{"id":646811,"date":"2024-12-14T15:30:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T12:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lucy-remembers-everyone-hes-ever-met\/"},"modified":"2024-12-14T15:30:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T12:30:29","slug":"lucy-remembers-everyone-hes-ever-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lucy-remembers-everyone-hes-ever-met\/","title":{"rendered":"#Lucy remembers everyone he\u2019s ever met"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<style>\n<p> article.custom .custom-title, article.custom .custom-media .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .custom-attribution, article.custom .custom-attribution a {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }<\/p>\n<p> article.custom .content_block blockquote.pull_quote {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266042\" class=\"content_block flush title center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"custom-title\">\n      LUCY remembers everyone he\u2019s ever met\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-description\">\n      From the top of a Western Massachusetts mountain to a converted basement venue in Little Italy, we spend a few days with one of modern music\u2019s best-kept secrets.\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-attribution\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Raphael Helfand<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-media\">\n<div class=\" image center_align\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/LUCY_by_Sam_Wachs_s7y1bi\/cooper-handy-also-known-as-lucy-performs-in-the-basement-of-new-york-city-s-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-a-target-_new-href-https-www-instagram-com-schmoomer-sam-wachs-a.jpg\" 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1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/LUCY_by_Sam_Wachs_s7y1bi\/cooper-handy-also-known-as-lucy-performs-in-the-basement-of-new-york-city-s-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-a-target-_new-href-https-www-instagram-com-schmoomer-sam-wachs-a.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Lucy remembers everyone he\u2019s ever met\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Cooper Handy, also known as LUCY, performs in the basement of New York City\u2019s Grotta Azzurra. Photo by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/schmoomer\/\">Sam Wachs<\/a>.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"custom_share_buttons_top \" style=\"\">\n<div id=\"new_socials_bottom\" class=\"new_socials_footer  \">\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/FDR_SocialSharing_Facebook-747312c39722d47504a80f02500b8d4ad2e36acf922bad1c83799db1bc77f605.png\"><br \/>\n      <!-- <span>Share<\/span> --><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target='\"new\"' href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefader.com%2F2024%2F12%2F13%2Fa-look-into-lucys-shapeshifting-memory-world%3Futm_source%3Df%26utm_medium%3Dtw%26utm_campaign%3Dshare&amp;text=Lucy%20remembers%20everyone%20he%E2%80%99s%20ever%20met&amp;via=thefader\" class=\"new_social_footer_button twitter new_social_share_button\" data-ga-event-category=\"Social Share\" data-ga-event-label=\"Twitter\" data-ga-on=\"click\" data-ga-event-action=\"cilck\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/FDR_SocialSharing_Twitter-8d78f695280aa3f8a4461702c68e9fcbfd6042af1600c62d49fdec4b735fb57a.png\"><br \/>\n    <!-- <span>Tweet<\/span> --><br \/>\n  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/logo-snapchat-5f1563935ac089d0cf1773f642ddbfb6cdb16e8c4ac14fec95a3c11b6f963389.svg\"><br \/>\n        <!-- <span>Snap<\/span> --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-266043,  #content_block-266043 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-266043 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266043\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"lead-text\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Someone\u2019s punching people<\/span> in the basement. It\u2019s the first thing I hear as I cross the threshold into Grotta Azzurra, a 126-year-old red sauce joint in the heart of Manhattan\u2019s Little Italy. In recent years, the two-story space has been converted to accommodate private parties and the occasional show. It\u2019s after midnight, and the downstairs stage \u2014 a 4\u2019 X 4\u2019 wooden plank raised on 2\u2019 stilts \u2014 is locked in a UHaul with the keys inside.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266086\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-266044,  #content_block-266044 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-266044 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266044\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            It\u2019s on this glorified soapbox that Cooper Handy, better known as the eccentric singer-producer LUCY, will later stand and deliver songs from his brand new album, <i>Cooper B. Handy\u2019s Album, Vol. 9<\/i>. Opening band Test Subjects have been done for an hour, and the crowd is getting impatient enough to throw hands. Down the block, a lone municipal worker hangs Christmas lights.