No Burden

Two absorbing contrasts drive Virginia singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus’s debut. Her soft, consoling voice washes like a salve over some serrated guitar riffs on this recorded-in-a-day album, while her introspection is regularly sweetened by an arid wit. Dacus’s melodic grace ensures that whether she’s trading in chugging garage-rock (“I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore”), droning blues-rock (“Troublemaker Doppelgänger”) or an acoustic hush (“Trust”), all those elements coalesce into inescapable hooks and enveloping warmth.