Modey Lemon - any good?
Posted: 24 May 2004, 15:54
got this as part of an email from Mute records:
when they say mc5/suicide do they mean a poor man's (already poor) strokes? or something that's actually worth listening to?
so, anyone heard them? any good?Modey Lemon 'Crows' single (Mute)
CD - CDMUTE328
7" - MUTE328
Released 3/5/04
Modey Lemon 'Thunder + Lightning' album (Mute)
CD - CDSTUMM232
Vinyl - STUMM232
Released 17/5/04
MODEY LEMON all barely twenty have quickly built a reputation as Pittsburgh's finest. Equal parts late 60's garage, 70's boogie and early nineties grunge filter through punk from all three decades to create their sound.
THUNDER + LIGHTNING is a collection of songs drawing on a timeless tradition of eerie American gothic, steeped in mythology their lyrics are literary explorations of sex and death. Be it the Suicide/MC5 inspired, debut single, 'Predator', the skin crawling 'Tongues (Everybody's Got One)', or the brutal and bloodied 'Enemy', these are dark, dank tales of recrimination and rancour, etched in disturbing detail. The album, released last year in the US on Birdman Recordings, features a different track listing and artwork to the American version.
Packed full of rock nuggets with dirty boogie tempos, challenging the listener with non-traditional idea's, everything from The Cramps to Iron Maiden to Suicide goes into the blender, gets distilled and comes out one very lethal brew.
More: http://www.mute.com/modeylemon/index.html
Order: http://www.mute.co.uk/cgi/shopframes.cgi?pageID=266
when they say mc5/suicide do they mean a poor man's (already poor) strokes? or something that's actually worth listening to?
