''When You Found Me'' is the eleventh

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by American

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band Lucero. It was released on January 29, 2021, through Liberty & Lament and

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Background

The album was recorded in the summer of 2020 at

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, with producer

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Critical reception

''When You Found Me'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At

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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an

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score of 75 based on 5 reviews. Writing for

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, Mark Deming wrote: "Nearly all the songs on ''When You Found Me'' trade in uncertainty and doubt, in human relationships that could seemingly fall apart at any moment, and the dramatic tension in Ben Nichols' vocals fits the slow-burning fuse of the music like bourbon and Coca-Cola. Lucero don't make the edgy doubt of these songs sound comfortable, but they do make them sound vivid and real." At ''Glide Magazine'', John Moore said: "The band’s moody, at times Southern Gothic sound, is still tightly wrapped around the songs here, but there is also a feeling of nostalgia. Musically, the band is stripped down more so than they have been in a while on When You Found Me. And despite the pared down horn section, they used vintage synthesizers on certain songs, a first for the band, and managed to find some space for fiddles here and there." Essi Berelian of ''

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'' explained: "''When You Found Me'' combines top-notch musicianship and expert songcraft with bags of brooding atmosphere, with Lucero clearly at the top of their southern-rocking game."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from

. Band Members * Ben Nichols – lead vocals, guitar * John C. Stubblefield – bass * Brian Venable – guitar * Roy Berry − drums * Rick Steff – piano Other musicians * Jim Spake – saxophone Production *

, engineer, mixing, producer *

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– mastering * Jeff Powell – mastering * Matthew Cole – design

References

External links

* * {{Lucero (band) 2021 albums Lucero (band) albums Thirty Tigers albums