Jeffrey Lewis recently announced his new album, The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis, due for release on 21st March on Blang Records (and Don Giovanni in the US). Described in these pages as having the wit of Woody Allen, the cracked delivery that mixes early Dylan with early Beck, and the narrative tricksiness of Paul Auster, we’ve never tired of his self-deprecating humour.
Following his lead single Sometimes Life Hits You, his latest offering, Just Fun, is not short of highlights…as the accompanying press notes: there’s rapid-fire syllabic craftiness in the double “…Old now/ told how…” to the triple “…too grown-up to fume/ …thrown the phone across the room” to the five-rhymes-for-the-price-of-one: “first see your glowing promise as an actor or a painter / then be honest you’re a hack who knows their glow is getting fainter.” It’s not just the form of a song, it’s the content that wins hearts and minds, but Jeffrey nails both; even when recorded at the kitchen sink.
It’s accompanied by a static timelapse video directed by Jak Kerley, which features a cameo by Joanna Sternberg among others.
According to Jeffrey Lewis: “Joanna lives in the same building-complex as my cousin Edye (& her bf Keith) who play the parents in the first verse so I figured we could multitask while filming there and go meet Joanna for a quick scene (similar “Easter egg” for fans as the Frankie Cosmos cameo in the “LPs” video from 2019). Also the snowy daytime street where I do the unclothed part is the ‘Freewheelin’ corner of Jones & W 4th St, from the 1963 Dylan album and my album.”
UK/EU Dates – more to be announced:
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
Website: https://thejeffreylewissite.com/