TUTV: Alarming vocals, vicious pulsations, sick guitars, ceaseless drumming,
and a cry-out chorus. Put all these expressive elements together, and you get
everything you need to go apeshit.
TUTV: Olé. A stirred-up ska-like groove gets your pelvis abuzz. Rapping vocals,
a hefty guitar upsurge, and 70s organ glow complete the hustling picture. What
if I tell you to jump? Would you?
TUTV: This is YF’s contribution for the recently released benefit longplayer Help (2)
to raise funds for Warchild UK. It’s a rushing, percussion-motorized steamroller.
Long Island‘s brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario artistically know as THE LEMON TWIGS‘s are 60s pop fanatics, with a non-stop appetite for Beatles-esque tunes.
Now, at the end of this year, they shared two new songs,
of whichI’VE GOT A BROKEN HEART is another sonic
proof of their All You Need Is The Beatles obsession.
As a fanatic Beatles fan (and of lots of other 60s heroes) I dig Long Island‘s
brothers (Brian and Michael D’Addario) THE LEMON TWIGS‘s fab four and beach boys retro bliss since they released their debut LP Do Hollywood back
in 2016.
Last year they scored big time with their 4th full length Everything Harmony
which resoantes like a lost McCartney album to my ears and almost exactly one
year later the bros have their 5th one out, named DREAM IS ALL WE KNOW.
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The Telegraph (British newspaper): “A Dream Is All We Know is that rare thing: a perfectly crafted, concise collection of 12 songs that brim over with good-will and optimism. It’s their fifth album, and although their harking back to the glory days of the Fab Four (or Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, or the Beach Boys) may be inferred by some snooty critics as pastiche, their whimsical lyrics, off-kilter melodies and Chuck Berry-esque riffs are difficult to resist.”
TUTV: Once again New York-based brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario show their
aural love for that swinging 60s pop decade. Dreaming, mostly, about the Beach Boys
and The Beatles is all they know. Mellow melodies, zippy harmonies, titillating tunes is
what we get. No more, no less.
The Lemon Twigs are here first and foremost to entertain all retro-directed ears. At times the new songs sound like old ones from one of their 4 precedent albums. Don’t expect spectacular stuff here, it’s all about simple, feel good, greatly orchestrated pop-ular music to whistle/hum/sing along and that’s very fine by me. TUTV’s fav tracks: My Golden Years / Sweet Vibration / How Can I Love More / Peppermint Roses / Rock On (Over And Over).
Key singles/clips: Golden Years / Dream Is All I Know
In order to not miss a beat Turn Up The Volume scans the musical
horizon daily (doing it for years now, actually) to stay in touch with
all new things sonically great and shares the results on a weekly
basis.
Check the 10 new rad cuts just
added to this rad 2024 playlist.
From his new, forthcoming album Drama King. More infohere.
“Fun Guy” shares Bibby’s perspective of his recent turn to an alcohol-free
lifestyle and the subsequent challenges faced to his social standing and
chaotic live performance. It’s a drum-machine-fuelled, hard and fast, punk
banger taking notes from Suicide and Throbbing Gristle.
Expect a maddening missile that races like a 4-motor hotrod on the run.
Newest shared piece from Leonard‘s upcoming album Real Home out on April 17. Pre-order info here.
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A flood of diverse percussion, acoustic guitar and jittery vocals create a both
chaotic and intriguing flow. Capriciously fascinating, waywardly impressive.
This British collective, formed in 2012, have 3 albums
and 6 EPs on their résumé. Discover it all via Spotify.
New single Small Joys is a brisk guitar pop symphony that sticks instanly. Beautifully orchestrated with moony vocals floating all over it. The accompagning video is quite remarkable.
Manley about Save Your Own: “In the chaos of addiction and treatment,
sometimes the best you can do is take care of yourself first–put on your own
oxygen mask first. It’s a plea to my partner Anna to take care of herself and
let me go.”
Despite the dream pop vibrancy, think Vampire Weekend, the sentiments at
play here are alarming. An awe-inspiring, real-hard-life inspired tune that’ll
boggle your mind.
Hohlbrugger: “It’s about that someone you’ll never be with and that you allow to remain
inside you as a perfect unspoiled thing, yet still you measure and hold your real relationship up against it. It’s a dream, an illusion, an unfair fantasy. Nothing and therefore able to be perfect.”
It’s a yearning, gripping, melacholic ballad for the midnight hours. The bittersweet duet perfomance features the sensuous vocals by critically acclaimed Norwegian indie artist Frøkedal. Think murder ballad duo Nick Cave/Kylie Minogue, but also legendary 60s duo’s Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazlewood and Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg. Heartfelt romanticism.