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266045\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-XVXGLKX-X2_bhthxf\/the-upstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-XVXGLKX-X2_bhthxf\/the-upstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-XVXGLKX-X2_bhthxf\/the-upstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-XVXGLKX-X2_bhthxf\/the-upstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-XVXGLKX-X2_bhthxf\/the-upstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-XVXGLKX-X2_bhthxf\/the-upstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-XVXGLKX-X2_bhthxf\/the-upstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-XVXGLKX-X2_bhthxf\/the-upstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-XVXGLKX-X2_bhthxf\/the-upstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-XVXGLKX-X2_bhthxf\/the-upstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-XVXGLKX-X2_bhthxf\/the-upstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Lucy remembers everyone he\u2019s ever met\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      The upstairs crowd at Grotta Azzurra. Photo by Sam Wachs.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-266047,  #content_block-266047 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-266047 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266047\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Upstairs, a throng of early 20-somethings congregate at an impressive backroom bar. There\u2019s a slightly older and less dense crew up front, where I chat with Chicago legend DJ Manny as he sets up his decks (his set was scheduled to run concurrently with LUCY\u2019s, but he goes on long before Handy sets foot on the basement stage.) He wasn\u2019t familiar with LUCY before he was booked for the show, he tells me. But besides the regular crew of footwork faithful sipping cocktails by the front bar, nearly everyone is a LUCY fan, or at least is there with a LUCY fan, or at the <i>very<\/i> least is clout chasing in LUCY\u2019s wake, whether they know it or not.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            When I descend below ground, the violence has been replaced by a more orderly scrum of bodies oozing in and out of the slim hallway below the stairs. A coat rack sags beneath the weight 100 Carhartt jackets, with dozens more scattered like stranded Everest climbers at its feet. The heat, though not as bad as one might imagine, is oppressive, and no one looks comfortable.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266048\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-KSp34fk-X2_bnbrk6\/the-downstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-KSp34fk-X2_bnbrk6\/the-downstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-KSp34fk-X2_bnbrk6\/the-downstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-KSp34fk-X2_bnbrk6\/the-downstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-KSp34fk-X2_bnbrk6\/the-downstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-KSp34fk-X2_bnbrk6\/the-downstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-KSp34fk-X2_bnbrk6\/the-downstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-KSp34fk-X2_bnbrk6\/the-downstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-KSp34fk-X2_bnbrk6\/the-downstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-KSp34fk-X2_bnbrk6\/the-downstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-KSp34fk-X2_bnbrk6\/the-downstairs-crowd-at-grotta-azzurra-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Lucy remembers everyone he\u2019s ever met\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      The downstairs crowd at Grotta Azzurra. Photo by Sam Wachs.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-266049,  #content_block-266049 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-266049 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266049\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            By the time Handy starts performing, about half an hour late, the audience downstairs has thinned ever so slightly, making the danger of a crowd crush less clear and present. From the back of the room, I can only see Handy\u2019s head and shoulders as he runs through <i>CBHAV9<\/i> from front to back. It\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve ever seen him play a full project straight through, and I\u2019ve been seeing him play for seven-odd years.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266046\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2294336502\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lucyboyma.bandcamp.com\/album\/cooper-b-handys-album-vol-9\">Cooper B. Handy&#8217;s Album, Vol. 9 by LUCY<\/a><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266087\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-266050,  #content_block-266050 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-266050 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266050\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Two weeks earlier, between bites of a massive burrito at a Mexican restaurant in Northampton, MA, Handy dismisses the notion that he\u2019s got a full-length project strong enough to tour behind. This bashfulness is typical; despite churning out consistently elite and uncompromisingly weird pop music for the past 10 years to growing acclaim, he\u2019s as humble now \u2014 after performing with Boy Harsher at Primavera Los Angeles and opening multiple shows for King Krule during his 2023 U.S. tour \u2014 as he was when his only fans were a few weird white boys in Western Mass. When he receives a compliment, his pale skin glows red, highlighting his boyishly WASP-y good looks.