Manhattan

Manhattan is Jeffrey Lewis's seventh studio album for Rough Trade, and his first since 2011's A Turn In The Dream-Songs. His band is called Los Bolts and includes his regular players Heather Wagner (drums) and bassist Caitlin Gray (Hooray For The Riff-Raff). The album's artwork features Jeff's illustrations throughout.The album is both named after and directly inspired by New York City, but is no regionalised curio. It's the very specificity of the details Lewis uses to depict his characters and situations that make his songs so evocative, and so emotionally rich. Lewis is both a lifelong resident and a detached observer of his hometown; but ultimately, it's a simple treatment of human moments by one of our sharpest songwriting talents.