The Lemonheads

They just put out a really tight sounding and incredibly satisfying, cohesive record.

Not only do they really channel this sound that I love, it won't surprise you, it's that like mid 90s, windows down, almost radio friendly, like all pop rock, kind of like a la Lemonheads or Sugar.

which is a sound that may not natively be like an Angelino, you know, Los Angeles sound, but it's one that fits so well in this, you know, big, bright sky, winding, hilly streets type place that I really consider that sound an LA sound.

So not only do they channel that, which I love, but most of this band does indeed hail from the greater sprawl of Los Angeles.

think we were all really um driven early on honestly to like make this band work out um there was also just like a shared kind of like sensibility like we all really bonded over um a love of like the same kind of bands and like same kind of you know like version of indie rock um Yeah, we'll dress

the elephant in the room.

We love the Lemonheads.

Okay.

That was a time when concerts were a totally different thing when we were doing things.

I mean, this was really an important time because, you know, you could see that Lemonheads and Julianna Hatfield, Judas Lizard, Helmets.

I've seen a lot of people coming through these doors and...

It's been really, it's been remarkable.

I think, well, you know, I can't remember what it was called, but the tune was good.

Oh no, it was a cover of, we did a cover of Anna and Gabby, the Lemonheads.

It was really good.

And another tune, actually, and one of my own.

All right.

How about the Lemonheads? Did you guys like the Lemonheads? Yeah, okay.

See, I thought that...

Who is the singer? Evan Dandell.

And he had, you know, lots of drug problems and, you know, had...

There were other bands in that same kind of like the Blake Babies and Juliana Hatfield.

Well, she was basically a member of the Lemonheads.

And I think she was a drug addict as well.

And I think my mom, I was a minor, so my mom got me out of it.

But like, yeah, I got like my earliest loves there, like the Lemonheads or like the Pixies and other things too that I really sort of defined me.

But yeah.

And then I guess close to high school, I started playing in bands, touring around the United States.

Contemporary reviews at the time compared their music to that of Jimi Hendrix if he got in touch with his feminine side, poured on the sludge, and howled existential angst into a rainstorm.

This is a powerful record, and in a 1990s Boston music scene that produced softer, more lightweight groups like the Lemonheads, Belly, and Buffalo Tom, Come stand out as probably the most underrated and possibly best band.

Chris?

Yeah, really powerful band.