Take A Sip Photo by Helen Messenger
with Jamie Lenman
Having been busy putting together his Separation Event back in May of this year - and glorious Audiotree live stream that saw Jamie Lenman perform hits new and old alongside pals from Ithaca, False Advertising and Black Peaks, we managed to knuckle down the man himself to pay the BSM Social Club a visit back in May to pick out his favourite records and pair them with drinks from the non-alcoholic range! “There’s lots of my buddies in here! What you sayin?” he exclaims pulling out Weezer’s Green album, “I mean at the time we were disappointed, we didn’t know how good we had it did we? Obviously strong love. Now this is a beautiful record so it’s the first one I’ll pick, Delta Sleep’s Ghost City. [It’s] beautiful and look at that artwork as well! “I went to see At The Drive In and Jim, I think, the guitarist was like “Go out, have fun, and buy a 14
record just coz you like the cover” and I was like “yeah!” And I went out and I bought a record by a band called Fur because the cover looked great. And the album was not so good. So thanks Jim from At The Drive In for nothing. You did play a sick show though!” Lenman muses while flicking through the record boxes. “...You know what, I never got into Thrice. John Pierce from Reuben is always telling me about Thrice and how much he loves them and I should give them a go. Now Tigercub? They’re my boys! I’m gonna pick this one for my records as well, yes indeedy. “This record!” he shouts, picking up The Offspring’s album, “Americana meant you got beaten up slightly less at school coz now rock and roll was in the charts. Like the day before Pretty White Guy comes out I was getting noogied and swirlied and shit, then the next day they were giving me the old man’s chair.” he says quizzicaly expecting everyone to know what an old man’s
