I hate to get caught up in the over-hype that surrounds a lot of new releases these days, but how exciting is the return of The Lemonheads? I know I posted about this a few months ago, but a track from the new album has surfaced.

As one of my all-time favorites, I’ve been a fan The Lemonheads for almost as long as I’ve been a music fan. Evan Dando is a great great songwriter and not only is he back playing rock music, but he has brought along one hell of a supporting cast. The new Lemonheads rhythm section is comprised of none other than Karl Alvarez (bass) and Bill Stevenson (drums) from the Descendents. THE FUCKING DESCENDENTS! Hell, Dando even got J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. fame to add some searing guitar work to two songs. Are you excited yet? Dando himself has said:

“I wanted to make a rock record, a melodic rock record… We started out in Jam, Buzzcocks territory [but] we’ve got some psyched-out country on there as well… You should listen to the Descendents’ [1982] Milo Goes to College to get an idea of what the next Lemonheads record sounds like.”

You’ve got to be excited now. Their self-titled 8th albums drops September 26, 2006 on (what?) Vagrant Records.

MP3 | The Lemonheads – No Backbone S/T

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