A Turn In The Dream-Songs

Lewis, Jeffrey
Rough Trade Records
General | Nov 2011

Reviews

MC Dizzy Jackson
Reviewed 2011-12-28
Lewis has a very playful vocal delivery, much like Jonathan Richman, with equally quirky lyrics, very thought-provoking. He’s from N.Y. and is also a comic artist. It’s psyche, folk, rock, singer / songwriter stuff. Guitar, bass, drums, keys. This stuff is unbelievably GREAT! No FCC’s.

*My Favorites*: To tough to single out a few - they’re all great.

1. (4:52) Mid. Monotonous lyrical delivery over really beautiful guitar, percussion, violin, sax.
2. (2:13) Mid. Quick-paced lyrics. Guitar, vocal, clipped drum beat, backing vocals.
3. (4:16) Mid. Easy-going song with mandolin, guitar, plodding beat.
4. (1:36) Mid. Spacey keys, a bit of percussion, maybe a guitar and that’s it.
5. (3:26) Mid. Plodding beat, easy-going, great lyrics, great instrumentation of guitar, bass, drums. Great stuff.
6. (2:37) Mid / Fast. Upbeat. Rambling stuff about him being a ‘cult boyfriend’ with lots of cultural references. Fucking GREAT!
7. (6:06) Slow / Mid. Acoustic guitar and vocal. Song about Krongu green slime and some other stuff. Great lyrics.
8. (2:32) Mid. Upbeat, driving beat, backing vocals, cool guitar solo toward end.
9. (2:35) Slow / Mid. Easy-going song, very poignant lyrics about being by yourself, quite funny. Great.
10. (5:54) Mid / Fast. Quick guitar, quick lyrical delivery. Another GREAT story-song, with a great electric guitar near the end.
11. (1:27) Mid. Spacey keys, guitar, percussion, way the fuck out there.
12. (5:01) Sl;ow / Mid. Acoustic guitar, soft vocal. percussion. Song about water. Electric guitar enters with about 1:45 remaining, cool.
13. (2:13) Mid. Folky, easy-going with acoustic guitar, bass, drums, female backing vocal.
14. (1:00) Silence.
15. (2:25) Mid / Fast. Hidden song. Rap about a mosquito with heavy beat, keys, disturbing violin. Great.

Recent airplay

Water Leaking, Water Moving
The Songsmith Show FinaleSep 26, 2014
Time Trades
The Songsmith ShowJul 25, 2014
Krongu Green Slime, Time Trades
The Songsmith ShowMar 28, 2014
Time Trades
The Songsmith ShowJan 17, 2014
Krongu Green Slime, So What If I Couldn't Take It
The Songsmith ShowJun 14, 2013
Water Leaking, Water Moving
The Songsmith ShowMar 22, 2013

Charting

2012-01-08 — 2012-03-11
Week EndingAirplays
Mar 4 1
Jan 29 1
Jan 22 1

Track listing

1. To Go And Return
2. How Can It Be
3. I Got Lost
4. Boom Tube
5. Time Trades
6. Cult Boyfriend
7. Krongu Green Slime
8. Try It Again
9. When You're By Yourself
10. So What If I Couldn't Take It
11. From Draz
12. Water Leaking, Water Moving
13. Reaching
14. Silence 'no Audio' [Hidden Track]
15. Mosquito Rap [Hidden Track]