Singers Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe have worked with a roster of greats in the two decades they've been together — people like Harry Styles, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Jeff Tweedy and the Killers. They showed up for one of Joni Mitchell's “Joni Jams” and performed one of Paul McCartney's lesser-known songs for him.
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Holly Laessig, left, and Jess Wolfe of Lucius perform at the 8th annual Love Rocks NYC concert on March 7, 2024, in New York. Jess Wolfe, left, and Holly Laessig of Lucius arrive at the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. Jess Wolfe, left, and Holly Laessig of Lucius arrive at the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. Jess Wolfe, left, and Holly Laessig of Lucius arrive at the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. Holly Laessig, left, and Jess Wolfe of Lucius perform at the 8th annual Love Rocks NYC concert on March 7, 2024, in New York. Holly Laessig, left, and Jess Wolfe of Lucius perform at the 8th annual Love Rocks NYC concert on March 7, 2024, in New York. Jess Wolfe, left, and Holly Laessig of Lucius arrive at the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. Jess Wolfe, left, and Holly Laessig of Lucius arrive at the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. It’s a heady experience, singing at Mitchell’s house. Tipped in advance that McCartney might be there, Laessig and Wolfe rehearsed a version of “Goodbye,” a song he wrote that was a hit for Mary Hopkin in 1969. They sensed the moment he recognized it — hey, that’s my song!This year, they’re concentrating on their own music with Lucius, a rock band that also includes Dan Molad and Peter Lalish. They’ve released a self-produced disc that reflects their experiences settling in Los Angeles and starting families, titling it simply “Lucius” even though it’s their fourth album.Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe of Lucius perform at the 8th annual Love Rocks NYC concert on March 7, 2024, in New York. Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe of Lucius perform at the 8th annual Love Rocks NYC concert on March 7, 2024, in New York. “It felt like a coming home to ourselves,” Wolfe said. “There wasn’t really a question, actually, whether the record would be titled something else. It just felt like it was us, and let’s give it our name.”Music Review: Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s collaboration deepens on ‘Who Believes in Angels?’Laessig and Wolfe met and quickly bonded two decades ago as students at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. They first sang together as part of a school project to remake the Beatles’ White Album — their version of “Happiness is a Warm Gun” will never see the light of day — that was abandoned because they began writing their own music. “We were always inspired by Phil Spector and Elliot Smith and people who used double vocals as an interesting textural thing,” Wolfe said. “And we thought, well, we could actually do this live. We both wanted to be lead singers, but together.”Many have wrongly assumed they were sisters. They look a little alike, and play up this image of two who have become one by frequently dressing alike onstage. Even offstage: they arrived at The Associated Press for an interview in nearly matching, all-red outfits with identical makeup. They are disciplined in alternating who answers questions.“We’re dressing the sound,” Wolfe explained. “I grew up in the theater. Being able to escape and feeling like, you know, you can put on your costume, put on your uniform and become something else for a moment in time. Even though it feels honest and real and close to the heart, there’s something magical about it.”The gimmick served them well as they sought to make a name for themselves, Laessig said. “We were touring in the van and doing festivals and nobody had a clue who we were, but we walked around in matching outfits. People were like, ‘What is this about?’ Oh, come see us. We’re playing at this stage at 3 p.m.” Their collaborative nature is a strength they have brought to working on projects with other musicians. “People who bring us in know that they’re going to have something that’s solid between the two of us,” she said. “We just speak each other’s language. And we like building worlds within worlds. Luckily we’ve been given the freedom in all of these different projects to be us.”Wolfe and Laessig arrive at the Grammy Awards in 2024. Real life brings its parallels, too. They live in homes minutes from each other and, within the past year or so, both gave birth to babies. Collaborating with others has its strengths, and Lucius brought in Madison Cunningham and The War on Drugs to work with them on two songs on the new album. But becoming known for their work with others comes with a risk attached, that they lose sight of themselves in the process. “We like exploring different worlds and seeing how it takes shape and how we can get lost in it,” Wolfe said. “There’s something really enchanting and magical about that. And, yes, sometimes after you explore that world, it doesn’t necessarily feel like you.” To that end, the “Lucius” album is in one sense a reaction against the dance-oriented production hand that Carlile and Dave Cobb brought for the 2022 album “Second Nature.” The more rock-based new disc sounds like the musicians are more comfortable. It “feels honest and real because we wrote about things that were just happening in our lives,” Wolfe said. They’re looking forward to a busy summer of playing that music on tour, and sharing the experience with their young families. “We get to do it together and see the world together and our kids are going to know different places and cultures and foods and things, more than I had as a kid,” Wolfe said. “As tough as it can be with the nap times and sleep schedules, it’s a beautiful thing.”Bauder is the AP’s national media writer, covering the intersection of news, politics and entertainment. He is based in New York.What we know about the man charged in the attack in Boulder, ColoradoFBI says 8 injured in Colorado attack by man with makeshift flamethrower who yelled ‘Free Palestine’
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