The celebrated, idiosyncratic indie-rock/folk songwriter and comic book artist Jeffrey Lewis has announced his new album, “The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis,” which is due for release on 21st March on Blang Records. The announcement also comes with the new single, ‘Sometimes Life Hits You’ and a video directed by Matt (Pizza Underground) Colbourn.
The album was recorded in just four days in Nashville, by Roger Moutenot (long-time producer of Yo La Tengo, and the previous Jeffrey Lewis album “Bad Wiring”), and features the Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage band of Brent Cole on drums, Mem Pahl on bass and Mallory Feuer on violin and keyboard. Furthermore, Jeffrey & his bandmates will be hitting the road in the UK and EU for some live dates. The frankly brilliant single ‘Sometimes Life Hits You‘ has been a live favourite on the band’s post-pandemic tours, one has had whole audiences spontaneously screaming along to the “Fuck, That Hurt!” choruses despite having never heard the song before. A clean radio edit has already received pre-release national airplay on the BBC!
The story of the album cover is as follows: “One snowy February day in 1963, Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo were photographed in New York City for the cover of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan LP, around the corner from Dylan’s 4th Street apartment. 60 years later, lifelong 4th St resident Jeffrey had the idea to try to take the same chilly photo but with no pants on, to prove himself “even more” freewheelin’ than Bob! This plan was foiled by global warming, as New York City winters no longer offer snowy street photo ops, but at least Jeffrey tried.”
Side A:
01) Do What Comes Natural
02) Movie Date
03) D.C.B. & A.R.S.
04) Sometimes Life Hits You
05) Tylenol PM
06) Just Fun
07) Relaxation
08) Inger
09) 100 Good Things
10) The Endless Unknown
The album can be pre-ordered here
Jeffrey Lewis UK Dates 2025:
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?
Here’s that single – be warned it contains some serious language but is the most joyous thing this correspondent has heard in a long time! Play it and brighten your day.
