The Lovely Eggs Team Up With Iggy Pop On Upcoming Single ‘I, Moron’

Back in the old world at the start of 2020, The Lovely Eggs were primed to release their new album, I Am Moron, their greatest work yet, over-flowing with political venom and fresh ideas, set to a gloriously independent noise. Then, of course, the pandemic happened. The Lovely Eggs pushed ahead, and the album came out to critical-acclaim and indie chart-topping status, but their plans to tour it far and wide were obviously scuppered. At first, their UK tour was rescheduled to just two months later, thinking there’s no way the pandemic could last more than a few weeks. Fast forward a year, their UK tour has been rebooked independently by the band at least five times and The Lovely Eggs are still yet to play the new album live.

But in that time, they made a new fan in Iggy Pop, the Godfather of punk, and without doubt the coolest street walking cheetah to ever stalk the earth, who had been playing The Lovely Eggs on his BBC 6 Music show. Fast forward a bit more time and The Lovely Eggs are extremely delighted to be able to announce a collaboration with Iggy Pop for their new single, I, Moron, that will be released on the 9th July via their own label, Egg Records. In a further homage to Iggy, the B-side features The Lovely Eggs own take on Dum Dum Boys from Iggy’s defining 1977 album, The Idiot.

“Being in The Lovely Eggs we’re kind of used to surreal experiences but collaborating with Iggy Pop takes the biscuit. It’s actually unbelievable. For him just to say nothing but “moron” over and over again fitted in with the sentiment of the song perfectly. He just GOT it. We are all morons. In a world of moronic things. In a world of moronic ideas. You are moron. I am Moron. We are Moron.” (singer/guitarist Holly Ross)

The single will feature artwork by Casey Raymond on one thousand yellow coloured vinyl 7″ singles, recorded by The Lovely Eggs in Lancaster and mixed by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios, NYC. You can pre-order I, Moron and purchase I Am Moron and tour tickets via The Lovely Eggs.