The Lovely Eggs – Eggsistentialism

There’s a famous movie quote that goes along the lines of “life is a like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get”, which, apart from the fact you will get chocolate, indicates that you are going to get a random mix of experiences. The same can be said of The Lovely Eggs; you have an idea of the basics of what you will get, but the actual contents are always unpredictable. And their upcoming new album, Eggsistentialism, is no exception to this rule, the opening eleven minutes of the album are testament to this. From the 48 second cinematic Intro, that could grace the beginning of pretty much any off kilter movie, you are then thrown into the pit with the raw punky Death Grip Kids which in turn gives way to the epic jaunty psychedelia of Nothing/Everything. It doesn’t get ...

There’s a famous movie quote that goes along the lines of “life is a like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get”, which, apart from the fact you will get chocolate, indicates that you are going to get a random mix of experiences. The same can be said of The Lovely Eggs; you have an idea of the basics of what you will get, but the actual contents are always unpredictable. And their upcoming new album, Eggsistentialism, is no exception to this rule, the opening eleven minutes of the album are testament to this. From the 48 second cinematic Intro, that could grace the beginning of pretty much any off kilter movie, you are then thrown into the pit with the raw punky Death Grip Kids which in turn gives way to the epic jaunty psychedelia of Nothing/Everything. It doesn’t get ...

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