's Bob Boilen and Stephen Thompson. The Wall Street Journal named "Passerby" as one of their best fifteen albums of 2014.Matt Berninger, lead singer of The National noted, "I've played Passerby on repeat, for months it was the only album I wanted to listen to.”

The album received 4 and 5 star reviews in Mojo, Bust, Allmusic and Lesinrocks amongst others.Passerby was No 1 added to CMJ radio in its week of release. Dave Di Martino wrote in Rolling Stone USA that the record is a "timeless, quietly special set" and that "Passerby is gorgeous and refined through and through"