Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage - Except For The Fact That It Isnt Jeffrey Lewis Band 2019-11-25 | Except For The Fact That It Isn't, taken from Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage's new album 'Bad Wiring', out now on Moshi Moshi/Don Giovanni: http://smarturl.it/BadWiringThe B-Movie of life, set to a stomping distortion pedal workout. With bass solo (and beatdown) from Mem Pahl: “It's a fairly listenable four-chord ditty with verses and choruses, but then there's also some ripped-up guitar devastation… it's kind of upbeat and jaunty but then it's got the most brutally sad line of the whole album… it’s mostly about what is undeniably good and real and insufficient.” Filmed by Jak KerleyFeaturing Jeffrey Lewis, Mem Pahl and Emily Frembgen.Jeffrey: guitar/vocalsMem: bass/vocalsBrent Cole: drums/vocalsProduced by Roger Moutenothttp://smarturl.it/BadWiringhttp://www.facebook.com/jeffreylewisbandhttp://www.twitter.com/jeffreylewisand
Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage - Take It For Granted Jeffrey Lewis Band 2019-11-01 | Take It For Granted is taken from Jeffrey Lewis' new album 'Bad Wiring' out today on CD, LP and download via Moshi Moshi: http://smarturl.it/BadWiringThe album was recorded and produced in Nashville by Roger Moutenot, the man responsible for producing all of the classic Yo La Tengo albums. Moutenot, who also worked on Lou Reed’s “Magic and Loss” album, and Sleater Kinney’s “Hot Rock” album was definitely the right man to capture these twelve new Lewis songs in the studio. As Lewis explains, “As an experience of working with a producer, it was a dream come true. I obviously worship a number of the records Roger had produced in the past, so I specifically sought him out. The fact that he’s in Nashville was just accidental, we would have traveled to record with him anywhere. Now when people hear we made our album in Nashville, everybody’s like, oh, I guess this is your country album…”With the endlessly creative musical variety on display from Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage, and Lewis’s writing as sharp as ever, “Bad Wiring” could be the greatest album of Jeffrey’s 18-year career. Directed by Luke WoolleyThanks to Jack Ferry, Mark Locke and Nicholas Clarkhttp://smarturl.it/BadWiringhttp://vevo.ly/GPpq2d
Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage - In Certain Orders Jeffrey Lewis Band 2019-09-10 | The world’s greatest underground indie-rock songwriter, Jeffrey Lewis, will release his new album ‘Bad Wiring’ via Moshi Moshi Records/Don Giovanni on November 1st: http://smarturl.it/BadWiringSee him and The Voltage on tour in the UK this month: thejeffreylewissite.com/Upcoming-Shows.htmlIn all of indie-rock there is no force like Jeffrey Lewis. Although mostly recognized for his lyrical skills (as well as his illustration/comic book skills), the secret weapon in Lewis’s arsenal has been his slow evolution from DIY folkie in the late 90s to barn-burning indie-rock live sensation. The album was recorded and produced in Nashville by Roger Moutenot, the man responsible for producing all of the classic Yo La Tengo albums. Moutenot, who also worked on Lou Reed’s “Magic and Loss” album, and Sleater Kinney’s “Hot Rock” album was definitely the right man to capture these twelve new Lewis songs in the studio. As Lewis explains, “As an experience of working with a producer, it was a dream come true. I obviously worship a number of the records Roger had produced in the past, so I specifically sought him out. The fact that he’s in Nashville was just accidental, we would have traveled to record with him anywhere. Now when people hear we made our album in Nashville, everybody’s like, oh, I guess this is your country album…”With the endlessly creative musical variety on display from Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage, and Lewis’s writing as sharp as ever, “Bad Wiring” could be the greatest album of Jeffrey’s 18-year career. Directed by BJ Rubin (youtube.com/bjrubin)http://www.facebook.com/jeffreylewisbandhttp://jeffreylewis.bandcamp.comhttp://vevo.ly/UdapDF
Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage - LPs Jeffrey Lewis Band 2019-08-20 | New from Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage! How many guest stars can you name? And if any of the albums shown (even briefly) in this vid are favorites of yours, let us know! Heck, while we're "quizzing" you, how many of these featured NYC record shops can you name?This video was filmed in NYC by Jak Kerley in February 2019, along with one other music video which will be coming soon! Ironically, of course, it happened to be the coldest, most freezing day of the entire winter when we had to film many of the outdoor scenes, like the Jeffrey/Mem/garbage-dumpster stuff. At least it was sunny. I really do have this feeling that CDs are about to come into style! In this song, my usual method is playing my usual acoustic guitar, and stomping on a distortion pedal at various times for that loud dynamic. This whole style was something that I learned from Mike Rechner, who I first became obsessed with 1998-1999. I had never seen somebody do that before, the acoustic guitar playing just a couple chords, with the distortion pedal brutally punctuating certain sections for maximum dramatic impact. It became a cornerstone of my idea of what a song is, and I use Mike’s style all the time, like in this LPs song. “So I started getting - (POW!) LPs, they only cost a little and these (POW!) - LPs, were all the ones I needed…Directed by Jak KerleyProduced by Jeffrey LewisIllustrations by Jeffrey Lewis
