Lauren Gillis’ releases as Lucette are few and far between, yet the Edmonton-based songwriter has managed to pack a punch on all three projects she’s put out over the past decade. Most recently, the six songs on her Nice Girl From the Suburbs EP—the follow-up to her Sturgill Simpson–produced album Deluxe Hotel Room from 2019—are as musically sophisticated as the lyrics are revelatory, as the Canadian musician continues to focus these balladic recordings on self-realization.
Following the EP’s release last month, and ahead of her homecoming show on April 24, Lucette took a respite from below-freezing Edmonton as an opportunity to film a few live versions of the EP’s tracks for our “Neighborhoods” series. Set up on the roof of Toronto’s Noble Street Studios, she performed solo piano versions of “Too Soon For Sorry” and “True Devotion” with a mostly still backdrop of snow and buildings. “I happened to be in Toronto playing a show, and it seemed fit to film the FLOOD session there since it was -20 when I left Edmonton,” she explains. “We filmed at the Noble Street Studios rooftop, where some pretty legendary records have been made. It always feels cool to be a part of that journey, and it sort of felt like home with the trains running through the background, too.”
Check out the performance below, and stream Nice Girl From the Suburbs here.
