Wednesday guitarist MJ Lenderman has shared new single ‘Joker Lips’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Manning Fireworks’ via ANTI- on 6 September.
A song about feeling pushed out by everyone else, there’s a slacker undercurrent running behind the alt-folk yet shoegazey sound as he pleads with people to ‘Please don’t ask how I’m doing’ and laments ‘draining cum from hotel showers’ while hoping for ‘the hours past a little faster’.
He goes on to ask ‘Please don’t laugh, only half of what I said was a joke’ before talking about a morning trying to kill him and how ‘You know I love my TV but all I really wanna see is to see you near me’. There’s a touch of Ben Kweller in his delivery of these oh-so-poignant yet relatable lines.
MJ Lenderman EU/UK Tour Dates
Mon. Nov. 11 – Berlin, DE @ Privatclub ~
Tues. Nov. 12 – Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang ~
Thu. Nov. 14 – Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
Fri. Nov. 15 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique Witloof Bar
Sat. Nov. 16 – Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere ~
Mon. Nov. 18 – London, UK @ The Garage ~ [SOLD OUT]
Tue. Nov. 19 – London, UK @ The Garage ~ [SOLD OUT]
Thu. Nov. 21 – Manchester, UK @ YES Pink Room ~ [SOLD OUT]
Fri. Nov. 22 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club ~
Sat. Nov. 23 – Dublin, IE @ Workman’s Club ~ [SOLD OUT]
Sun. Nov. 24 – Dublin, IE @ Whelan’s ~
~ w/ Hollow Hand