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Take A Sip
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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 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
“Americana meant you got beaten up slightly less at school coz now rock and roll was in the charts” - The Taste Test -
chair is. “It sounded like a sexual disease but it’s actually pretty pleasant. Here we go, this is what I’m talking about, The Last Splash (by The Breeders).” he kisses cover of the LP. “What a shame, now you can’t sell it and you’ll have to give it to me haha! Right let’s get some beers.
I tell you what, these are colourful beers. What I like is a beer specifically marketed towards children. I don’t drink but if I did I’d probably go for one with a cartoon on right. I like rhymes as well. Cartoons and rhymes and bright colours, that’s how to get me to start a serious habit. But for a dude that makes a living drawing cartoons that makes a lot of sense right? I don’t think I’ve ever drawn a beer label. I must have at some point but I drew a beer tankard.
“I like a bit of cherry (Soda Folk Cherry Soda) and this person looks appealing and I do like a cola (Soda Folk Cola) so I’m going to take that and I’m going to take this sombrero gentle person (Club Mate).
“So my first record here is Evolve or Die by Tigercub. This hit me like a tonne of bricks back in the day. I love that main track and in fact I did go and sing it with them at their show. It was weird I met them down in Brighton anyway or at least I’d met Jimmy - they’re all called Jimmy right? There’s Jim, Jimmy and James and then I’m Jim aswell (Jamie): they said do you want to come and sing it at one of our shows and I was like “yes please.” To pair Tigercub I’m gonna go with Club Mate because they are my mates, Club Mate with club mates. So that’s these guys. Get them together.
“And then for Delta Sleep... I think I met these guys once upon a time. I saw them at ATG (ArcTanGent Festival), they were brilliant and then Kev gave me a copy of this record. Beautiful! [A] beautiful record and I’ve mentioned the artwork as well because you know I make all the artwork for my records and it means, well apart from that really good one...” he points to the record shelves behind him, “Someone else did that one, but it’s a great opportunity. Look at all this space. You have all this space to fill, what are you gonna do with it? Great. I think it’s beautiful and I’m gonna pair this with the cherry soda because of the colours.
And then let’s talk about The Last Splash. This record blew my mind. When you’re a kid everyone gets into Nirvana right? And everyone listens to all the bands that Kurt Cobain likes.” he laughs. “But The Breeders actually did not disappoint and you heard Cannonball? You go into this record thinking “ah it’s all gonna be like Cannonball”, but no
it is not. It is a weird trip and I listen to this on repeat. I had to do some GCSE coursework and I had to stay up from 8am to 8am the next day and I developed a large migraine and I listened to The Breeders The Last Splash on repeat and that created a bonding experience for me and The Last Splash and I was also drinking cola. So that’s why I’m gonna pair the cola with The Last Splash. Big love for all these records particularly this one, me and this record go back a long long way.
“So that’s what I’m gonna be slurping whilst I listen to these records. You can come down to BSM Social Club, you might buy the copy that I’ve cuddled. Can we get a bigger price on that? This ain’t even got a price. Ratchet it up!”
Watch the full video on Big Scary Monsters YouTube channel!
Gemma Hefferon-Douch
We are very excited to be stocking Only With Love - lemon kombucha. Founded in 2020 ( in lockdown #1 & #2), all of their products are vegan and organic, as well as being ethically sourced and sustainably produced. If you’ve ever tried kombucha you know they’re not all made equal - it’s a bit like beer in that respect, everyone makes it differently. So if you’ve tried one and didn’t like it - that doesn’t mean you don’t like kombucha. It just means you didn’t like that one :)
Over to the records... Well, this time I have to give Martha a shout out. I can’t even pick one album - they’re all amazing! They’re a pop band from Durham, full of great riffs and brilliant lyrics which will get you instantly hooked and before long you’ll be singing along. So I would recommend giving them a listen for sure!
Check out our In The Spotlight playlist - perfect to accompany your favourite tipple
Want to try Only With Love? We’ve got you. Head to bsmsocialclub.com or visit in store!
