Cleopatra

The Lumineers sophomore album, Cleopatra, was released on April 8th, 2016. It’s their first album since their self-titled debut album The Lumineers was released in 2012.

Under the music section of their site, the description for the album is:

“In Cleopatra, The Lumineers set about trying to make musical sense of their three-year-plus roller coaster ride that was their first album. Their skill at setting a visual story to music comes through amidst the delicate, deceptively simple acoustic soundscapes. This time, though, bassist Byron Isaac provides a firm, low-end on the apocalyptic opener “Sleep on the Floor,” a ghostly tune about getting out of town before the “subways flood [and] the bridges break.” It’s a densely packed, cinematic song that echoes Bruce Springsteen’s “Atlantic City” and John Steinbeck’s East of Eden – which were models for the record alongside Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”

Leading up to the announcement of the album, The Lumineers site included a countdown, which once ended, the announcement was made of a single (which was released at the announcement time), the album, and a tour.

The first single of the album, released February 5th, 2016 is Ophelia.