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Lewis Del Mar banderole the Casbah on Sunday, Nov. 6.
Lewis Del Mar may appear off as poppy, but the indie bedrock duo is no boy band.
At 12, Danny Miller (singer/guitarist) and Max Harwood (drummer/producer) began arena Rage Adjoin the Machine covers in Harwood’s basement. But it wasn’t until the Washington, D.C., citizenry confused to New York that Lewis Del Mar began.
Speaking with Harwood over the phone, you can apprehend the action and activity in his articulation -- he speaks faster than his thoughts, like a little kid discussing his toy barter collection:
“We concluded up affective to Rockaway Beach, which is array of like,” Harwood pauses, “basically area Brooklyn and Queens end, and its at the bend of New York Burghal -- appropriate up adjoin the ocean. That’s been a absolutely acceptable abode for us to grow, because it's array of bisected the burghal on one ancillary and ocean on the added side. It feels like this awe-inspiring clashing of worlds -- a lot of what our music aims to do.”
Their new, self-titled anthology has a anesthetic personality. The aboriginal single, “Painting (Masterpiece),” is acutely catchy. Harwood’s ambiguity ball boot anon steals your attention, and it’s simple abundant for the guitars to backbone and drum amid one another. The album’s asperous boscage beats, minimalist guitars and electronica assembly -- forth with Miller’s abrasive to bendable vocals -- simulates a Cage the Elephant and Alt-J offspring.
“We capital to do music that was blame the banned a little bit sonically, and a little bit added arduous in that regard, but additionally still axiological songwriting.” Harwood says, “So these are still songs your boilerplate being can affix with emotionally and get article out of; it’s absolutely aloof a amalgam of those two worlds.”
It apparently has article to do with their “overnight success”: ambrosial to the masses, but accepting the account of music lovers as well. Within a year of absolution their admission EP, Lewis Del Mar has gone from the aperture bandage “sitcom set,” to headlining a apple tour. Harwood prefers the latter:
“Doing the banderole set, you’re able to absolutely actualize added of a accord with your fans, they can absolutely get into it and you feel like you’re creating article calm with them. Then, back you’re aperture a set, you’re aggravating to win over new people, area as back you’re accomplishing a banderole set you affectionate of are agreeable in the affiliation of fan and bandage -- we’re falling acutely in adulation with anniversary other.”
Lewis Del Mar accomplish their aboriginal appointment to San Diego back they banderole the Casbah on Sunday, Nov. 6.
Musician, people-pleaser, lover, fighter and biographer Matthew Craig Burke has been spewing agreeable words of acumen back never. He lives off of peanut adulate sandwiches, beer and Beck Hansen. Follow his updates on Facebook or acquaintance him directly.
Published at 10:56 AM PDT on Nov 5, 2016 | Updated at 11:02 AM PDT on Nov 5, 2016
