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Black Joe Lewis - Electric Slave

Review by Sam Moore

A bruising and bolshy fourth record.»

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Black Joe Lewis release their brand new full-length LP, 'Electric Slave', via Vagrant! Most of the album was produced by Grammy award winner Stuart Sikes (White Stripes, Cat Power, Modest Mouse) and recorded at Church House Studios in Austin, TX. Three of the new tracks ('Skulldiggin,' 'Dar Es Salaam,' and 'My Blood Ain't Runnin' Right') were recorded and produced by John Congleton (Explosions in the Sky, St. Vincent, Okkervil River) at Elmwood Studios in Dallas. Commenting about the new album's title and thematic elements, Joe himself said "Electric Slave is what people are today with their faces buried in their iPhones and the only way to hold a conversation is through text. The next step is to plug it in to your damned head. Nothing is up front anymore and people are de socializing."
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