Set to firmly blast away any lingering Winter blues, Leeds psych-pop heroes Menace Beach return with a brand new album in the early months of 2017. the group will be touring in support of second LP Lemon Memory, due for release on January 20th.
Signed to storied indie label Memphis Industries (The Go! Team, Field Music, POLICA) the LP is the band’s second following praised 2014 debut Ratworld and was recorded in Sheffield by revered producer Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, The Fall, MIA).
Artist: Menace Beach
Song: Holidays Are Heavy
Label: Memphis Industries
Leeds noisemakers Menace Beach release their new single Give Blood on the 20th January 2017, the single drops ahead of their sophomore album “Lemon Memory” out on the same day. Give Blood couples the raucous and scuzzy energy of Menace Beach with perhaps their most pop moment to date. Written in Ibiza, the song was the first track they recorded in Sheffield with producer Ross Orton for their album Lemon Memory. The early moments in the studio can define the whole recording process but the immediate nature of Give Blood was the perfect way to kick off the session. Lead-singer Ryan Needham elaborates.
“Starting a session with people you haven’t worked with before has the potential to be a bit daunting, but by the time we blasted through this (Give Blood) a few times it was instantly apparent there was a strong vibe there and we just rode that wave to the end of the session.”
Menace Beach will be touring the UK as a five-piece band throughout January and February next year.
Menace Beach, the Leeds based duo of Ryan Needham and Liza Violet, have this week announced details of their second album, Lemon Memory, due early next year along with some tour dates, news came in the sharing of a brand new, and excellent new single, Maybe We’ll Drown.
Lemon Memory will be the follow up to their excellent 2015 debut, Ratworld. Discussing their ambitions for the record, Liza notes, “The one ‘rule’ thing we went into the album session with was to keep in mind that sometimes doing The Opposite is much more interesting.” Maybe We’ll Drown certainly sounds very little like the 90’s-slacker rock of their debut; fusing the staccato rhythms of Cate Le Bon with the wonky organ sound of The Horrors, Menace Beach create a claustrophobic, almost aquatic soundscape, matched neatly by the songs repeated lyric, “maybe we’ll drown, maybe we’ll all drown.” A hugely promising return, Lemon Memory is shaping up to be an intriguing departure for a band who just seem to get more interesting with each new track; it’s also going to have a scratch and sniff cover, so it could be the best smelling and best sounding release of 2017.
Lemon Memory is out January 20th via Memphis Industries. Menace Beach tour the UK in February, click HERE for details.
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