Name: In Your Hands
Brand: Lewsberg

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

LB08LP

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Colour

Black

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-04-01

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5056321667380

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

LB08CD

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5056321667373

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Lewsberg

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

 Lewsberg Records

Lewsberg from Rotterdam is a 4-piece named after writer and fellow Rotterdam citizen Robert Loesberg, famous for his novel Enige Defecten from 1974. That is the greatest source of inspiration for the band: counterculture and big city cynicism of the 60s and 70s.
Lewsberg makes rudimentary repetitive rock songs characterized by nonchalant intensity. The english lyrics, brought with a Rotterdam accent, show a tendency towards existentialism and black humor.

Sometimes change comes with big shocks, sometimes it comes with small steps. On In Your Hands Lewsbeg’s new album a bit of both seems to be happening. In Your Hands embodies the moment when all the bricks are there, but the wall has yet to be built. It’s a moment with perspective, a moment where everything still seems possible, but caution is advised. The album sounds both smaller and more spacious than the previous albums. Guitar chords are plucked instead of fiercely struck, the bass guitar is given more room for melodic explorations, the drum kit is dismantled to just a tom and a tambourine. There is doubt in the lyrics, but it’s a strong kind of doubt. A doubt that can stand in the way of a wrong decision, but can also invite for a good conversation.

The old Lewsberg has been professionally demolished and the building blocks are on display. Ready for future applications and already finished at the same time. ‘In Your Hands’ is therefore an ode to the potential and a call to carefully give way to it.

In Your Hands

Music GB

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