Rosie Tucker is putting out their sophomore album, Never Not Never Not Never Not, next week. We’ve heard a couple songs from it already, “Gay Bar” and “Habit,” and today Tucker is sharing one more before the album’s release. “Lauren” is a touching character piece, a rousing dedication to a roommate who has always been there, until she wasn’t.

“‘Lauren’ is a song about having a best friend who you tap goodnight to through the plywood wall of the big ugly pink victorian house you both live in and what happens when that friend gets sick very suddenly,” Tucker explains.

The song grapples with that absence, as Tucker sings about them exchanging creative support and expresses the furious unfairness at that missing piece. “Who’s gonna hear my song through the wall and sing it right back until you come back to me?” Tucker asks. “Lauren” focuses on that kind of camaraderie and how fulfilled we can feel when someone else lifts us up.

Listen below.

TOUR DATES:
03/01 San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Music Hall
03/02 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place
03/08 Los Angeles, CA @ The Hi Hat
03/12 Austin, TX @ Side Bar – Harry Fox (SXSW)
03/12 Austin, TX @ Cheer Up Charlie’s – Riot Act Media (SXSW)
03/14 Austin, TX @ Hole In The Wall – Grey Estates & New Professor (SXSW)
03/15 Austin, TX @ Dozen Street – Get Better Records (SXSW)
03/16 San Antonio, TX @ Bang Bang
03/18 Fort Collins, CO @ The Flower Bed
03/20-24 Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Fest
03/25 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile Bar
03/26 Salem, OR @ The Space
03/28 Portland, OR @ TBA
03/29 Bay Area, CA @ TBA
03/30 Los Angeles, CA @ The Moroccan Lounge

Never Not Never Not Never Not is out 3/8 via New Professor. Pre-order it here.