Lucas Powell is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist musician born and based in mid-Michigan. Inspired by artists like Noah Gundersen, Phoebe Bridgers, Joshua James, and Sufjan Stevens, Lucas uses autobiographical storytelling to invite the audience to collectively sing, celebrate, grieve, and introspect.

Powell released his sophomore full-length record titled A Ten Pound Bag of Rice on May 12th, 2023. Inspired by the 2007 film Into the Wild, the album uses the story of Chris McCandless and his fatal trek into the Alaskan wilderness as an analogy for spiritual deconstruction. Powell touches on themes such as grief, co-dependency, broken relationships, American Evangelicalism, and the dream to live a life free from outside expectations. Contributors included Mitchell Pysz (Falls Creek), Konstantin Polyakov, Josie Palmer (Vaega), and Benjamin Rose (Kat and The Hurricane). Drum recording (and some additional tracking) was done at Eureka Records, the majority of recording done remotely. The album was self-produced with all post-production handled by Dan Zasadny.

A Ten Pound Bag of Rice was proceeded by 4 singles, Victimless Crime (August 2022), The Score (March 2023), Great White North (April 2023), and Simple Truth and the Little Things (May 2023). Powell’s debut full-length album Michigan was released in August 2021. In the past two years, his music has been featured on Audiotree Presents and Kickstand Production playlists, and has been played on WYCE Grand Rapids as well as many other Michigan indie stations.

Powell has played numerous live performances across Michigan and the upper midwest including Detroit’s historic Magic Bag and The Pike Room. In 2021, Powell was featured in Old Main Record’s “BareBones” virtual music festival, and in 2022 opened for Vista Kicks, Yellow Ostrich, bugsy, and Kat and The Hurricane.