I spent all my punning energy on that Joanna Newsom line.
Anyway while we're on the subject of 'anti-folk' heroes, Jeffrey Lewis is a guy who seems to continually slip under radar of the 'popular' music scene, whatever that is.
This week he released his 21st album, which is pretty impressive for a 31 year old. In fact, it's 0.67 albums per year of his life. Radiohead took 5 years and 4 months over their last album. That's right, I couldn't go a week without mentioning them.
Lewis' new album is called '12 Crass Songs', a collection of covers of songs by legendary punk band Crass.
It's a strange choice given Lewis' incredible gift for writing songs of his own, but it really works.
At times he can soung like a genius capturing the zeitgeist of alternative underground New York life. Other times he can seem like the crazy old man on the corner ranting and raving about how things ain't what they used to be.
Either way, he's developed an unrecognisable style, and while the new album lacks some of the idiosyncracies of records like 'The Last Time I Did Acid I Went Insane' and 'It's The Ones Who've Cracked That The Light Shines Through', he's still flying the flag for prolific individual punk folk.
Jeffrey Lewis: Do They Owe Us A Living?
Crass: Do They Owe Us A Living?
Oh, and he's awesome live.
Jeffrey Lewis: Back When I Was Four[live]
1 comment:
It's his 21st album?! it's insane!
and I really liked his new album. It was interesting and beautiful.
Here's a post that shared my feelings towards the album. Its a nice music blog, you should check it out.
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