After multiple platinum albums, Grammy nominations, a performance on Saturday Night Live, an opening spot for U2 and becoming a staple on the arena tour circuit, you’d think singer-songwriter Wesley Schultz would want his folk-rock band the Lumineers to embrace the sunnier side of songwriting.But after the runaway success of their 2012 self-titled debut, which went four-times platinum in Canada, and 2016’s two-times platinum Cleopatra, they decided to continue following their darker impulses with III, a concept record that traces the fictional Sparks family as they battle substance abuse and addiction.Backed by the hit single Gloria, Schultz, who co-wrote the album’s 10 tracks with multi-instrumentalist Jeremiah Fraites, wanted to tell a
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