LOVELY EGGS, THE
EGGSISTENTIALISM - TRANSPARENT BLUE COFFEE SPLATTER LP (EGG RECORDS)
The Lovely Eggs return with their third collaboration with Grammy Award winning producer Dave Fridmann and more breath taking mind boggling art-work by illustrator Casey Raymond.
"Eggsistentialism" sees The Lovely Eggs return after a near four year break since their Number One Independent Selling Album "I am Moron".
During that time they have made their own TV show Eggs TV (featuring Ian McKaye, Stewart Lee, Katie Puckrik, Maxine Peake, David Shrigley and more), dueted with Iggy Pop, played a load of sold-out gigs and festivals and fought a campaign to save Lancaster Music Co-op (a community rehearsal rooms and recording studio where they live).
As the title suggests, "Eggsistentialism" explores a much more personal, introspective, and reflective side to The Lovely Eggs world and sees the Eggs explore new sounds and experiment in unventured musical territories.
"It's a bit of a 'wilderness years' album," states Holly. "We haven't released a new record since 2020 and in the meantime, we've been here fighting shit and trying to defend a right to a lifestyle that we've enjoyed here in this town for the last 30+ years as working musicians who refuse to get a "normal" job and tow the line.
It's about believing in something and not letting go. But that unwillingness to give in ultimately takes its toll.
It does start to destroy you and the album is kind of a documentation of that destruction and collapse as well as the strength we've got to get through it all.
Ultimately, this is a hopeful record about survival." Recorded at home in Lancaster, with production advice from Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT, Sleater Kinney, Mercury Rev), the album was mixed at Tarbox Road Studios, NY with Dave Fridmann and the band.