Photo credit – Ilya Popenko
We can talk for hours about how Jeffrey Lewis is one of the world’s finest storytellers, with his songs ranging from zipping tales about zombies and pigs to powerful self-referencing takedowns. See the handclap heartbreak of ‘Broken Broken Broken Heart’ or when he corrects himself on ‘Don’t Be Upset’.
When Jeffrey releases new material, it’s well worth a listen. His latest single is ‘Just Fun’, a song that will appear on forthcoming album ‘The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis’ (out on 21 March via Blang Records).
A lo-fi acoustic and wordy 2 minutes and 19 seconds covering family, fantasies, frustrations and the foibles of life – from falling in and out of love to art, culture and aging – it’s packed with witty musings and relatable observations that start hopeful/ ‘Pick out someone friendly who romantically excites you. Start the hopeful dreaming of what if he or she likes you’ – before inevitably going downhill.
In his own inimitable way, Jeffrey is trying to make sense of what we’re all here for – ‘Know your only joy would be a life of creativity’ – before recalling the guilt, anxiety and occasional self-loathing that comes when ‘you’re wasting time with nonsense when you know you should be working’.
UK/EU Dates:
24th April – Hamburg, Molotow
25th April,. – Aalbourg, Studenterhuset
26th April – Copenhagen, Huset
27th April – Stockholm, Hus 7
28th April – Malmo, Plan B
29th April – Berlin, Lark
30th April – Stuttgart, Merlin
3rd May – Arlon, Les Aralunaires
4th May – Utrecht, dB’s
5th May – Paris, Supersonic Records
6th May – Paris, Supersonic Records
7th May – London, The Dome
8th May – Leicester, The International
9th May – Cambridge, Storey’s Field
10th May – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
11th May – Glasgow, Room 2
12th May – Newcastle, Gosforth Civic Theatre
13th May – Sheffield, Yellow Arch Studios
14th May – Cardiff, The Gate
15th May – Bristol, Strange Brew
16th May – Margate, Where Else?
17th May – Brussels, Les Nuits Botanique
