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Oct 5, 2017Do Hollywood offers a lesson in embracing both the origins and originality of modern rock & roll.
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Nov 8, 2016With one foot in the present and one foot in the past, The Lemon Twigs have produced one of the most striking, individual, and colorful debuts of the year.
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Oct 12, 2016It’s fun, it’s weird, and like nothing you’ve ever really heard before.
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Oct 13, 2016Do Hollywood is a curiosity, but a pretty glorious one.
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Oct 13, 2016It feels authentic, like The Lemon Twigs aren’t hiding anything. And it leaves you wide-eyed when you wonder what they might come up with next time around.
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UncutOct 12, 2016The mix of baroque pop, prog rock and psychedelia is as bewildering as it is entertaining. [Nov 2016, p.32]
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Oct 12, 2016The Lemon Twigs almost always use the kitchen sink approach on Do Hollywood, and it's pretty effective, too--there's nary a dull moment.
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Oct 18, 2016Do Hollywood is a stylistically complex album. This fusion creates instrumentation that allows lyrics that would normally sound too simplistic to sound just right.
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Oct 24, 2016It’s utterly bonkers, but there’s so much raw talent there, once they’ve learnt to rein in their excesses The Lemon Twigs could go on to produce something truly special in the future.
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Oct 13, 2016At their best, they are capable of creating songs that take off like jet planes at dusk ("Hi+Lo"), strut wobbly like Paul Williams on a bender ("I Wanna Prove to You"), and hit the perfect spot between heartbreakingly sweet and just plain odd.
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Nov 7, 2016The most exciting thing about them--their knack with a tune and fanfare--is buried beneath what could be considered unnecessary flourishes. Strip it back guys, chill out. You’re still young.
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Q MagazineOct 12, 2016Amazingly, this weird, consciously retro amalgam of Van Dyke Parks, Big Star and Queen actually works. [Nov 2016, p.111]
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Nov 14, 2016This retro carnival is a trip, but it’s also a downright mess riddled with poor songwriting choices that are disguised as clever.
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Oct 14, 2016In an age where any era of music is within a second’s grasp, The Lemon Twigs’ reliance on nostalgia is at best dated; at worst, pure laziness.
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