JEFFREY LEWIS & The Jrams

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Born and raised New Yorker Jeffrey Lewis leads a double-life, as both a comic book artist and an indie-rock musician. In between his contemplative folk narratives and bashed-out indie-punk songs Jeffrey is known for often including a couple of his illustrated songs in each concert (what he calls "low budget videos") sometimes covering historical topics (like "The History of Communism"), biographies (like "The Life of Barack Obama") or strange flights of fancy (like "The Creeping Brain"). Appearing at the Folkhouse as his newest band incarnation- Jeffrey Lewis & The Jrams (featuring Caitlin Gray on bass and Heather Wagner on drums).
Rough Trade Records (label of The Smiths, The Strokes, etc.) has released six Jeffrey Lewis albums to date; Jeffrey has self-published ten issues of his comic book series Fuff, and Jeffrey's writing, illustrations, comic books and music have been featured by The Guardian, The History Channel and The New York Times (among other places). Jeffrey's now 15-year career has included sharing bills and tours with the likes of The Vaselines, The Fall, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Roky Erickson, The Mountain Goats, Daniel Johnston, Devo, Pulp and many other luminaries.

QUOTES:
"Weird? Very... but also downright inspiring" (four of five stars) - Rolling Stone
"The Big Apple's best-kept secret.... Genius-gone-ignored... mind-blowing." - NME
"Bizarre but brilliant" - Uncut
"Dazzling" - Mojo
"[Jeffrey Lewis is] The best lyricist working in the US today." - Jarvis Cocker (Pulp)

Support from Bristol bands:

Me, You and Thomas https://soundcloud.com/me-you-and-thomas

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