Some records you know you're going to love even before you start listening to them. Such was the case with me yesterday, Rotterdam's Velvet Underground Lewsburg, and their latest record Out & About.
Like all great leftfield guitar bands, VU, Go Betweens, Modern Lovers, Wire, Delgados come immediately to mind, Lewsberg operate between the lines, on the margins. 'Between thought and expression. Lies a lifetime.' Velvet Underground Some Kinda Love.
Lewsberg know this, and write a fascinating new chapter in this school of Rock & Roll theory here. This is a record of reflection, thought and poetry which takes its time for those who favour breton tops, slacks, french cigarettes and occasional shades. Erm... me for starters.
A whole cardboard box of my record collection is dedicated to this louche, artistic way of seeing the world, so this gets an immediate thumbs up from me.
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