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The conversation moves in fits and starts as we inhale our supersized wraps. We\u2019re justifiably hungry, having just hiked the 935-foot Mount Holyoke in Hadley, a nearby town where Handy lived for most of his adult life, working as a dishwasher and catering courier at Amherst College until this year, when he finally achieved the minimum level of commercial success he needed to focus solely on music. Now, he lives in Northampton, a city of 30,000 permanent residents that\u2019s a regional cultural center, even when its many institutions of higher learning close for the summer and winter.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Before our hike, we meet at Handy\u2019s Easthampton studio space, a dimly lit room in a former paper mill that now stands next to a hulking weed dispensary. He splits it with a friend who\u2019s been out of the recording <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> for a minute, so he <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly has the space to himself, along with the equipment \u2014 an upright piano he mic\u2019ed up for most of the live instrumentals on the new record, an electric bass, a MIDI keyboard, a PA and monitors, and a desk where he edits his tracks on a laptop. After dinner, it\u2019s too late to get a good look at the house in Hadley where he spent his formative years living with members of Dark World, a since-dissolved underground rap crew and cult of personality revolving around its controversial leader, DJ Lucas.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-266051,  #content_block-266051 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-266051 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266051\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/69689254096__F236948F-B74D-4BE8-AB28-AF240A4B21DA_tpyvjd\/the-view-from-mt-holyoke-in-hadley-ma-s-skinner-state-park-photo-by-a-target-_new-href-https-www-instagram-com-cooperhandy-cooper-handy-a.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/69689254096__F236948F-B74D-4BE8-AB28-AF240A4B21DA_tpyvjd\/the-view-from-mt-holyoke-in-hadley-ma-s-skinner-state-park-photo-by-a-target-_new-href-https-www-instagram-com-cooperhandy-cooper-handy-a.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/69689254096__F236948F-B74D-4BE8-AB28-AF240A4B21DA_tpyvjd\/the-view-from-mt-holyoke-in-hadley-ma-s-skinner-state-park-photo-by-a-target-_new-href-https-www-instagram-com-cooperhandy-cooper-handy-a.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/69689254096__F236948F-B74D-4BE8-AB28-AF240A4B21DA_tpyvjd\/the-view-from-mt-holyoke-in-hadley-ma-s-skinner-state-park-photo-by-a-target-_new-href-https-www-instagram-com-cooperhandy-cooper-handy-a.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/69689254096__F236948F-B74D-4BE8-AB28-AF240A4B21DA_tpyvjd\/the-view-from-mt-holyoke-in-hadley-ma-s-skinner-state-park-photo-by-a-target-_new-href-https-www-instagram-com-cooperhandy-cooper-handy-a.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/69689254096__F236948F-B74D-4BE8-AB28-AF240A4B21DA_tpyvjd\/the-view-from-mt-holyoke-in-hadley-ma-s-skinner-state-park-photo-by-a-target-_new-href-https-www-instagram-com-cooperhandy-cooper-handy-a.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/69689254096__F236948F-B74D-4BE8-AB28-AF240A4B21DA_tpyvjd\/the-view-from-mt-holyoke-in-hadley-ma-s-skinner-state-park-photo-by-a-target-_new-href-https-www-instagram-com-cooperhandy-cooper-handy-a.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/69689254096__F236948F-B74D-4BE8-AB28-AF240A4B21DA_tpyvjd\/the-view-from-mt-holyoke-in-hadley-ma-s-skinner-state-park-photo-by-a-target-_new-href-https-www-instagram-com-cooperhandy-cooper-handy-a.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/69689254096__F236948F-B74D-4BE8-AB28-AF240A4B21DA_tpyvjd\/the-view-from-mt-holyoke-in-hadley-ma-s-skinner-state-park-photo-by-a-target-_new-href-https-www-instagram-com-cooperhandy-cooper-handy-a.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/69689254096__F236948F-B74D-4BE8-AB28-AF240A4B21DA_tpyvjd\/the-view-from-mt-holyoke-in-hadley-ma-s-skinner-state-park-photo-by-a-target-_new-href-https-www-instagram-com-cooperhandy-cooper-handy-a.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/69689254096__F236948F-B74D-4BE8-AB28-AF240A4B21DA_tpyvjd\/the-view-from-mt-holyoke-in-hadley-ma-s-skinner-state-park-photo-by-a-target-_new-href-https-www-instagram-com-cooperhandy-cooper-handy-a.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Lucy remembers everyone he\u2019s ever met\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      The view from Mt. Holyoke in Hadley, MA\u2019s Skinner State Park. Photo by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cooperhandy\/\">Cooper Handy<\/a>.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-266052,  #content_block-266052 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-266052 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266052\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Western Massachusetts has been Handy\u2019s home since he graduated from high school 12 years ago. But he grew up on Cape Cod, the easternmost part of the state, in a small town from which boats ferry affluent out-of-staters to their summer homes on Martha\u2019s Vineyard. Even now, he says, the Cape still feels more like home than the area where he\u2019s spent his entire adulthood. He discusses this feeling on \u201cBarking,\u201d the closer and standout track from <i>CBHAV9<\/i>. \u201cThe sweet place I\u2019m from, the same place I grew up in,\u201d he sings, an uncharacteristic drawl slurring his vocals. \u201cThe same dogs that I know, yeah I swear I hear \u2019em barking.