Hey everybody, Evan Dando is back and is bringing the Lemonheads along even if it is really in name only. You have all probably heard this since it is a few weeks old and (at least by internet standards) old news. The new album is currently scheduled for a fall 2006 release on Vagrant Records.
“The recently re-formed Lemonheads are currently in the studio putting the finishing touches on what will be their eighth studio album in a career that spans over two decades… Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Evan Dando is co-producing the album with drummer Bill Stevenson (Descendents, Black Flag), and the band is rounded out with bass player Karl Alvarez (Descendents). NYC-based Dando self-funded the project and has been recording in Stevenson’s Colorado studio off and on during the last year.”
I remember being in my early teens and listening to It’s A Shame About Ray over and over and over. I think I actually listened to the song “Confetti,” on repeat a few hundred times in a row. My twin sister and I played and recorded (as a duo) a version of “Into Your Arms” (sung in German no less) for one of our high-school German classes. Evan Dando is one of my favorite songwriters and the Lemonheads were responsible for introducing me to other bands like Smudge, Juliana Hatfield, Blake Babies, Buffalo Tom, Velo Deluxe, and the entire Mammoth Records and Taang! Records catalogs.
Even though reunions and reformations seem to be all the rage these days (Pixies, Lifetime, etc…) I’m actually pretty excited to hear what Evan can do with two members of the Descendents backing him up. Maybe Bill Stevenson and Karl Alvarez’s influence will show and we’ll get Hate Your Friends Part 2. That would be great.
MP3 | Lemonheads – Nothing True Hate Your Friends
MP3 | Lemonheads – Bit Part It’s A Shame About Ray
MP3 | Lemonheads – Confetti It’s A Shame About Ray
man, i loved the lemonheads back in the day. everyone remembers them for mrs. robinson, but they were so consistently good. ‘come on feel the lemonheads’ was a favorite of mine when i was a freshman in college and even after ‘car button cloth’ came out, an album that did not receive much critical praise at all, i still thought they were putting out solid material. so i’m really looking forward to hearing dando’s new lemonheads material. thanks for posting these oldies!
juliana hatfield was the cat’s meow, too!
I have a soft spot for Lemonheads too. Hate Your Friends: great album. Much of It’s a Shame is too commercial sounding for me, but I love “Ceiling Fan in My Spoon.” Evan Dando, for all the stupid things he’s done over the years, is a great songwriter.
oh! oh! oh! you are telling me something new! oh my gosh! i’m so excited. i LOVE the lemonheads. my friend and i used to drive around sneaking cigs listening to “come on feel the lemonheads”…ah, the good ol’ days! thanks for the newsflash!
That woman screaming the intro to Bit Part is classic. Classic.
That’s Juliana screaming the intro, right?