According to Allmusic (the music bible), "Like I Used To", the debut album from Lucy Rose, is "a striking debut" from a "folky, doe-eyed country girl". Now just because Lucy Rose grew up in Warwickshire, it doesn't automatically make her folky.
Although, yes, many of the songs are held together with guitar and delicate vocal lines, many of them have an indie rock undertone that sets her apart from her contemporaries. Lucy Rose is a multi-instrumentalist; she plays both acoustic and electric guitar, piano and the drums, all of which she plays on the album. And the annoying thing is, she can play all of them very, very well.
What makes "Like I Used To" special is that all the songs have not only been in the pipeline since Lucy Rose was around 17, but they were all recorded either at her family home in Warwickshire, the nuclear bunker in the basement or the village hall. It has a distinctly homey feel, the songs included.Even the homemade videos are part of the personal, intimate feel. Despite this, it all comes together so well; she doesn't compromise on anything, and it all sounds just as it ought to.
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She also made a documentary type thing of how she recorded the album, worth a watch.
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