Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts - Manhattan

Jeffrey Lewis’s 2015 masterpiece ‘Manhattan’ in random-colour reground vinyl.

Blang Records are thrilled to announce they’ll be bringing the wild streets of Manhattan to the UK and Europe this autumn with the vinyl re-release of Jeffrey Lewis’s 2015 masterpiece ‘Manhattan’. The LP sold out of its first pressing and has been impossible to buy anywhere for years…until now. Out on exclusive Random Mix Colour Reground EcoVinyl in record shops from 20th September.

Blang Records and Jeffrey Lewis have history: before Blang was a label, it started life as a live night at the 12 Bar Club in Denmark Street, hosting many a set of the NY Antifolk artists over on UK shores, including Jeffrey Lewis. Now 20+ years since Jeffrey first played Blang, it feels fitting that tour support comes from UK antifolk linchpins, Blang Records mainstay, and arguably one of the UKs most criminally underrated bands, David Cronenberg’s Wife (“A mix of 80’s fall and the Velvet Underground” - NME).

Native New Yorker Jeffrey Lewis is a comic book writer/artist and a musician. A cult hero birthed from the now infamous antifolk movement that sprung up on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the 90s, Jeffrey has released dozens of albums showcasing his unique blend of bleakly witty observations, scratchy, lo-fi punk and croaky folk/anti-folk, all firmly rooted in a strong DIY sensibility. Jeffrey and his band have toured the world multiple times over, released albums on Rough Trade, Moshi Moshi and Don GIovanni Records, and have been featured by NPR, The History Channel, The NY Times and more. ‘Manhattan’ was mixed by John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr., Phosphorescent, War On Drugs) and recorded by Brian Speaker at SpeakerSonic Studios NY, produced by Brian Speaker and Jeffrey Lewis.

“We’ve been fans of Jeffrey Lewis since seeing him at the Sidewalk Cafe in 2001, so we’re really really pleased to be really-re-releasing the excellent album ‘Manhattan’ just in time for his September UK Tour. This all started when Jeffrey asked for help looking after his merch after his UK tour finished last year and we said we’d help him press some records in Europe from a UK address as the postage costs from the US were way too much. This ultimately led to us re-releasing his classic album (and respectful nod to Lou Reed's New York) ‘Manhattan’.  It's beyond a dream come true.  Blang is the home of fantastic lyricists and that's exactly what Jeffrey is - this is a perfect fit.” - Blang Records

“Jeffrey Lewis is an amazing musician, and if you don’t know his songs you probably have a hole in your heart that can only be filled by his words… I did!” – Regina Spektor

“Jeffrey is the best pure songwriter I know of… ‘Sad Screaming Old Man’… is one of my favourite songs ever written.” – David Berman, Silver Jews

“Lewis’s catchiest and finest album” - (Grade: A)   – Vice

Tour Dates: Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage, w/ support from David Cronenberg’s Wife -

Aug 29^th Hertford – Corn Exchange, 30^th Coventry – The Tin Music & Arts, Sept 1^st Stockton-on-Tees – Georgian Theatre, 2^nd York – The Crescent, 3^rd Stirling, Scotland – The Tolbooth, 4^th Birkenhead – Future Yard, 5^th !SOLD OUT! – Halifax  – The Grayston Unity, 6^th Norwich – Norwich Arts Centre, 7^th Northampton – The Black Prince, 8^th Carmarthen – CWRW, 9^th Nottingham – The Old Cold Store, 10^th Southampton – The Joiners Arms, 11^th Hastings – The Pig // Jeffrey Lewis solo: 12^th London – West Hampstead Arts Center, 13^th London – West Hampstead Arts Center.

Tracks:

1 Scowling Crackhead Ian

2 Thunderstorm

3 Sad Screaming Old Man

4 Back To Manhattan

5 Avenue A, Shanghai, Hollywood

6 Outta Town

7 It Only Takes A Moment

8 Support Tours

9 Have A Baby

10 Athiest Mantis

11 The Pigeon

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