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Then the hook: \u201cEveryone I ever met lives inside of me.\u201d It\u2019s a line that\u2019s been kicking around in his head since 2010, he tells me over the phone a few days after the album\u2019s release. He\u2019s on an Amtrak from New York to Northampton, returning from his long weekend in the city \u2014 from the chaotic Grotta Azzurra gig on Friday to a set with Club Casualties, his dance-pop duo with Nick Atkinson, in Ridgewood, Queens the following Tuesday. It rained the whole time.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266053\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Barking\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M-wBfkEXZfc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('266053');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-266054,  #content_block-266054 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-266054 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266054\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            The lyric came to him when he was 16, taking his brand new driver\u2019s license for a spin in his \u201996 Corolla (he\u2019d trade it in for his current car, an \u201904 Volvo station wagon, three years later). <i>Have Moicy!<\/i> \u2014 the unhinged 1976 folk masterpiece by Michael Hurley, the Unholy Modal Rounders, and Jeffrey Frederick &amp; the Clamtones \u2014 was playing through the stereo; \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ugyq_IOn09A&amp;ab_channel=MichaelHurley-Topic\">Slurf Song<\/a>\u201d came on, pitting lewd digestive system jokes against heartwrenchingly beautiful bluegrass strings; Handy burst into tears.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Even today, he\u2019s unsure how his own lyric connects to the Hurley track, or why its roots burrowed so deeply into his dendrites. You can hear a mangled version of the bar over a rough sample of the \u201cSlurf Song\u201d fiddles on one of LUCY\u2019s earliest cuts, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CmcAyUbrvCU&amp;ab_channel=CooperHandy\">Wisheys House<\/a>.\u201d The track begins with a lighter flick. \u201cIt\u2019s 2014,\u201d Handy monotones.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            On \u201cBarking,\u201d the sample is employed to much more powerful effect. The song\u2019s wistful, universal message \u2014 \u201cthat your memory of people is what you have of them,\u201d Handy says \u2014 is tearjerking on its own, but especially so when delivered over Hurley\u2019s strings. Even adding the incongruous but somehow-perfect trap drums that undergird the instrumental, it\u2019s a cry-in-the-car song to beat the band. Still, he pays homage to his younger, greener self by opening the song in the same diaristic fashion as its primitive predecessor: \u201cIt\u2019s 2024.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266055\" class=\"content_block diptych triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_right gutter_btm\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C1_buoo9n\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C1_buoo9n\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C1_buoo9n\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C1_buoo9n\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C1_buoo9n\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C1_buoo9n\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C1_buoo9n\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C1_buoo9n\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C1_buoo9n\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C1_buoo9n\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C1_buoo9n\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Lucy remembers everyone he\u2019s ever met\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      LUCY. Photos by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/guykozak.com\/\">Guy Kozak<\/a>.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"media_wrapper half_gutter_left\" style=\"\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_760,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C3_1_u6hlew\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C3_1_u6hlew\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C3_1_u6hlew\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C3_1_u6hlew\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C3_1_u6hlew\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C3_1_u6hlew\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C3_1_u6hlew\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C3_1_u6hlew\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C3_1_u6hlew\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C3_1_u6hlew\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/C3_1_u6hlew\/lucy-photos-by-a-target-_new-href-https-guykozak-com-guy-kozak-a.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" alt=\"Lucy remembers everyone he\u2019s ever met\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-266056,  #content_block-266056 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-266056 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266056\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"lead-text\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Cooper Handy<\/span> is a creature of habit. He summits Mount Holyoke at least twice a week, and on the off days, he still strives to get a solid hour of walking in. \u201cIt helps with the music in a serious way,\u201d he says. \u201cIf I don\u2019t get exercise before I go to the studio, I\u2019m less able to work. I feel like my body is wanting me to do more.