Deluxe Hotel Room produced by Sturgill Simpson
On her sophomore album Deluxe Hotel Room, indie-pop artist Lucette turns her title phrase into a metaphor for experiences both highly specific and widely familiar: fleeting romance, emotional displacement, isolation, the gulf between the presumed glamour of the artistâs life and the reality of getting by. Produced by Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Sturgill Simpson at The Butcher Shoppe in Nashville and backed by Simpsonâs touring band, Lucette embeds Deluxe Hotel Room with so many unexpected flourishes: brooding drum-machine beats, luminous synth lines, andâperhaps most strikinglyâthe soulful saxophone work of New Orleans musician Brad Walker. âThe only direction Sturgill really gave me with the vocals was, âSing it like you mean it,ââ says Lucette. âBecause of that, I think you can actually hear what my voice sounds like for the very first time.â