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    Saturday, May 04, 2024

    Lumineers hit Sun Arena on Thursday

    Stelth Ulvang, from left, Neyla Pekarek and Byron Isaacs of The Lumineers perform at the Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival on Sunday, March 5, 2017, in Okeechobee, Fla. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

    We're not sure how autobiographical The Lumineers' tunes are. But if they are, founding writers Jeremiah Fraites (drums) and Wesley Schultz (vocals, guitar) clearly have a lot of women problems — or a helluva lot of fun.

    Here are some of the song titles from their two bestselling full-length albums: "Darlene." "Elouise." "Flapper Girl." "Classy Girls." "Ophelia." "Cleopatra." "Angela." "Gale Song" (which, admittedly, is more likely about a storm, but "Gale" COULD be a girl's name).

    Oh, and there's also the lead track from their 2016 Billboard-topping "Cleopatra" album. It's called "Sleep On the Floor," and that's probably what Jeremiah and/or Wesley had to do after Elouise and/or Cleopatra found out about Angela and/or Darlene.

    However any of this happened (or who or what might have inspired all of this beautifully listenable songs), The Lumineers' melting-pot recipe of folk, gospel and heartland rock — all enriched by the superb talents of cellist/vocalist Neyla Pekarek — have made them one of the biggest bands in the world. See them live Thursday in the Mohegan Sun Arena.

    The Lumineers, 7 p.m. Thursday, Mohegan Sun Arena; also, Kaleo and Susto; $44-$64; 1-800-745-3000.

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