Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - The Difference Between You And Me (2018)

Recorded in their hometown of Austin, Texas, with Grammy award winning producer Stuart Sikes (The White Stripes, Cat Power, Modest Mouse) at the helm, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears’ fifth studio album delivers more of the familiar southern soul, gritty blues, and vintage rock n’ roll sound that Lewis has perfected throughout his career. However, The Difference Between Me & You charts into new territory with a heavy stream of lyrical consciousness reflective of the current pop-culture and political mood.

The band’s new album works to explore the human psyche through an impassioned and introspective lens while exploring a deep repertoire of sounds: the heavy grooves of Albert King, punked-up blues of R.L. Burnside, the storytelling of Bobby “Blue” Bland, and the soulfully layered horns of The Rolling Stones. “Culture Vulture” isn’t the only track that expands on the vices and followers within society, similar themes of derision can also be found on “Rhyme of Reason”. And on the boisterous opening track “Nothing but a Cliché”, Lewis exposes an old acquaintance whose interests were best suited only for themselves.

Mining through Lewis’ first decade of experience on the road, The Difference Between Me & You, traverses a lifetime of physical and metaphysical experiences and is characterized by looking in the mirror – and asking yourself the tough questions.