THE LOVELY EGGS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘EGGSISTENTIALISM’ TO BE RELEASED MAY 17TH

For The Lovely Eggs being in a band is a way of life. It’s about art. It’s about creativity and expression. It’s about following your own path and doing things your own way.

 

Holly and David operate on their terms, spewing out music, records, art, and television shows before piling in the van and tearing around the country to perform a load of live sold-out shows.

 

Earlier this month the band returned with a new single ‘My Mood Wave’, their first new music in nearly four years (watch the video HERE). Four long years since the release of their Number 1 Independent Chart topper, ‘I Am Moron’. But it’s not like they’ve been lazy, oh no. They made their own TV series EGGS TV and hosted it on YouTube, they dueted with Iggy Pop, piled into their van and played a load of sold-out gigs and festivals, and spent two years fighting to save Lancaster Music Co-Op (a community rehearsal room and recording studio where they live), and then they got their heads down and wrote a new album.

 

‘My Mood Wave’, with its contemporary, yet haunted West Coast retro vibe, was an instant smash across the airwaves of 6 Music, Radio X, etc and gave us the first whiff of what to expect from ‘Eggsistentialism’, the brand-new album from The Lovely Eggs, due May 17th via Egg Records.

 

“The new album is really a reflection on what has been happening to us these last couple of years, stewing up in Eggland in our own juices,” explains Holly. “It’s about loss and strength. On this album, you’ll hear us at our lowest and most vulnerable. Daily life is hard. Realizing everything you grew up with and loved is never coming back, alongside the responsibilities of caring for others is sometimes hard to take. The album is about life and death. Eggsistentialism. It’s about dragging yourself through all the shit to get to the other side.”

 

Once again, the album was recorded by the band at home in Lancaster with production work from Flaming Lips producer Dave Fridmann. They flew to America in December 2023 to mix the album in Fridmann’s studio in upstate New York and the results are without doubt the most expansive, mind-melting ten songs the band has delivered yet. From the twisted, sneering punk rock of the opening track ‘Death Grip Kids’, to the wistful, stark seven-minute psychedelic beauty of ‘Nothing/Everything’, ‘Eggsistentialism’ sees The Lovely Eggs running the full gauntlet of emotions and sounds.    

 

“It’s a bit of a ‘wilderness years’ album,” continues Holly. “We haven’t released a new record since 2020 and in the meantime, we’ve been here fighting shit and trying to defend a right to a lifestyle that we’ve enjoyed here in this town for the last 30+ years- as working musicians who refuse to get a “normal” job and tow the line. It’s about believing in something and not letting go. But that unwillingness to give in ultimately takes its toll. It does start to destroy you and the album is kind of a documentation of that destruction and collapse as well as the strength we’ve got to get through it all. Ultimately, this is a hopeful record about survival.”

 

 ‘Eggsistentialism’ will be released on ltd edition ‘mind green’ green 12” vinyl and CD with more breathtaking/mind-boggling artwork by illustrator Casey Raymond. All orders made directly through the band’s website will come with a limited edition signed print of the album artwork, with the first 500 LP copies hand-numbered and signed by the band.

 

There will also be an additional 1,000 LPs pressed on transparent blue vinyl with ‘coffee’ splatter exclusively available in independent record shops.

 

Operating in a world where true authenticity is hard to find, The Lovely Eggs is one of the most exciting, innovative, and genuine bands around. Welcome to their world. Welcome to Eggland.

 

‘Eggsistentialism’ track-listing:

Death Grip Kids 

Nothing/Everything 

Meeting Friends at Night 

People TV 

My Mood Wave 

I Don’t Fucking Know What I’m Gunna Do

Memory Man 

Things 

Echo You 

I am Gaia 

 

Written and Recorded by The Lovely Eggs

Produced by The Lovely Eggs and Dave Fridmann

Mixed by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, N.Y.  Assistant Mix Engineer: Mike Fridmann.

Artwork by Casey Raymond

 

Pre-order ‘Eggsistentialism’ HERE:

 

Catch The Lovely Eggs live at the following dates in May

Tickets available HERE:

 

Thurs 23 St Lukes, Glasgow

Fri 24 La Belle Angele, Edinburgh

Sat 25 The Grove, Newcastle

Sun 26 The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds SOLD OUT

Mon 27 XOYO, Birmingham

Tues 28 Thekla, Bristol

Weds 29 Chalk, Brighton

Thurs 30 Earth, London

Fri 31 Rescue Rooms, Nottingham

Sat 1 June New Century, Manchester