The Lemon Twigs - thoughts

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?

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"

serious question: why would it be difficult to get one's head around superior neo-powerpop?

I like them, though it would be nice to add at least SOMETHING original to the formula

xpost wasn't being entirely serious there :)

It does appear that their second album, the musical, scared a few people away

More songs thhat differ from the usual sound like Church Bells and Rock On would be nice

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

i'm exaggerating a little/affectionately mocking of course

but just a little

Oh yeah, and the older brother is more talented but the younger one is cuter

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...

i like that the band name is a 'make a band name more reasonable' of the lemon trees

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

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

these guys always struck me as real ding dongs but gonna listen to this new one

these little rascals are winning me over

i don't know todd rundgren that well but sometimes i hear little things that feel very badfinger to me

they crib from all the power pop groups of that era. their last album reminded me a good deal of the raspberries' overnight sensation

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