Just two months after light in the attic released l amour the amazing lost debut by an artist known as lewis vinyl hunter gatherers in canada found what appeared to be an even more lost second.
Light in the attic lewis l amour.
And that s about all we know.
Lewis disappeared soon after the photoshoot by edward colver for the album cover after his cheque to colver bounced.
Musically it s so simple sparse proud strange a few synth lines stab in and around some late night piano fumbling a soft coo of a voice.
Full of gently dissolving.
The liner notes for light in the attic s new reissue of l amour the only known album by an artist known as lewis read more like a murder mystery than a making of.
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The record itself is a delicate whispered album reflecting the way the artist himself spectral movie star like almost disappears into the grey of the cover.
Light in the attic records reissue.
Folk rock ethereal ambient.
Cd album reissue remastered gatefold digisleeve country.
A 1983 private press release rediscovered at a flea market l amour is a slight collection of delicately sung love songs and airy synth accompanied instrumentals that possess an invigorating candidness and sincerity like home demos or journal entries read aloud for the first time.
Electronic rock pop style.
More 80 s obscurity from light in the attic this time from forgotten canadian musician lewis.
It s perfect at midnight or 3am or 6am and it s so perfect here now some 30 years after its release.
In 1983 a man named lewis recorded an album named l amour which was released on the unknown label.
They were both re released by seattle based record label light in the attic in 2014.
Romantic times was originally released in 1985 under the lewis baloue pseudonym.
Light in the attic lita 117 format.
In 1983 a man named lewis recorded an album named l amour which was released on the unknown label r a w.