Lucia & The Best Boys has announced new album ‘Picking Petals’ with the emotive single ‘You Look Like Somebody In Love’. Check it out below.
The announcement comes following Lucia Fairfull sharing her first new music in three years back in February – joining forces with Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry for the joyous single ‘Lonely Girl’.
Now, she has confirmed that the single will feature in a new album, which is set for release on July 31 via Communion Records. Visit here to pre-order.
It will mark the highly anticipated follow-up to her 2023 debut album ‘Burning Castles’, and has been inspired by both the singer’s Scottish heritage and the artists she admires for commanding the stage without apology.
To accompany the album announcement, Lucia has shared the tender single ‘You Look Like Somebody In Love’.
Kicking in with a ‘00s indie-inspired guitar riff, the song is led by Lucia’s charismatic, upbeat vocal melody. “Would you question it if I kept you near with the smell of your perfume?/ I feel incomplete cause I’m tragically falling more in love with you,” she sings, building towards the euphoric, folky chorus: “You look like somebody in love/ The less said the better I know/ You look like somebody in love.”
Lucia & The Best Boys teamed up with acclaimed alt-pop producer Yves Rothman for the upcoming sophomore album, and recorded it in Mogwai’s Castle of Doom studios in Glasgow.
The first two days saw them complete the currently-unreleased opening track ‘Back Inside My Heart’ – which Lucia describes as a bold, synth-fuelled anthem that contrasts the atmosphere captured in lead single ‘Lonely Girl’.
‘Picking Petals’ is centred around themes of persistence and acceptance, and also features a baroque pop song called ‘Big Romance’ which sees the Scottish singer team up with The Last Dinner Party’s Abigail Morris.
1. ‘Back Inside My Heart’
2. ‘Lonely Girl (feat. Lauren Mayberry)’
3. ‘Wolf Cry’
4. ‘Better For The Worse’
5. ‘You Look Like Somebody In Love’
6. ‘Picking Petals’
7. ‘Pleasure And A Prayer’
8. ‘Forgot The Arrow’
9. ‘Big Romance (feat. Abigail Morris)’
10. ‘Ephemeral’
Later this year Lucia & The Best Boys will be playing some of her biggest shows to date, including a headline homecoming show at Glasgow’s Barrowland on October 23.
Before then, she will be performing at festivals included at The Great Escape, Bearded Theory, Isle Of Wight and more. Visit here for tickets.
Lucia & The Best Boys’ 2026 UK tour dates are:
MAY
15 – The Great Escape, Brighton
16 – Get Together Festival, Sheffield
20 – Bearded Theory Festival, Derbyshire
23 – Dot To Dot Festival, Bristol
24 – Dot To Dot Festival, Nottingham
JUNE
21 – Isle of Wight Festival
JULY
2 – Wilderness Festival, Oxford
16 – Summer’s End Angus, Brechin, Scotland
OCTOBER
23 – Glasgow Barrowland
26 – Band on the Wall, Manchester
28 – Islington Academy, London
Back in 2019, Lucia spoke to NME about “leading Glasgow’s young, vital glam renaissance” and her growth as an artist.
“I think at first when you start doing this, you really care about the way you come across, and end up comparing and judging yourself a bit too much. This year, I discovered that I don’t really give a fuck,” she said.
“I like the feeling of not knowing what I’m gonna do next. I think it’s more interesting. Nobody has to do one thing. I don’t just like punk music. I don’t just like disco music. I don’t just like pop music. Why not combine everything you love into one? Express yourself truly and it says a lot more.”
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