Molly Lewis - On The Lips [LP]

Jagjaguwar

£29.43

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: JAG439lp
Barcode: 656605243917
Release Date: 16 Feb 2024
Genre: Jazz / International

Consider this your invitation to Café Molly, a lounge bar like they don’t make them anymore. The lights are low, the martinis are ice cold, the banquettes are velvet, and the stage is set for the electrifying talent of whistler Molly Lewis. After the exotica stylings of The Forgotten Edge EP and the tropicalia-indebted Mirage EP, Molly wanted to encapsulate the sound of Café Molly for her debut album On The Lips, a dreamy tribute to classic mood music, it conjures up misty visions of classic Hollywood jazz clubs, Italian cinema soundtracks and lingering embraces between lovers. Recorded with producer Thomas Brenneck of the Menahan Street Band at his newly-built Diamond West Studios in Pasadena, and with something of an open door policy during the sessions, a stream of acclaimed musicians ended up across the album’s 10 tracks, including Nick Hakim, Latin Grammy-nominated Brazilian guitarist Rogê, Leland Whitty and Chester Hansen of Canadian instrumental group Badbadnotgood, Chicano soul group Thee Sacred Souls appear on the melancholy ‘Crushed Velvet’, experimental jazz pianist Marco Benevento and El Michels Affair’s Leon Michels. With her intoxicating compositions, and wry brand of stagecraft (she might not be singing up there, but she can sure tell a joke) Molly Lewis looks set to join her heroes in the storied lore of the Los Angeles lounge scene and beyond. So pull up a chair, order your favorite drink, and prepare to fall for On The Lips.

The debut album from world renowned whistler Molly Lewis, whose guest appearances and collaborations include Dr. Dre, Karen O, Mark Ronson, Jackson Browne and many more.
On the Lips features Latin Grammy-nominated Brazilian guitarist Rogê, Chester Hansen and Leland Whitty (Badbadnotgood), Sal Samano and Alex Garcia (Thee Sacred Souls), Leon Michels (El Michels Affair), Marco Benevento and others.
Produced by Thomas Brenneck (Menahan Street Band, Charles Bradley, Freddie Gibbs, the Arcs, Kali Uchis, Lady Wray, Budos Band and dozens more) ·
Lewis’s cover of Billie Eilish “What Was I Made For” was the end credit song for Barbie

1. On The Lips
2. Lounge Lizard
3. Crushed Velvet
4. Slinky
5. Moon Tan
6. Silhouette
7. Porque Te Vas
8. Cocosette
9. Sonny
10. The Crying Game