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Lemon Memory

Menace Beach

Lemon Memory

Second studio album from the Leeds-based duo Liza Violet and Ryan Needham

ADM rating[?]

6.5

Label
Memphis Industries
UK Release date
20/01/2017
US Release date
27/01/2017
  1. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    An impressive leap forwards
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  2. 8.0 |   DIY

    Menace Beach aren’t a supergroup, they’re just a really, really super group
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  3. 8.0 |   The FT

    For all the acuteness of the references — chunky layers of feedback, quiet-loud dynamics, nonsense lyrics about haircuts — Lemon Memory goes beyond 1990s alt-rock pastiche
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  4. 8.0 |   All Music

    A subtle, yet solid step forward
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  5. 7.4 |   Earbuddy

    There's nothing sour about Menace Beach's sophomore album
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  6. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    A markedly different creature to the Leeds band's debut and all the stronger and more tantalising for it
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  7. 7.0 |   God Is In The TV

    The band appear to be evolving before our eyes, so seize your moment to enjoy them whilst their youthful energy still rules their output
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  8. 7.0 |   Crack

    An anxious and affecting display of raw indie rock
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  9. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    There’s enough promise shining through to make Menace Beach well worth keeping an eye on
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  10. 6.0 |   Q

    Admirers of Anglo-American turn-of-the-'90s, inhale deeply. Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    When they strike gold, they hit it hard
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  12. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    It doesn’t quite have the vitality or originality to make it a must-listen, but Menace Beach seem content to lean back and let things unfold
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  13. 6.0 |   The Independent

    The fuzz-drenched mode of 2015 debut Ratworld supplanted by more thoughtful, diverse creations in which floating organ and mellotron lend a wavering melancholy
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  14. 5.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    First, the songs aren’t distinctive enough but secondly – and much more damagingly – they rarely resolve into anything particularly exciting
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  15. 3.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    It’s crushingly disappointing from a band that can sound so much better
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