The Lemon Twigs, a New York City rock band fronted by brothers Brian (27) and Michael D’Addario (25), are continuing the momentum of a whirlwind 2023, evolving vision and voice, distilling a history lesson of baroque and power pop. The band has been waving the same revivalist torch as Alex Chilton and his Big Star group since the release of their debut studio album Do Hollywood on 4AD in 2016, working to prove that archaic music from the ‘60s and ‘70s can still be relevant in a digital world. Alongside peers like Foxygen and Drugdealer, The Lemon Twigs have explicitly documented a synchronistic blend of contemporary narrative motifs, old-school recording techniques, and flawless, consistent attitudes collaged from various crucial stages of rock ’n’ roll.
Their album, A Dream Is All We Know, is grandiose yet grounded; meticulous, yet wild and glowing. Made with analog precision, the album was finished in the immediate months after the band completed Everything Harmony during a vibrant, prolific period split between three studios on separate coasts. A Dream Is All We Know sounds like it’s lived a thousand lives already, with a profound density and charged atmosphere that is rife with string arrangements and a sonic thesis statement that has quaked through phases of glam, conceptualism, baroque, and Mustang-loud, stone-cold rock ‘n’ roll for more than half-a-century.
Rough Trade, a music retailer, caught up with Brian and Michael at their NYC store for their newest session of Shoplifting. They invited The Lemon Twigs to roam the racks in pursuit of recorded material which has most inspired and shaped their sound today. Michael picked up a Laughing Dogs record, which their drummer had turned him on to. One of their guys just died, which is sad, but Michael stalks one of the guys on Facebook. Brian picked up Love Forever Changes, which he loves, and is one of his favorite records of all time. He loves the orchestral arrangements, the lyrics, the playing, and there are a lot of great stories associated with the record. Michael also picked up a Rocking Horse record and the Critters Best Of album. Brian’s other picks included Pet Sounds by Beach Boys, which he considers the greatest album of all time, and he is curious about the version that was released in the 90s, and Todd Rundgren A Wizard/A True Star, which he is curious about because it says it’s an audio file pressing. He loves the sound, production and arrangement of the album.
A Dream Is All We Know is out now via Captured Tracks. The Lemon Twigs are working hard to keep alive the spirit of earlier rock music through their own style and vision, attracting fans old and new with their high-energy performances and dedication to the craft
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