​MJ Lenderman (from the album Manning Fireworks

​MJ Lenderman (from the album Manning Fireworks

​MJ Lenderman (from the album Manning Fireworks available on Anti- Records) (by Danny McCloskey)
Slow sluggish acoustic guitar notes walk beside MJ Lenderman into his recent release, Manning Fireworks. The title track opens the album, the pace of the plucked guitar string cadence alongside vocals that match the slow steps. With several solo releases, MJ Lenderman (Jake Lenderman) delivers the song on Manning Fireworks carefully. Nothing is rushed. The tempos are tempered, the beat decelerated. Even amid the power chords of “Wristwatch”, the overall feeling in his presentation remains nearly sensual in its rhythmic touches. Folk Rock for 2025 is the style selection for Manning Fireworks, MJ Lenderman strumming for a campfire singalong in “You Don’t Know the Shape I’m In”, as he walks with heavy strides across “Joker Lips”, crunches electric chords for the Rock’n’Roll strut of “On My Knees”, and blends the sounds of “Bark at the Moon” into a seductive groove before closing out with trace-inducing sonics as it closes out the album.
 
Based in Ashville, North Carolina the 25-year-old songwriter has releases under both MJ Lenderman and Jake Lenderman as well as playing with Alternative Rock outfit, Wednesday.  In addition to his own release, he contributed guitar and vocals to Waxahatchee’s Tiger’s Blood album. Manning Fireworks uses heavy footstomps and pedal steel twang to introduce “Rudolph” while MJ Lenderman layers the instruments, building into a roller coaster rhythms, tredding softly before rising up with a sonic blast for “She’s Leaving You”. (by Danny McCloskey)
 
Listen and buy the music of MJ Lenderman from AMAZON
 
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