2023 Tapes, by Jeffrey Lewis

2023 Tapes

by Jeffrey Lewis

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sporkova These annual tapes, and "Worst Case Scenario" on this one, are pure joy and encouragement for anyone who values the boldness of just putting out stuff. I want it both ways - and am deeply grateful to artists like Jeffrey Lewis who deliver. Favorite track: Worst Case Scenario.

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1.	Guilty of Stupid 02:20	buy track
2.	Things That People Give Me 02:57	buy track
3.	(If You're Ever Scared of) Republican Rednecks 02:48	buy track
4.	1-State Solution 03:42	buy track
5.	The World is Just a Series of Confounding Events 02:55	buy track
6.	What Part of... Don't You Understand 02:42	buy track
7.	Creature of Routine 02:16	buy track
8.	Dating Profile 01:52	buy track
9.	Fuck it's Just So Fucking Hot 01:36	buy track
10.	We Fight When We Text 05:15	buy track
11.	Preconditions Include 02:19	buy track
12.	Accept Yourself 02:18	buy track
13.	Fortune Favors the Bold 02:26	buy track
14.	Why Not Utopia 02:29	buy track
15.	Bedtime for the Depressed 01:14	buy track
16.	In the World of Promises/It's Just Synthetic 01:04	buy track
17.	Okay to Be Dead 02:43	buy track
18.	If I Could Choose (draft 1) 02:07	buy track
19.	Some Fun in the Meantime 03:26	buy track
20.	Worst Case Scenario 00:19	buy track
21.	Tried so Hard (sketch) 00:37	buy track
22.	(unfinished sketch with G and F chords) 01:30	buy track

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Jeffrey says:
When I started making up songs in the late 90s I would usually make a tape full of songs at least once a year. It was all from following the example of how Daniel Johnston had done it. All my 20+ years of recording songs I owe to Daniel! Here's a tape of some stuff from 2023, for whoever might be interested. Actually this one is a little bit fancier because on April 24, 2024 I had an opportunity to go into a NYC recording studio, with my full band, plus studio engineer Travis Harrison, and producer Gordon Raphael, and we recorded and mixed 17 songs in one day! Here's most of those recordings, plus some additional home recordings from 2023.

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released April 25, 2024

Jeffrey Lewis = guitars, harmonica, vocals
Brent Cole = drums, vocals
Isabel Martin = bass, vocals
Mallory Feuer = violin, keyboard, vocals
Travis Harrison = studio engineer on the 4/24/24 recordings
Gordon Raphael = studio producer/mixer on the 4/24/24 recordings
All songs written by Jeffrey Lewis.

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Jeffrey Lewis New York, New York

Native New Yorker Jeffrey Lewis is a comic book writer/artist and a musician. Jeffrey Lewis and his band tour the world, mixing folk with noise and sharing stages with the likes of Stephen Malkmus, The Mountain Goats, and more. Jeffrey has albums out on Rough Trade, Moshi Moshi and Don GIovanni Records, and has been featured by NPR, The History Channel, The NY Times and more. ... more

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