Like fruit ripened through patience, ‘Sugar Stone’ holds sweetness and density in equal measure. A melting Precision Bass and distant piano stabs carry the music upward, suspended between gravity and grace. Cathy Lucas adds, “Sugar Stone is about how time feels to me right now at this moment in my life. It can be counted now at the breakneck rate of an infant’s changing eyes.” 

First single, “Faces Names and Places”, a rousing rocker calling for a thorough accounting of those responsible for the world’s ills, is a near-perfect fit for the current moment.