\u201d His recording process is essentially the same as it was when he was 20, aside from a few upgrades. He still produces his songs on GarageBand, though he rarely uses the program\u2019s default instruments these days, and he\u2019s learned to quantize his beats into a rhythmic grid \u2014 a proficiency that\u2019s notably absent on fledgling recordings like \u201cWisheys House.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The campy charm that comes with his use of basic software is thrown into stark relief against the mastery of both live instruments and samples he\u2019s achieved over the years. Still, it threads a quirky through line from his first-ever project, 2014\u2019s cheekily titled <i>Best Of<\/i>, all the way to <i>CBHAV9<\/i>. His sound has always lived on the border of irony and deep sincerity \u2014 and his Dark World beginnings have led many unlightened listeners to situate him in the former camp \u2014 but he takes his music seriously. Over burritos, he complains that people too often compare him to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#2596be\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XjFU98mEem4&amp;pp=ygUcam9uYXRoYW4gcmljaG1hbiBsZXNiaWFuIGJhcg%3D%3D\">Jonathan Richman<\/a>, Massachusetts\u2019s kook-rock overlord.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI definitely like him, but sometimes I think his solo career is a little too silly,\u201d Handy says. \u201cI enjoy seeing him live, but I don\u2019t feel like I get that silly or weird [in my own shows]. There\u2019s something about his sets that lack a certain darkness, and I feel like he\u2019s always striving to keep it that way. I know sometimes people find my music funny, but it\u2019s different than his.\u201d There\u2019s no shade, of course. \u201cHe\u2019s one of the few Massachusetts guys that did something cool, and I admire the almost stream-of-consciousness flows he uses,\u201d Handy clarifies.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Handy\u2019s struggle with the perception of his work as unserious is a quietly existential one. His music exists in its own world, ultra-specific but always shapeshifting, and he lives there with it, unwilling or simply unable to concede any of its territory to the invading forces of critical and commercial concerns. It\u2019s part of what makes him such a special artist at a time when so many great talents are made to contort their souls for cynical <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> content.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266057\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/A7_1_szlm5v\/photo-by-guy-kozak.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/A7_1_szlm5v\/photo-by-guy-kozak.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/A7_1_szlm5v\/photo-by-guy-kozak.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/A7_1_szlm5v\/photo-by-guy-kozak.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/A7_1_szlm5v\/photo-by-guy-kozak.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/A7_1_szlm5v\/photo-by-guy-kozak.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/A7_1_szlm5v\/photo-by-guy-kozak.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/A7_1_szlm5v\/photo-by-guy-kozak.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/A7_1_szlm5v\/photo-by-guy-kozak.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/A7_1_szlm5v\/photo-by-guy-kozak.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/A7_1_szlm5v\/photo-by-guy-kozak.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Lucy remembers everyone he\u2019s ever met\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Photo by Guy Kozak.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-266058,  #content_block-266058 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-266058 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266058\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Handy released <i>V9<\/i> \u2014 just as he released the first eight <i>Cooper B. Handy\u2019s<\/i> albums and most every other project he\u2019s been a part of \u2014 independently and on his own schedule. He tried the label route once, for his ironically named 2020 project <i>The Music Industry Is Poisonous<\/i>, and was both anxious about having other hands mix and master his tracks and frustrated with the waiting around that\u2019s part and parcel of a traditional album rollout. He\u2019s open to trying it again but wary of falling into the same trap.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            His refusal to work on anyone else\u2019s terms hasn\u2019t gotten in the way of his prolific career as a collaborator. He\u2019s been playing in a post-punk duo called <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#2596be\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/thetaxidermists.bandcamp.com\/album\/ko-ep\">Taxidermists<\/a> with his close friend Salvadore McNamara since middle school; he dropped a joint project with his fellow former Dark Worlder and kindred spirit Gods Wisdom in 2022; and he and Atkinson released their second Club Casualties album last fall. In 2024, he\u2019s let others take the production reins, resulting in two excellent records: January\u2019s <i>100% Prod I.V.