Modey Lemon are a two piece band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and ‘Thunder and Lightning’ is their second release on Birdman Records. At barely twenty years of age Phil Boyd (Lead guitar, vocals, keyboard) and Phil Quattrone (Drums) have their whole musical career ahead of them and from the ... Read review
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Electronic Sorcerer Review ofThunder And Lightning - Modey Lemonby
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Advantages: Superb guitars, fabulous drum work and a diverse set of songs Disadvantages: None yet.
...‘Crows’, the opening track of Thunder & Lightning’, sets the pace of the album brilliantly. Each second that passes by on this song brings rolling blasts of intensity that evoke influences from so many genres that it would be pure folly to try and list them all here. Inevitably with their distorted, chainsaw guitars and heavy, erratic drumbeats Modey Lemon have been lumbered with the tag ‘garage rock’. In fact, their music could not be further from ... ...of ‘garage bands’.
The first five tracks on the album scorch a trail through your brain and pass in no time at all. The title track ‘Thunder & Lightning’ with its bluesy feel and comic electronic bass, which simply will not relent its hold on you, is a masterpiece to behold. Follow this up with the violent and angry ‘Enemy’ with its sneering vocals and a Thor-like fury of drums from Paul Quattrone and you have one hell of an opening for an album. ...
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