At The Barrier
“As with the companion song, the vocal trio, Tory Fisher, Lacey Guthrie and Katie Peabody, together as Duchess, add a vocal chorus, for this more dynamic reprise, with scrubs of electric guitar replacing the sinewy strings.”
March 6, 2026
The A.V. Club
“Duchess’ frontwomen Lacey Guthrie, Katie Peabody, and Tory Fisher reprise their roles as backing vocalists for the closing track, ‘Bride of the Lion,’ bookending the album with their gossamer, chamber-choir tonalities.”
March 2026
KLOF Mag
“Lacey Guthrie, Tory Fisher and Katie Peabody, the three front women of the band Duchess, sing together on the opening and closing songs, parallel odes to the beast that is fear.”
January 2026
Louisville Public Media (WFPK)
“The band is also featured with Lacey Guthrie, Katie Peabody, Todd Cook, Corey Smith, Neal Argabright, Brian Shrek, Bob Dixon, and of course, singer/songwriter Tory Fisher.”
October 3, 2025
Louisville Public Media (WFPK)
“After crafting Flower Eating Monster alongside longtime collaborator and producer Kevin Ratterman, Lacey revealed that they are already working on her next record.”
February 26, 2025
Louisville Public Media (WFPK)
“Lacey Guthrie will be supporting the band on April 25, followed by Future Killer on April 26, and The Jesse Lees on April 27.”
February 6, 2025
Louisville Public Media (WFPK)
“Lacey Guthrie just released her new album Flower-Eating Monster and talks about it with WFPK’s Laura Shine.”
December 26, 2024
The FADER
“The track features bass stylings from Shahzad Ismaily, guitar work from Blake Mills and Emmett Kelly, drumming by Jim Keltner, and backing vocals courtesy of Lacey Guthrie, Katie Peabody, and Heather Summers.”
November 20, 2023
Stereogum
“The song also has backup vocals from Lacey Guthrie, Katie Peabody, and Heather Summers.”
November 2023
Ghettoblaster
“‘Keeping Secrets will Destroy You’ was played by Bonny, Shahzad Ismaily, Emmett Kelly, Jim Keltner and Blake Mills, and features the singing of Lacey Guthrie, Katie Peabody and Heather Summers.”
November 2023
LEO Weekly
“Guthrie, who lives in Louisville, released her first solo album, The King of Holding Onto Things, in 2021, and has another on the way.”
May 9, 2023
Louisville Public Media (WFPK)
“Joan Shelley, Ben Sollee, Daniel Martin Moore, Joe Manning & Lacey Guthrie, Randy Wilson, Heather Summers, and Affrilachian Poets.”
August 4, 2022
Never Nervous
“Over the last 5 years or so, Lacey Guthrie’s ethereal, breathy voice has become as recognizable as any singer I can think of.”
December 30, 2021
Louisville Public Media (WFPK)
“It took every ounce of every collaboration I’ve been part of to get to this place where I feel motivated to write using just my own voice or even capable of it, so I’d say this is my first solo effort that’s actually rooted in who I am as an adult.”
November 5, 2021
LEO Weekly
“This very long, very weird summer sees the long-anticipated debut release from indie power trio Ouzelum. Long Face shows the band at their most morose, a melancholic dirge that erupts into pure ecstasy at the chorus.”
July 2020
PopMatters
“The deceptively small cast of characters — Maryliz Bender on drums and vocals, Lacey Guthrie on accordion and vocals, Kevin Ratterman on guitar and effects — make the most of the trio format by layering the sounds to create an arresting density.”
January 7, 2020
LEO Weekly
“On this album, Guthrie’s vocals are the featured standout, and with control and confidence, she cries out strongly and powerfully, especially at the end of the song Water.”
November 20, 2019
The Big Takeover
“The Big Takeover is pleased to host the premiere of ‘White Tongues,’ a restless and potent track off the album.”
November 13, 2019
DKFM Shoegaze Radio
“Louisville dream pop mavens Twin Limb unleashed the first single from their anticipated new album… ‘Water’ is the first hint of what's to come on In The Warm Light, As A Ghost, due later this year.”
ca. autumn 2019
Stereogum
“With them and Lacey Guthrie from Twin Limb, by the end it feels like there’s 500 people in the room around me.”
March 2019
PopMatters
“Built on an eerie, hip-hop-ish rhythms, psychedelic-cum-horror rock keyboard figures and a devastatingly beautiful vocal take from Lacey Guthrie (Twin Limb), ‘Glass Island’ bursts into a deep-cutting, prog-influenced ecstasy.”
October 2017
Stereogum
“...Wilderado Twin Limb Big Jesus Twiddle White Reaper River Whyless Alexandra Savior Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real Innanet James Ganja White Night...”
