The Lovely Few

mikemewborne:

It’s difficult for me to not feel like I have multiple personalities.  Perhaps people have infinite personalities, but one default.  Or perhaps their personalities all get sifted through the same spout or lens, and so it appears to be one though they are many.

I especially notice this tension within my own music.  There are times when I want to be a singer songwriter, captivating a room with nothing but my humble words and guitar picking.  Other times, I want to stand out, to be more aggressive, to catch people off guard with glitchy beats and strange synth sounds.

While The Lovely Few continue to venture further into outer space, this week I will have a chance to come back down to earth, at least a bit.  I’ll be playing two solo performances with my friend Steven Fiore.  Steven is releasing a new record and playing a few shows between Charleston, SC, and Nashville, TN.  I’ll be opening for him this Tuesday at Red Door in West Columbia, SC, and Wednesday night at Coffee Underground in Greenville, SC.  

Please come hang out with us!  I’ll be playing guitar with some minimal beats I’ve made using Figure on my phone.  I’m excited about doing something new.  Steven is always amazing.  He really is.  If you live in South Carolina and haven’t seen him, you really need to.  If you have seen him, you know you need to see him again.

Join us.  This Tuesday and Wednesday.  Stay tuned to The Lovely Few’s Twitter handle for more, and be sure to check in with Steven on Twitter and Bandcamp (where you can get his music) as well.  

Top photo by Alan Davis at the Johnson City, TN, Cracker Barrel.  

Mike Mewborne has been caught in some transporter accident.  See half of the result this week as he plays solo shows with Steven Freaking Fiore.  

You should come to our show this Saturday because…

We’ll have new merch!

The Half and Half, the group that made our packaging for Long Division back in the early days of the group, has made another beautiful work for us.  This poster, made especially for the show this Saturday at Tapp’s with Hearts and Plugs label mate Mr. Jenkins, is simply gorgeous.  And at 18x24, they’re big.  

We will also have new stickers.  The first true “The Lovely Few” stickers we’ve done, actually.  Design by Megan Elger of Apartment A, who did the art for The Orionids.

We’ll also have special Hearts and Plugs prints on sale… but more on that later.

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!!!

If you head over to Scene SC, like, RIGHT NOW, you can register to win a free poster, stickers, AND two tickets to the show.  You can’t beat that with a bat.  

Hurry, though, winner announced TOMORROW (Wed., March 20)!

HUGE thanks to Scene SC, The Half and Half, and Hearts and Plugs for their work on this stuff.  

See you Saturday!

You should come to our show this Saturday because…

We’ll be doing unique arrangements!

Whether you’ve come to all of our shows, or have only just now heard of us, Saturday night offers you a unique experience.  In what has become a bit of a trend this year, we’re trying to do a few things differently in our live shows. We’re trying to rely less on the programs and move more towards a full band feeling.  This has been tough but really good for me as an artist, which is really the whole point of this Meteor Series: Moving away from my comfort zone towards something bigger and better than I’ve been doing.

Last week we did a special acoustic version of our song Cassiopeia for Fork and Spoon’s Casual Fridays recording series.  You can hear the original version HERE.  And be sure to check out the original video HERE.  

Saturday night’s arrangement will feature a backing band, including Dan McCurry (Run Dan Run, ELIM BOLT, Western Romantic) on keys and Nick Jenkins (Mr. Jenkins, Asphalt Orchestra) on drums/additional bleeps and bloops.  Alan and Kate will be there, as well.  Nick and Dan will be joining us on several songs that evening at Tapp’s Art Center.   

See you this Saturday!

March 23, 8PM doors, 9PM music, $5 at Tapp’s.

Went in to see the fine folks at Papa Jazz today.  Put up one of a very limited number of posters by The Half and Half.  There’s a few others around town.  [Note, they’re mostly in 5 points for now, but will be in (only) a COUPLE other locations by weeks end.]  You can pick up your own at the show on March 23.

In the meantime, you should head down to Papa Jazz.  Not only can you check out the poster IRL, but you can also pick up hard copies of our meteor series albums The Perseids and The Orionids.  Plus, plenty of other great artists like ELIM BOLT (H&P), Dear Blanca, The Restoration, Can’t Kids, Those Lavender Whales… you name it.  If they don’t have it, they’ll get it for you.  

See you March 23, Columbia!