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# For Lucero, It's Not Work
- URL: https://www.obviatemedia.net/with-lucero-its-not-work/
- Published: 2012-02-14T16:40:12.000Z
- Updated: 2012-02-14T16:50:52.000Z
- Author: Brendan Hilliard
- Tags: lucero, women & work, #Import 2026-06-24 03:26, #Import 2026-06-24 15:11

[![](https://i0.wp.com/obviatemedia.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/lucero-women-work-300x300.jpg?resize=250%2C250 "Women & Work")](https://i1.wp.com/obviatemedia.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/lucero-women-work.jpeg?ref=obviatemedia.net)**Lucero – *Women & Work***

Lucero are on a hot streak. While they’ve made dependable records with tracks that absolutely slay, it wasn’t until 2009’s 1*372 Overton Park* did they create an album that fully combined their rough-hewn songcraft with hooks that last for days. Punctuated by Memphis horns and Ben Nichols signature rasp, the record was nothing short of an instant classic, and this year’s *Women & Work* expounds on the work the last record started. “Downtown (Intro)” is a great table setter for the pulsating “On My Way Downtown”. Singer/guitarist Ben Nichols showcases his sandy croon on the drowsy balladeering of “When I Was Young”, later followed by the ragtime rave-up “Like Lightning”, this album’s best entry into their already impressive canon.

Unlike many of their roots-punk contemporaries, Lucero has had a half-decade head start in record making. With that, they’ve accomplished something rare in the genre: shaving down the rough edges of their material without actually *sounding* like it. It’s a tribute to the band’s decade-and-a-half together, showing that after all this time, they’re actually just getting started.