Rotterdam four-piece Lewsberg share new single, "An Ear To The Chest"

"As you may know, I don’t like talking about my lyrics that much. But I can explain a bit about the last four words of this song. It is a reaction on the adage “Show, don’t tell”. A classic writing technique, used by authors to make a story more interesting," says singer and guitarist Arie Van Vliet.

"To let people experience a story, rather than just read (or hear) it. But what is so good about having your ‘experience’ spelled out by someone else? Let me just tell you a story the way I prefer it: descriptive, a little detached. “Don’t show, tell ’em.”

The brand new single follows the previous release, "Without A Doubt / Communion", which coincided with the forthcoming album's announcement.

Recorded in Amsterdam in Spring 2023 with producer Yulya Divakova, Out And About sees founding members Shalita Dietrich (vocals, bass guitar), Michiel Klein (guitar) and Arie van Vliet (vocals, guitar, violin) joined for the first time on record by drummer and vocalist Marrit Meinema, who joined the band in the Autumn of 2021.

Out and About follows 2021's In Your Hands, 2020's In This House, and their self-titled debut which was released in 2019.

“Our first two records were pretty much our take on the music and literature that Arie and I had been talking about for years,” says guitarist Michiel. “Our third album, In Your Hands, was about keeping things small, quiet and intimate, partly in reaction to some of the unease we occasionally felt when Lewsberg was being lumped in with these muscular testosterone filled rock bands,” he continues. “For this album I was inspired by how I saw the personalities in the band when we became a quartet again, with the addition of Marrit,” he continues.