“You and Me On The Rock” by Brandi Carlile featuring Lucius

"You and Me on the Rock" comes from In These Silent Days, Brandi Carlile's seventh studio album, and went out as its second single in June 2022, with indie pop band Lucius on the harmonies. Carlile wrote it with her longtime collaborators Phil and Tim Hanseroth, and she has said Joni Mitchell was a direct influence; the demo started out on a dulcimer. That split the producers: Shooter Jennings loved it, while Dave Cobb thought it leaned far too hard on Joni, and the three worked it over until they met in the middle.

Carlile first sang the harmonies herself before thinking better of it and calling in Lucius, whose album Second Nature she had produced; Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig wrap their voices around hers like sunlight. Cobb and Tim Hanseroth strum acoustics, Phil Hanseroth plays bass, Jennings adds piano and organ, and Christopher Powell keeps it light on its feet. It earned three Grammy nominations, Record of the Year among them.

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