With a hot summer continuing its vice grip, our weather experts are predicting it could be a significant one for hurricanes along the southern half of the East Coast. But nothing can prepare us for a “HERicane,” the vibrant new single that dropped in May from the musical mind of Lucky Daye. The American singer-songwriter from New Orleans, born David Debrandon Brown, has had a busy year, with June album Algorithm and a summer tour that plays Citizens House of Blues in Boston tonight (August 6).
We’ve been hot on the Lucky Daye trail since he performed live in Cambridge just before the pandemic, where we wrote: “Lucky Daye’s irrefutable charisma stems from both his lyrical and emotional complexity. Both manage to intertwine perfectly on his [2019] debut album Painted. What Daye does to modern R&B is refreshing and fun; the singer and songwriter from New Orleans distances himself from lugubrious orchestration and wistful (read: boring) cooing that has recently become fashionable. Instead, his songs are saturated in urgent excitement full of ambitious buildups and steely defiance. Daye is a revelatory songwriter who manages to balances flexes and taunts with utter sincerity. Even when his mood tilts dark, Daye remains captivating, honest and whole.”
Tonight, Lucky Daye brings back a bit of that New Orleans heat with him to the Northeast, showcasing his widescreen brand of R&B-pop, a blend of funk, soul, and whatever else to craft an intoxicating cocktail of cool. He’ll make this our very own Lucky Daye with ease.
LUCKY DAYE + FANA HUES :: Tuesday, August 6 at House of Blues, 15 Lansdowne St. in Boston, MA :: 7 p.m., $37.50 to $57.50 :: Event info :: Advance tickets