Darren Jones. First Mate of It Starts With a Birthstone is back.With another great suggestion. The Lewers, Sydney band, versed in the great Alternative Antipodean tradition. Ir you were raised on Flying Nun, The Triffids and The Go Betweens you should enjoy this. All of my boxes were ticked instantly and constantly.
518 A their latest, seven track album, (if something of seven track twenty seven minute duration qualifies as such,) rattles along on familiar, old school rails. It has the mystery and overgrown enigma of cult literature and poetry.
Reminds me of my favourite things. The first time I heard The Verlaines, Cattle & Cane and Treeless Plain, I suspect I can hazrd a guess at the kind of books which populate the Lewers bookshelves; Carson McCullers, Catcher, Shirley Jackson,. The Brontes.
518 A had a sly magnetic charm, tailor made for someone with tastes and memories like mine. I listened right the way through and then had to stop myself from doing so immediately again. It took me back to when I was eighteen and just setting out into the world. Thanks Darren. You've done it again. This is magnificent! Magnificent enigma. The Lewers, another to add to the list of ones to watch.
Thought it would be your cup of tea as much as it was mine! Think they are some sort of supergroup, although I didn't know the other bands...
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