Jamie Lenman - Television Is Not Your Life
Release Date: Out Now
I worry, sometimes, that Jamie Lenman is one of those artists that will never be fully appreciated in his lifetime by the 'mainstream' but then I think "screw it, he seems happy, let him do his thing" and go back to sleep. And when 'his thing' sounds as good as new single 'Television Is Not Your Life' then you just have to let the guy get on with it and bask in the glory of it all. The driving beat and throbbing bass line get things going with trademark menace and then that familiar voice with the opening line; "Is it just me or do people speak like their recieving their script each week?" The grinding guitar joins and the double-tracked vocals add some depth as Lenman rails against the obsession of the world with trying to live vicariously through television and keep up with its ridiculously exacting standards. There's a tour this December and if you can possibly get to a show then you really ought to - I missed my chance once and I regret it on a daily basis.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/jamielenman
Live Dates:
28th November - The Fleece, Bristol w/Big Spring
29th November - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth w/Big Spring
2nd December - O2 Academy 2, Newcastle w/Big Spring
3rd December - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow w/Big Spring
4th December - The Key Club, Leeds w/Big Spring
7th December - O2 Academy 2, Birmingham w/Big Spring
8th December - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham w/Big Spring
11th December - Lafayette, London w/Big Spring
12th December - Sin City, Swansea w/Big Spring
15th December - Gorilla, Manchester w/Big Spring
16th December - The Waterfront, Norwich w/Big Spring
17th December - The Leadmill, Sheffield w/Big Spring
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