03102014 - Lewis "L'Amour"

I recently stumbled across the story of Lewis, an artist who released two albums in the eighties and then disappeared. Read the story yourself. This is the first of the two albums, released in 1983, and it's a gorgeous piece of low key singer/songwriter pop, mainly performed with just an acoustic guitar and some tasteful keys backing up Lewis' soft and tender voice. This is one for fans of Neil Young at his most mellow and minimalist, but those who love Antony & the Johnsons or Bonnie "Prince" Billy are also very likely to embrace this thing of frail and quivering beauty.