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Produced By Arthur Moon
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Animated by MAN LEE’s Sam Reichman
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This Friday, Brooklyn-based art-rock duo MAN LEE (Sam Reichman & Tim Lee) will release their debut album Hefty Wimpy, produced by Arthur Moon (Lora-Faye Åshuvud). First previewed through a trio of singles, “Celery,” “Best One,” and “Wind,” as a final peek into the LP, today, the duo shared “Night Driving.” Woven into a winding dreamlike composition, the track ruminates on biting your tongue, not listening to yourself, and trying to power through an interaction, and the bitterness this creates—even when it’s all just in your head. Playful, sauntering guitar strums pass through riveting psych-rock passages, like fleeting moments flashing in and out of luminous streetlights in the dark.
Accompanying the track is video entirely hand drawn by Reichman herself, who explains, “It’s funny the way we form memories. That’s what I got to play with here, re-creating a sequence of moments from the POV of a kid dozing off in the back seat of the family car: a trip to the bank, through the pneumatic tube to reach the lollipop at the end, then dozing off into a more surreal dream state.”
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Hefty Wimpy is a nine song collection exploring misaligned expectations of the self and others, wrapped in a blend of psychedelic, art rock, and pop influences that feels both expansive and neatly familiar, perfectly Throughout the record, MAN LEE processes the things in life that feel most dissonant to them: faith in self vs. faith in religion, commitment in a life with a deadline, and finding meaning at work under capitalism. “Much of the album stems from the feeling of being resigned to our fates, though not disappointed. Just acknowledging what it is, where expectations have been met or not—right or wrong—and moving on,” the band explains.
Self described as an indie-rock band for the weary masses, MAN LEE is based in Brooklyn, formed by way of I-95. Songwriters and namesake of the band Sam Reichman and Tim Lee began writing together while living between Richmond, D.C, and Baltimore before finding their collaborators back in New York. Reichman’s vocals range from tight bedroom pop to wailing vibrato depending on the required level of interplay with Lee’s ever-fuzzy guitar expressions. Their lyrics conjure the openness of Cibo Matto and the blunt charm of CAKE.
Tracklist:
1. Careless
2. Party Favor
3. Best One
4. Celery
5. Chicken
6. Karate
7. Eventualities
8. Wind
9. Night Driving
Hefty Wimpy album art
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