Mr. Lewis & the Funeral Five releases cover of The Kinks' "Alcohol"

Mr. Lewis and The Funeral Five debuts version of The Kinks “Alcohol” at Cover Me site.

Austin’s “macabaret” six to release “Delirium Tremendous” on July 26th via Chicken Ranch.

A cover of The Kinks’ “Alcohol” is the first single from “Delirium Tremendous” by Mr. Lewis and The Funeral Five

[MP3]:
http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/mrlewis/mp3/mrlewisandthefuneral5-alcohol.mp3

Macabre + Cabaret = Macabaret. It's a word that had to be coined, because how does one describe a group such as Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5?

On its second album Delirium Tremendous (July 26th, Chicken Ranch Records), perhaps as Jim Morrison fronting a Rohypnol-addled Pogues? Or maybe as Tom Waits fronting The Doors.


A love of “Alcohol” (as crooned by The Kinks) is a touchstone too. Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5 covers the tune on Delirium Tremendous and popular cover song website Cover Me has the exclusive debut.


Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5 also tends to a concoction consisting of the crushed soul of Alice Cooper, the wave-riding guitars of The Ventures, the literally animated metal of Dethklok and the dark burlesque of The Dresden Dolls.


Releasing the perfectly titled Murder and The Art of The Dance in 2007, Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5 became a fixture on Austin's Red River music scene soon after. Inspired by New Orleans jazz funerals, Lewis arranges jubilant melodies with discordant no-wave dirges about love, sex, death, and whiskey.



Make that, lots of whiskey. And now it’s time for a second round! It’s time for Delirium Tremendous, the second album from Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5.



Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5 is Gregory Lewis (vocals, guitar), James Sheeran (drums), Philthy Howard (piano), Danny Dervish (bass), Rob Metcalfe (guitar, percussion) and James Bonura (saxophone, percussion).



Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5

Delirium Tremendous

(Chicken Ranch, July 26th, 2011)

Track Listing:

01. Gospel For The Gutter

02. I Found Love On The Highway

03. Heavy Bags In Tow

04. Underneath A Burning Bridge

05. Through The Morning

06. Alcohol

07. Tuesday's The New Monday

08. March of The Giant Queue

09. Running Into A Clothesline

10. Villa Nocturne

11. Into The Woods

12. Delirium Tremendous