MODEY LEMON
The Curious City Birdman ________________________________________________________
Third dose of indie-garage rattle n’ jangle from these much celebrated
(well, by the Brits, anyway) Steeltown rockers. The Modey Lemon sound is
driven by the incessant low-end thump of bassman Jason Kirker, Phil Boyd’s
breezy cosmodelic vox, and a vast knowledge of 60’s gold medallion
culture. “The Curious City” is a cash-money combo of light-psyche
retro-fuzz, sugary pop hooks, and spacey sci-fi Moog, with twisty blasts
of fruggable frosted pop and the odd punch of hard rock. I dunno if you
remember the Huxton Creepers or the Green Pajamas – I barely remember ‘em
myself – but the Modey’s sound a little like those two paisley-powered
bands, and a lot like one of those new-fangled Frisco drug-gospel bands
plowing through a particularly laid-back episode of the ’66 Batman show,
particularly on the pseudo-spooky “In The Cemetery” and the
elastic-fantastic “Sleepwalkers”. Elsewhere, they sound like a buzz-band
from 1994 trying desperately to sound like a buzzband from 1964, or vice
versa. Fun stuff, but so fluffy and lightweight your CD player might float
away like a big pink balloon when this one’s on deck.
Third dose of indie-garage rattle n’ jangle from these much celebrated
(well, by the Brits, anyway) Steeltown rockers. The Modey Lemon sound is
driven by the incessant low-end thump of bassman Jason Kirker, Phil Boyd’s
breezy cosmodelic vox, and a vast knowledge of 60’s gold medallion
culture. “The Curious City” is a cash-money combo of light-psyche
retro-fuzz, sugary pop hooks, and spacey sci-fi Moog, with twisty blasts
of fruggable frosted pop and the odd punch of hard rock. I dunno if you
remember the Huxton Creepers or the Green Pajamas – I barely remember ‘em
myself – but the Modey’s sound a little like those two paisley-powered
bands, and a lot like one of those new-fangled Frisco drug-gospel bands
plowing through a particularly laid-back episode of the ’66 Batman show,
particularly on the pseudo-spooky “In The Cemetery” and the
elastic-fantastic “Sleepwalkers”. Elsewhere, they sound like a buzz-band
from 1994 trying desperately to sound like a buzzband from 1964, or vice
versa. Fun stuff, but so fluffy and lightweight your CD player might float
away like a big pink balloon when this one’s on deck.