Jack Lesser Lewis' Awkward Energy and The Middle Ones

We’re excited to be promoting an intimate show for Jack Lewis’ new band, Awkward Energy, plus The Middle Ones!

Tickets are available from the bar, Common (both no booking fee), Piccadilly Records, Vinyl Exchange, Seetickets.com, WeGotTickets.com, Ticketline.co.uk and on 0871 220 0260.

Despite the self-deprecating moniker, Jack (the ‘lesser’) Lewis is in comfortable possession of a style every bit as noteworthy as that of his brother, antifolk magnet Jeffrey Lewis. Whereas the latter employs words by the deluge, Jack and his band Awkward Energy tend to favour far more melody and far less vicious satire in their muttering indie compositions. This has made for a style so unassuming as to have gone halfway unnoticed in Jack Lewis’ adopted Portland hometown, but it’s much more an issue of lack of volume than lack of quality.

The culmination of this project is the album Lvov Swims the Willamette, released on Stitch Stich and Ample Play later this year. It features musical contributions from Andre, David and Neman Herman Dune (with the cover art by David), brother Jeffrey Lewis, plus Junkyard/Johnny Flynn Drummer David Beauchamp as well as a mix of other friends and musicians.

Support comes from The Middle Ones. The Middle Ones are Anna Knowles (guitar, vocals) and Grace Denton (accordion, percussion, vocals) who both hail from the north of England, but formed the band whilst at university in Norwich. Over the last couple of years they have won fans from around the world, shared the stage with the likes of Jeffrey Lewis and Calvin Johnson, and toured with Rose Melberg and Best Friends Forever. Their debut album, It Is The Rehearsal That Will Make This (Stitch-Stitch/Discount Horse), is a triumph of melody and beautiful echoing tenderness. Vocal harmonies weave tender, honest songs that betray a knowing melancholie, as well as a care-free, starry-eyed joy for life – a joy for simply singing, for stamping feet, for shouting out loud.