The Lemonheads - "In the Margin"

Photo by Gareth Jones

I've been a huge fan of The Lemonheads for over thirty years now, but that fandom doesn't make me gush over everything Evan Dando releases. If anything, it makes me more critical of his releases, so if I think something he releases is great, it's definitely not clouded by fandom. Today, The Lemonheads released a new single, and it's truly great. "In the Margin" doesn't exactly fit into the band's previous forty or so years of music. It's not a rehash of their 90's alt-rock/bubblegrunge, or their earlier more punk albums. This new single is a straight up riff-heavy rock song with The Lemonheads' trademark twang. It's a little grunge, it's a little punk, and it's a little country. "In the Margin" fits in with Dando's decades of music while seeing him moving in a slightly different direction, and helping to reinvigorate his sound.

Evan Dando says of his latest single:

“I wanted to have a riffy song, so I wrote riffs all over it,” says Dando. “The body of the song was Marciana’s (Marciana Jones). It’s like a full-on 8th-grade girl revenge song: ‘Stupidly I left the escape plans out so they could find my way.’”

You can watch the video for "In the Margin" below. Love Chant (their first album of all new material since 2006) is out October 24 on Fire Talk Records, and is available for pre-order here. For more on The Lemonheads, check out the band's website. Upcoming tour dates are below the video and include November 23 at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, NH, November 25 at The Drake in Amherst, MA, and November 26 at The Wilbur in Boston, MA.

AUGUST

13 - London, UK - Rough Trade East -Solo Show

14 – Northampton, UK – Roadmender

15 – Norwich, UK – Rock N Roll Circus,

16 – Manchester, UK – O2 Ritz

17 – Glasgow, UK – Garage

19 – Belfast, UK – Limelight

20 – Limerick, Ireland – Dolans Warehouse

21 – Cork, Ireland – Cyprus Avenue

23 – Waterford, Ireland – Bank Lane

24 – Dublin, Ireland – Academy

26 – Sheffield, UK – Foundry

27 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom

28 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom

29 – Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Strand

30 – Oslo, Norway – John Dee

 

SEPTEMBER

1 – Trondheim, Norway – Byscenen

4 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Loppen

5 – Hamburg, Germany – Molotow Club

6 – Stekene, Belgium – Crammerock Festival †

8 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg Oz

9 – Cologne, Germany – Luxor

11 – Berlin, Germany – Frannz Club

12 – Warsaw, Poland – Proxima

16 – Zagreb, Croatia – Vintage Industrial Bar

23 – Madrid, Spain – Sala Wagon

24 – Lisbon, Portugal – LAV2

26 – Barcelona, Spain – Apolo 2

27 – Valencia, Spain – Visorfest †

 

NOVEMBER

11 – Birmingham, AL – WORKPLAY

12 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade

13 – Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle

14 – Norfolk, VA – The Annex

15 –Baltimore, MD – Ottobar

16 – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry

18 – Lititz, PA – Mickey’s Black Box 

19 – New York, NY – Racket

20 – Fairfield, CT – The Warehouse at FTC

21 – Woodstock, NY –  Bearsville Theater

22 – Jersey City, NJ – White Eagle Hall

23 – Portsmouth, NH – 3S Artspace

25 – Amherst, MA – The Drake

26 – Boston, MA – The Wilbur

28 – Syracuse, NY – Westcott Theater

29 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom

30 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre

DECEMBER

2 – Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre 

3 – Columbus, OH – Skully’s Music Diner

4 – Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Eccentric Cafe 

5 – Madison, WI – Majestic

6 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line 

8 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck

10 – Dallas, TX – Echo 

11 – Houston, TX – Bad Astronaut

12 – Austin, TX – Mohawk

13 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger 

14 – Fort Worth, TX – Tannahill’s  

16 – St Louis, MO – Delmar Hall 

17 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall 

18 – Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi

19 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall

20 – Nashville, TN – Basement East

 

† FESTIVAL APPEARANCE