With 2 weeks from his upcoming triple album, ‘Twilight Override’, Jeff Tweedy has released a new song and video named ‘Lou Reed Was My Babysitter’. The song brings that old rock sound thats instantly catchy and will make you move.
Tweedy says the song’s title references “the joy in this dark music that Lou Reed made, and the beautiful conflict that it creates when you try and analyze it. And how it was such a positive force for so many people. ‘My life was saved by rock and roll’—Lou Reed is saying the same thing. I was babysat by fucking Lou Reed, literally, in my bedroom as a 10-year-old, 12-year-old kid. His music was a more legitimate mentor to me than most of my teachers.”
TwilightOverride is an intentional, sprawling three disc album, a testament to creativity in the face of overwhelming darkness. Recorded and self-produced by Tweedy at his Chicago studio, The Loft, with engineering and mixing from TomSchick, TwilightOverride features Chicago-based friends and family: Tweedy’s children Spencer and Sammy, and collaborators James Elkington, SimaCunningham, MacieStewart, and LiamKazar.
The three chapters of Twilight Override stand alone, but together, they tell a story of the past, present and future. While Tweedy began the project with only a loose intention to incorporate the group’s many singing voices, connections between the songs became apparent after a few listens. “I’m not trying to imply that I had this all mapped out as a story,” he explains. “The way that this ended up falling together and being arranged—it does tell a story that I think I wanted to tell. That’s what a process does for me.”
Next month, Jeff Tweedy will embark on an extensive North American and European tour. A full list of dates is available below. Additionally, a special Twilight Override album release show is taking place September 25th at a surprise location in Chicago. Limited tickets will be available via a ticket lottery here, and the location will be announced when winners are chosen.
