4.52am Issue: 008 13th November 2016

MENACE BEACH
Lemon Memory
I have to say from the start that Menace
Beach have got my Unofficial Album of the
Week Award, as well as my Unofficial Song
of the Week Award with their new single
Maybe We’ll Drown.
In fact perhaps I should make these things
Official and do a list each week or
something, maybe buy a trophy, but either
way the album Lemon Memory which is
released in January is the one that has been
on constant rotation, and one that seems to
make me form oddly shaped hand
silhouettes whenever I listen to it whilst
looking somewhat other-worldly.
Although thankfully, I have learned my
lesson and not put it on when I am driving.
As for the music, compared to their debut
album, they seem to have turned the fuzz
down a little and varied the mix, in fact it is
quite deliberate with Liza explaining,
“The one ‘rule’ we went into the album
session with was to keep in mind that
sometimes doing The Opposite is much
more interesting.”
Something that has made for a more
varied and deeper album. This does see
Liza more at the forefront compared to
Ratworld and Ryan explains,
“Liza got that look in the eye and a headdown-blinkers-on
thing, and only a moron
would try and get in the way of that. It’s
all about keeping those ideas in their
purest form and diluting as little as
possible.”
Whatever they did, this is an awesome
single with a brilliant album to come, both
of which you need in your life. Need, I
say.
Go visit them Here and see for yourself.