The Lovely Eggs, consisting of guitarist Holly Ross and drummer David Blackwell, have returned with a UK Tour and a self-produced fourth album ‘This Is Our Nowhere‘ out May 4th on the bands own label Egg Records. The title comes from the duo’s celebration and love of a scene which doesn’t exist in the eyes of the manufactured mainstream. The band have sold out in venues across the country without the help of management or record label support. Recorded at a disused factory in their home town of Lancaster with their “fuck it” attitude and punk spirit, the pair blast mundane everyday life, offending every ounce of dignity it ever had.
Their most popular track ‘Don’t Look At Me (I Don’t Like It)‘ from album ‘Cob Dominos‘ (2011) established the band, but with ‘This Is Our Nowhere’ they have created more depth and acquainted us with their unique D.I.Y. style. It ploughs through their previous albums that made the original “fuck you” statement, and said to them “fuck you” listen to this.
‘Magic Onion’ (available to listen now below) the leading track of the album is a psychedelic punk fusion, and that goes for the video as well. The songs centerpiece is the onion that is “running rings” around people. Whilst a mantra of tribal sounds ensue, the lyrics “I can’t see you weeping, you’re crying like a man, peel back everything you’ve got for the magic onion.” epitomise the song perfectly.
Holly: “‘Magic Onion’ just sprung out of nowhere. It kept going round and round in our heads so we thought we had to release it. Casey had been on about us releasing something on his label Flower of Phong for a while so when Magic Onion sprouted we thought it would be a good one to do. It’s a bit like a big fuck off Sargasso eel. We had to let it go free in its own hideous way. And now it’s out there, swimming back home to the baboon sanctuary.”
‘This Is Our Nowhere‘ opens with track ‘Ordinary People Unite‘, a revolutionary song with a sound very reminiscent of Joan Jett, as Holly directs the listeners to “unite.”
Just over halfway through the album, ‘The Investment’ begins slowly with a crawling morbid tone, before the song escalates to a heavy whirl of punk riffs whilst Holly talks about not wanting to “buy windows and doors from you”.
Towards the end of the album, “I Nearly Saw A Stabbing Last Night” continuing “But no I never ’cause it was rotten weather” is a prime illustration of how to make music fun again. If you tend to enjoy satirical anarchy with punches of humour and onions then The Lovely Eggs are for you.
The album is available on a special black and white coloured vinyl limited edition release for Record Store Day on April 18th or available to purchase on May 4th.
Watch the video for ‘Magic Onion’ below.
Directed by Casey Raymond, with cameo appearances from Sweet Baboo and H Hawkline.