Their new album is out today. Giving it a listen at the moment as I've found them immensely exciting this year. An odd thing to say considering their entire shtick is rewriting the classic 60s pop songbook but I think they went 4 for 4 on the singles front off this new album.I can see them being a band that irritates some people - and to be honest before their last album I looked at them and was put off by their visual identity - but I'm becoming a genuinely big fan. Anyone have a take to share?
― a3poify, Friday, 3 May 2024 07:11 (two weeks ago) link
It's superior neo-powerpop which must be very difficult to get one's head round these days
Also reckon their acting backgrounds gets the usual lot going "aahh it's so stage school"
― PaulTMA, Friday, 3 May 2024 08:10 (two weeks ago) link
serious question: why would it be difficult to get one's head around superior neo-powerpop?
― alpine static, Friday, 3 May 2024 08:41 (two weeks ago) link
I like them, though it would be nice to add at least SOMETHING original to the formula
― nostormo, Friday, 3 May 2024 09:19 (two weeks ago) link
xpost wasn't being entirely serious there :)
It does appear that their second album, the musical, scared a few people away
― PaulTMA, Friday, 3 May 2024 11:07 (two weeks ago) link
More songs thhat differ from the usual sound like Church Bells and Rock On would be nice
― nostormo, Friday, 3 May 2024 11:13 (two weeks ago) link
one of my best pals who is a pretty adventurous collector of records is completely obsessed with them and they are all he talks about now
i have never seen him like this
i feel their abilities and limitations are both obvious, their depths are maybe less so, and i have enjoyed them in small doses in the company of my friend but not enough to seek out more on my own
― Deflatormouse, Friday, 3 May 2024 12:09 (two weeks ago) link
i'm exaggerating a little/affectionately mocking of course
but just a little
― Deflatormouse, Friday, 3 May 2024 12:14 (two weeks ago) link
Oh yeah, and the older brother is more talented but the younger one is cuter
― Deflatormouse, Friday, 3 May 2024 12:27 (two weeks ago) link
I think they're derivative as hell but that's not always a bad thing and it seems to have done well for them. They're fantastic pop songwriters in a Wilson/Rundgren/McCartneyesque mould and the skills aren't really transferrable to many other sounds of music.Although then again Todd Rundgren did release that rap album in the 90s...
― a3poify, Friday, 3 May 2024 12:31 (two weeks ago) link
i like that the band name is a 'make a band name more reasonable' of the lemon trees
― Deflatormouse, Friday, 3 May 2024 12:33 (two weeks ago) link
speaking of Todd these guys did a track with him on his last album and I think it's the best thing on it, they do classic Todd better than he does these days
― frogbs, Friday, 3 May 2024 14:22 (two weeks ago) link
the twigs are a group where i would absolutely buy a ticket to see them but don't really listen to their stuff often. they're kind of like vulfpeck in that they are ultra-competent pastiche artists with a juvenile sense of humor. they're unlike vulfpeck in that they can actually write the hell out of a song sometimes
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Friday, 3 May 2024 15:28 (two weeks ago) link
these guys always struck me as real ding dongs but gonna listen to this new one
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 May 2024 15:31 (two weeks ago) link
these little rascals are winning me over
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 May 2024 15:36 (two weeks ago) link
i don't know todd rundgren that well but sometimes i hear little things that feel very badfinger to me
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 3 May 2024 15:39 (two weeks ago) link
they crib from all the power pop groups of that era. their last album reminded me a good deal of the raspberries' overnight sensation
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Friday, 3 May 2024 15:42 (two weeks ago) link
More discussion and griping here
Lemon Twigs
― piscesx, Friday, 3 May 2024 16:17 (two weeks ago) link
that thread is for Lemon Twigs. this one is for Lemon Twigs - thoughts.
― alpine static, Friday, 3 May 2024 21:40 (two weeks ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlR8cYgaZJI
― Maresn3st, Friday, 3 May 2024 21:54 (two weeks ago) link