Dylan Hundley and Pablo Martin of Lulu Lewis
Photo by Bob Krasner
Lulu Lewis is a band in which, we should mention at the start, no one is named Lulu or Lewis. It’s a collaboration between former actress Dylan Hundley (Metropolitan) and multi-instrumentalist Pablo Martin (Tom-Tom Club) that grabbed its name off, of all things, a gravestone.
“I saw it in the Trinity Cemetery and thought it would be a great name for the band,” explains Hundley. “She was a woman in her 80s who never married. I say hello to her now whenever I walk through.”
Hundley and Martin are married as well and started their musical partnership early in their relationship in 2016. “The band evolved pretty quickly,” says Hundley. “But it was more of a rock band at the start.”
The sound is more of an electro-funk thing now, with Martin playing all the instruments on their records.
“I see it as a groove oriented project, but very heavy and confrontational,” says Martin. “I hate labels like post-punk, disco and new wave, but I don’t know how else to describe it.”
“I like to think that we have elements of different musics but we have a sound that is our own,” notes Hundley. She cites favorites such as Roxy Music and LCD Sound System as role models as they don’t fall into “ a specific bucket.”
Having seen the band several times, we are not surprised when Hundley proclaims that “performing is my favorite thing to do in life. I like nothing more than stepping onstage. The energy that I feel is the most exhilarating, wonderful, amazing, satisfying thing on earth to me.”
Martin admits that though he loves performing, “it’s a lot of hard work setting up and breaking down. What I really love is to be in my studio working on a concept. I actually wanted to quit music many times, but ultimately it always saved me.”
There will be lots of chances to see the band in the coming weeks, as they have landed a two-month Friday night residency at the brand new
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