Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard

• Em Are I [Rough Trade, 2009] A-

See Also:

• Jeffrey Lewis
• Jeffrey Lewis and the Deposit Returners
• Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel
• Jeffrey Lewis & the Voltage
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Consumer Guide Reviews:

Em Are I [Rough Trade, 2009]
Wry and contemplative, suddenly established anti-folkie delivers strophic tunes about the riddles of eternity, a pet pig of questionable historicity, trying to catch some Z's on a Greyhound bus, and that greatest of all riddles, love. Aided by his rickety little band, every one flows unimpeded by musical fooforaw, the occasional chorus included. At his worst, Lewis can be a wise-ass scold. At his best he's a vulnerable master of the humorously ineffable and a tribute to the humanism of a SUNY education and the Lower East Side. A-