<\/i> is, as its title suggests, produced by a Minneapolis-based artist named for a medical feeding tube, whom Handy discovered when she started emailing him \u201charpsichord trap\u201d beats (his words) months earlier. (They\u2019ve got plenty more tracks in the vault, he says \u2014 at least enough for another full-length release.) And June\u2019s <i>Jack &amp; the Beanstalk<\/i> is a product of his collegial creative partnership with in-demand Surf Gang producers EvilGiane and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#2596be\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/harrrrisonnnn\/?hl=en\">Harrison<\/a>.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            In 2025, he\u2019ll share a new Taxidermists album and a project with Boy Harsher\u2019s Gus Miller (as Safe Mind) \u2014 and that\u2019s just what\u2019s been announced so far.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266061\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-jrTRd5C-X2_rta2m5\/lucy-in-the-grotta-azzurra-basement-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-jrTRd5C-X2_rta2m5\/lucy-in-the-grotta-azzurra-basement-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-jrTRd5C-X2_rta2m5\/lucy-in-the-grotta-azzurra-basement-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-jrTRd5C-X2_rta2m5\/lucy-in-the-grotta-azzurra-basement-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-jrTRd5C-X2_rta2m5\/lucy-in-the-grotta-azzurra-basement-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-jrTRd5C-X2_rta2m5\/lucy-in-the-grotta-azzurra-basement-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-jrTRd5C-X2_rta2m5\/lucy-in-the-grotta-azzurra-basement-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-jrTRd5C-X2_rta2m5\/lucy-in-the-grotta-azzurra-basement-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-jrTRd5C-X2_rta2m5\/lucy-in-the-grotta-azzurra-basement-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-jrTRd5C-X2_rta2m5\/lucy-in-the-grotta-azzurra-basement-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/i-jrTRd5C-X2_rta2m5\/lucy-in-the-grotta-azzurra-basement-photo-by-sam-wachs.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Lucy remembers everyone he\u2019s ever met\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      LUCY in the Grotta Azzurra basement. Photo by Sam Wachs.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-266060,  #content_block-266060 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-266060 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ffffff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266060\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Still, Handy shines brightest on his own, and <i>V9<\/i> is a significant evolution in his solo career. At 17 songs, it\u2019s his longest release by a mile. And despite its mixtape feel, there\u2019s little filler on its tracklist. It encapsulates nearly every aspect of his odd ethos, mixing classic LUCY piano tracks and brazen flips \u2014 Guns N\u2019 Roses\u2019 \u201cSweet Child O\u2019 Mine\u201d and C\u00e9line Dion\u2019s \u201cMy Heart Will Go On\u201d are the boldest \u2014 that exist beyond considerations of clearance and sample snitching.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            On \u201cRhododendron,\u201d he pairs the melodramatic pan-flute melody of Dion\u2019s <i>Titanic<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a> with an elementary 808 drum line. As on \u201cBarking,\u201d the jarringly goofy combination is, inexplicably, the ideal setting for some of the most powerful lyrics on the album. \u201cWe go to the garden \/ We see that it\u2019s frozen \/ Cut up rhododendron \/ For the time that we\u2019re spending,\u201d he sings. \u201cOh no \/ The winds of change will blow \/ A new tale, but they say it\u2019s been told.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cAre we holding on to let go?\u201d he finishes, letting the question hang in the air unanswered. The song\u2019s central metaphor is straightforward on its face; the rhododendron, a woody plant that overflows with vividly colored flowers in the spring and summer in Handy\u2019s native New England, symbolizes eternal impermanence. But it\u2019s not as simple as that. \u201cYou know how rhododendrons look different in winter?\u201d he asks me, watching rain slide down the window of his northbound train. \u201cThe leaves curl up into tubes, but they keep their color.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019ve noticed since I was a kid,\u201d he says. \u201cThey don\u2019t die, but they always change shape.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-266059\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LUCY - &quot;Rhododendron&quot; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NvjTu8_hsyY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('266059');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Raphael Helfand<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/2024\/12\/13\/a-look-into-lucys-shapeshifting-memory-world\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LUCY remembers everyone he\u2019s ever met From the top of a Western Massachusetts mountain to a converted basement venue in Little Italy, we spend a few days with one of modern music\u2019s best-kept secrets. 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