Matador Records

Lemonade
Pure Moods EP TRUE-021 2010-03-09

Free mp3 download with EP.

Get a super limited-edition USB Bracelet of the Pure Moods EP, available only on the webstore and at shows. Limited to 150 copies. USB comes with a cdr of "Lifted" remixes by Shortstuff, Ghosts On Tape, Hackman, and Le Chev. Bracelet comes in Black, Blue or Green.

This is Lemonade's follow-up to their praised and explosive debut album. This EP is an utterly unique take on electronic dance music, this time focused and melodic. It incorporates more explicit soca, dub, and calypso influences into Lemonade's existing ravey palate. Even if those sounds are channelled through 16-bit samples and city stories the record has a certain wetness to it- a rich vegetation of sounds. Tight electronic arrangements layered with Alex Pasternak's fiercely clattered drums, Ben Steidel's invitingly rubbery bass and Callan Clendenin's wobbly vocal harmonies float in and out of scope. The whistles of Bedstuy's West Indian Day Parade ring out in "Banana Republic", Ballearic synths carress "Remain In Jah". The EP's leading track "Lifted" somehow submerges its anthemic chorus and raindrop synths under a deafening waterfall. It feels good. If their debut was citric slime, this EP is an orange; firm and almost uniform in its peel, sweet and wet inside.

Release by True Panther Sounds