Lucy Dacus Reissues Debut Album 'No Burden' for 10th Anniversary with Unreleased Track
Lucy Dacus will reissue her debut album No Burden on 4 December to mark its tenth anniversary, pressing the record on special seaglass vinyl and leading the package with a previously unreleased song, "No Thank You, I Love You, Goodbye." Preorders are live now, according to Rolling Stone.
The new track was recorded with Adrian Olsen and Dacus's guitarist Alan Good Parker, whose fuzzed-out guitar runs through the song. Its title — a breathless string of parting words — sits comfortably alongside the wry, conversational songwriting that defined the original album.
No Burden first arrived on 16 February 2016 via Matador Records, carrying the catalogue number OLE11156, per the Matador shop listing. The label describes the record as "a forthright, disarmingly catchy statement." Songs from the original release include "I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore" and "Strange Torpedo," both of which helped establish Dacus as a songwriter with a sharp ear for detail and a voice that could shift between deadpan and aching within a single line.
A decade on, the reissue gives the album its first dedicated anniversary treatment. The seaglass vinyl edition is the marquee format detail — a colour pressing aimed squarely at collectors who have kept Dacus's records in rotation since her early years on the Richmond, Virginia scene, long before her work with boygenius, the trio she shares with Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers, brought her to a wider audience.
For fans, the draw is simple: one unheard song and a fresh pressing of the record where Dacus's songwriting career began. The 4 December date places the reissue squarely in the holiday shopping window, when vinyl-heavy gift lists tend to circulate. Whether the seaglass pressing sells through quickly will depend on demand that anniversary reissues from independent-leaning artists have, in recent years, shown they can reliably generate.
No further bonus tracks or expanded edition details have been confirmed beyond the unreleased song and the new vinyl colour. The reissue appears to be a focused, single-disc celebration rather than a box-set treatment.