January 11, 2017
Showbams
“He and his bandmates from Twin Limb (also opening for James on this tour) played all of Eternally Even and half of Regions.”
December 16, 2016
KEXP
“Lacey Guthrie’s angelic vocals can draw obvious comparison to the likes of Elizabeth Frasier, but who knew that an accordion could give such a lush drone layer for a shoegaze track?”
December 9, 2016
Concert Hopper
“In support of this newly released album, Jim embarked on a solo tour with his hometown Louisville, Kentucky friends, Twin Limb, as both the opening support and as his back-up band.”
December 2, 2016
East of 8th
“Guthrie’s otherworldly voice swelled from the floor planks to the rafters while Bender’s dreamy harmonies flowed consistently alongside.”
November 28, 2016
JamBase
“James was backed by a band featuring a trio of fellow Louisville-natives, Twin Limb, who also performed an opening set.”
November 21, 2016
BrooklynVegan
News post on the Iroquois Amphitheater ‘Fade Into You’ cover with Jim James, premiered via Pitchfork.
ca. November 2016
The Joy of Violent Movement
“I’ll never forget the first time I saw Mazzy Star’s ‘Fade Into You’ music video. It was the first song that hit me right in the heart.” —Maryliz Bender, quoted in the piece
November 17, 2016
LEO Weekly
“The final product still retains the surreal, ominous, psychedelic sound they started with — it just now has more depth, with the added atmospheric layers circling their original core ideas.”
November 9, 2016
Never Nervous
“From start to finish Haplo is utterly amazing.”
November 1, 2016
PopMatters
“This set of songs is haunting and visceral, made of tougher substance than your average airy dream pop.”
October 27, 2016
NPR — All Songs Considered
Twin Limb featured on the October 11, 2016 New Mix episode.
October 11, 2016
LEO Weekly
“Twin Limb, a Louisville, three-piece experimental rock band consisting of Lacey Guthrie, Maryliz Bender and Kevin Ratterman, is set to release their first full-length album, Haplo, on Friday, Oct. 28.”
October 2016
Stereogum
“Louisville-based dream-pop band Twin Limb have announced their first full-length album, Haplo, with a video for a new track titled ‘The Weather.’ Additionally, the trio is scheduled to tour with Jim James this fall, both as his opening band and backing band.”
September 22, 2016
Paste
Single announcement noting the Eternally Even tour with Twin Limb.
ca. July 2016
What Bree Sees
Photo post from One Longfellow Square in Portland, Maine — Twin Limb joined Basia Bulat’s encore.
May 23, 2016
WERS 88.9FM
“Opening that evening was Louisville-based Twin Limb, who glided through a set of psychedelic folk that leaned heavily toward the psychedelic side of things.”
April 5, 2016
Spectrum Culture
Live review from the Good Advice tour.
March 31, 2016
Bloginity
“Twin Limb are type of nouveau Americana, enlisting all the roots-y singing and strings their part of the world has been known for since its inception, but stacking all the types of production tricks we’ve learned over the decades, bringing us to 2015.”
November 2015
Do502
“…you do have to listen with that kind of focus to hear what Lacey is saying.”
ca. late 2015
Do502
“Louisville’s Twin Limb is proof that a band can be a powerful trio without being a ‘power trio’.”
ca. late 2015
WFPK
Live session video from the WFPK studios.
ca. 2015
NPR — All Songs Considered
“This week’s essential mix includes several discoveries, including the gritty rock group Diet Cig, the pop group Motel Beds and Twin Limb, a band that finds new ways to use an accordion.”
October 13, 2015
Forecastle Festival
Live video session with Houndmouth and Twin Limb for Forecastle’s Captain’s Report series.
March 24, 2015
Forecastle Festival
Live video session with Houndmouth and Twin Limb for Forecastle’s Captain’s Report series.
March 17, 2015
This Is That Song
“If you only listen to one song today, make it ‘Long Shadow’ by Twin Limb… Twin Limb is a dream-folk trio from Louisville. They formed in 2013 as the duo of Maryliz Bender (vocals, drums) and Lacey Guthrie (vocals, accordion).”
February 18, 2015
KUTX Austin
“It’s a trick taken from Beach House’s playbook: start small, and then explode outward.”
February 2015
LEO Weekly
“Things have been accelerating quickly for Twin Limb, the local ominous, dreamy and extremely compelling former duo, now trio, that dishes a heavy dose of dark, layered, almost psychedelic folk that seems to know very few limitations.”
January 2015
Never Nervous
“The ladies in Twin Limb make some damn fine music. They are a bit hard to describe.”
May 30, 2014