My identify is Lewca, I reside on the second flooring…a stressed songwriter with a brand new album and an axe to grind, Sam Lambeth catches up with the mercurial, melodic big to debate his songwriting, substance abuse and pictures up the rump.
Lewca has been waging conflict. Not together with his enemies, not with fellow bands, however with SubmitHub. Ask any grassroots musician about this platform and a collective shiver will roll down their backbone. It’s a place the place goals go to die, the place your laborious work and soul-baring brilliance is subjected to mockery, pointed criticism and unbridled rejection. It’s, in brief, not for the fainthearted.
This author has had his personal ups and downs with SubmitHub. It’s, primarily, a spot the place you submit your songs for potential opinions, radio publicity and playlisting. Nevertheless, attaining this aim is as uncommon as a day with out a Liam Gallagher insult to his brother.
Lewca laughs when probed about his current foibles with the platform, the place he’s been rejected for every thing from having poor facial hair to not flushing the bathroom in the midst of the evening (even when it’s a poo).
“These platforms are undoubtedly a good suggestion,” our caped crusader begins, selecting his phrases fastidiously. “They bridge the hole between PR and pluggers, however finally there’ll all the time be individuals inclined to benefit from a state of affairs for private acquire.
“There are a bunch of shops that simply copy and paste the identical random response or no matter. Don’t get me incorrect, although, there are some genuinely superior blogs on the market. I simply have enjoyable with the loopy responses I get.”
He fixes me a ‘I imply enterprise’ glare. “To be frank, I you cost me £2 to take heed to my tune and it’s apparent you haven’t…I’m gonna set your arse on hearth.”
Again to the music, and the standard of Lewca’s creations is actually sufficient to launch brimstone up your bum.
He has been making music for some time and has gained a cult following. He’s one among unsigned music’s nice innovators, frequently altering, evolving and diversifying. In brief, he refuses to relaxation.
He lies among the many nice pantheon of stressed and resurgent artists at the moment making a wave on social media, together with the mercurial expertise Joe Peacock.
His most up-to-date opus, the brilliantly titled Friday Evening Rockstar, is a rollercoaster of eclectic surprise. It showcases Lewca as a troubled poet, a clock-punching everyman, a Bowie in Berghaus.
“It’s a fairly in-your-face album,” he declares. “It’s me throwing the kitchen sink at it. As with most of my songs, it’s about balancing alcohol and substance abuse with a day job and household life, in addition to the problem I’ve in accepting time is irrevocably passing.”
This may occasionally sound for grim studying, however Lewca is eager to dispel this. “I all the time attempt to remind myself that that is alleged to be enjoyable,” he smiles. In addition to enjoyable, he’s eager for journey. “I by no means really feel like repeating myself, I don’t need to…I do know it’ll occur ultimately, although!
For the long run, Lewca is already promising a recent report – splendidly titled Boombap for Boomers – due for launch in 2023. For now, although, the main focus is on reside gigs and, in his personal phrases, “sleeping a bit.
Relaxation now, big, earlier than extra arses get scorched.
Lewca could be discovered by way of Twitter. His album, Friday Evening Rockstar, is out now.
All phrases by Sam Lambeth. Sam is a Birmingham-based journalist and musician. Extra of his work for Louder Than Battle is on the market on his archive. He additionally runs his personal weblog and his music could be discovered on Spotify.
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