As a fanatic Beatles fan (and of lots of other 60s heroes) I love Long Island‘s
brothers (Brian and Michael D’Addario) THE LEMON TWIGS‘s fab four and beach
boys retro bliss since they released their debut LP Do Hollywood back in 2016
and seeing them for the first time, playing live in Brussels.
Last year they scored big time with their 4th full length Everything Harmony which sounds like a lost McCartney
album to my ears.
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As already announced earlier this year the bros show their love for
the swinging 60s decade that started anything rock ‘n’ roll, with another
longplayer. It’s baptized A Dream is All We Know and materializes May 3.
Pre-order info here.
The THE LEMON TWIGS from Long Island (NY), obsessed by 60s/70s pop bliss
released their newest LP Everything Harmony which sounds like a lost Macca
longplayer.
To open the new year they dropped a brand-new single, named MY GOLDEN EARS.
Guess what? It’s The Beatles with backing harmonies by The Beach Boys.
NME says: “The D’Addario brothers have always worn their inspirations proudly on their vintage-inspired sleeves. Now, they’re making a sound of their own… ‘Everything Harmony’
plays like the next progression from their promising debut, and what stood out about them then is what stands out about them now. With their fourth album, The Lemon Twigs have honed in on their ability to not just lift from the past but transmute what inspires them into something imaginative and new. Score: 4/5.
TUTV: New LP? This is a 70s Paul McCartney album that
was never released before. And it sounds sugary top.
Singles/clips: Corner Of My Eye / Any Time Of Day / Every Day Is The Worst Day Of My Life
Brothers Brian and Michael operating under the name of THE LEMON TWIGS
announced that they signed to 4AD Records and that the first LP (4th overall)
for the label is named Everything Harmony and lands on 5 May.
The New York based duo do not hide whatsoever that their music is influenced by
golden oldie stars. From The Beatles to Queen, from The Beach Boys to Todd Rundgen,
from Elton John’s balladry to Frank Zappa‘s jocose trickery. 100% retro and it works
(but not all the time).
Here’s another example. Just like the lead single Corenr Of My Eye, the follow-up
ANY TIME OF DAY ia another sugary ballad. Sounds like, oops, a Backstreet Boys
lullaby for teenage girls.
Brothers Brian and Michael operating under the name of THE LEMON TWIGS released three longplayers so far, with Songs For The General Public as the most recent one (2020). Three records filled with 60s/70s inspired tunes.
The New York based duo do not hide whatsoever that their music is influenced by
golden oldie stars. From The Beatles to Queen, from The Beach Boys to Todd Rundgen,
from Elton John’s balladry to Frank Zappa‘s jocose trickery. 100% retro and it works tremendosuly well.
Here’s another proof. New single CORNER OF MY EYE could be a track on one
of Paul McCartney‘s solo albums. A candlelight ballad, a romantic lullaby for lovers.
THE LEMON TWIGS – Botanique, Brussels – 25 November 2016
Music junkies among us already know by now that THE LEMON TWIGS are the next big thing. And this time the hype is genuinely substantiated. This is a dazzlingly promising four-piece of teenagers from Long Island, New York led by brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario. Two extremely talented youngsters and, obviously, owners of an extensive record collection of all things great from the 60s to the 80s. From The Beatles to Queen, from Wings to Todd Rundgen, from Elton John’s balladry to Frank Zappa‘s jocose trickery
and all memorable pop and rock vibrations in between. Retro? Absolutely, but in a most genial way. At times you can hear snippets of all this magic in just one song. Sheer stellar creativity. They succeed where thousands failed before, because these yesterday’s sounds obsessed bros do not just copy/paste history. They compose rock opera like brilliance with the past’s very best era’s. They do not write songs, they build them brick by brick, they construct them step by step into something really special. If you didn’t hear it already check brand new album DO HOLLYWOOD here to find out what I try to stutter…
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To be honest I had some doubts about the band reproducing their richly arranged and orchestrated pearls live on stage without falling apart now and then. They proved me wrong, completely. Without the safety and help of tapes, special digital effects or other extra whatsoever assistance (pretty common now these days) they stunned the sold out 200 capacity club from start to finish. The songs sounded more basic and rougher than on record and it worked big time! The intensity of execution was just overwhelming. The first half of the set felt like a Broadway musical with songs bouncing from slow to fast, from up to down, from quiet to loud, from harmonies to screams. AWESOME! The second part of the concert, after the d’Addario’s swapped instruments (drums/guitar), was an adrenalin injected rock & roll blast with Micheal moving like a classic guitar hero while handling his instrument like Chuck Berry. First class, elevating entertainment. WOW! Double WOW!
And these fresh punks bring it all with a high dose of natural coolness and unshakable confidence as if they do this since the day they jumped out of their rocking cradle. The
Lemon Twigs are on their way to meganess. They gonna be huge, really huge. …
