Lucy Dacus

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What music are you currently grooving to?

I’ve really been loving Dijon’s latest record, Absolutely. The songwriting is really heartfelt and clever, and the fidelity goes from low to high throughout the album, which is one of the coolest tricks.

What, if push comes to shove, is your all-time favourite album?

I used to say Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust, but the record I listen to the most is Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill by Grouper. It resets me. It’s not a very lyrical album, but sometimes I just need music to wash over me.

What was the first record you ever bought? And where did you buy it?

If we’re talking vinyl, I bought Pearl by Janis Joplin, Aladdin Sane by Bowie and The Animals’ The Best Of, from Deep Groove in Richmond, VA. But when I was 10, I bought a CD of Green Day’s American Idiot but my dad threw it away because of the cursing.

Which musician, other than yourself, have you ever wanted to be?

Bruce Springsteen or Prince. They really set the standards for what a musician can be.

What do you sing in the shower?

I usually write songs in the shower, or I sing my roommates’ songs, as they’re songwriters too.

What is your favourite Saturday night record?

LCD Soundsystem’s whole discography and Black Messiah by D’Angelo. These albums are full of hype, you feel like you have to dance.

And your Sunday morning record?

I’ve been listening to a really moving album called The Tide’s Magnificence by Molly Drake, Nick Drake’s mother. I also enjoy playing Blossom Dearie Sings, there’s a song Sunday Afternoon which I love to play on a Sunday. I feel like I’m in a movie.

Lucy tours the UK in March.