The Lovely Eggs – Eggsistentialism

There’s a famous movie quote that goes along the lines of “life is a like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get”, which, apart from the fact you will get chocolate, indicates that you are going to get a random mix of experiences. The same can be said of The Lovely Eggs; you have an idea of the basics of what you will get, but the actual contents are always unpredictable. And their new album, Eggsistentialism, is no exception to this rule, the opening eleven minutes of the album are testament to this. From the 48 second cinematic Intro, that could grace the beginning of pretty much any off kilter movie, you are then thrown into the pit with the raw punky Death Grip Kids which in turn gives way to the epic jaunty psychedelia of Nothing/Everything.

It doesn’t get any less random across the whole of the album’s forty minute run time, although you can break the album down into chunks, or flavours if you want to run with the chocolates theme. There are the more left field pop psyche moments such as Meeting Friends At Night and Memory Man, these sit happily alongside the relatively tranquil moments of People TV, Echo You and I Am Gaia. But thrown into the mix are also the avant garde Things, the indie disco ready element of My Mood Wave and of course there are moments where they embrace punk energy, in this case the glorious I Don’t Fucking Know What I’m Gunna Do. All these random elements somehow merge seamlessly together in The Lovely Eggs own idiosyncratic style.

On Eggsistentialism they sound like everyone and no one, but always themselves. The Lovely Eggs are a unique duo in the alternative scene, they can’t be pigeonholed, they can fit in anywhere and nowhere. They are a square peg in a musical world where an algorithm constantly looks to stick bands in a round hole. The Lovely Eggs have been seeking out open minds for seven albums, completely independent and free of constraints, commerciality or expectation, they stand alone, and that’s something that’s worth celebrating.

Eggsistentialism is released today, the 17th May, and can be ordered on CD and 12″ inch coloured vinyl direct from the band here and through the usual digital suspects here.