Thunder & Lightning CD

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Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Crows ~ Modey Lemon

2. Thunder And Lightning ~ Modey Lemon

3. Enemy ~ Modey Lemon

4. Predator ~ Modey Lemon

5. Electronic Sorcerer ~ Modey Lemon

6. Tongues (Everybody's Got One) ~ Modey Lemon

7. Ants In My Hands ~ Modey Lemon

8. Slow Death ~ Modey Lemon

9. Other Direction, The ~ Modey Lemon

10. Guest, The ~ Modey Lemon

11. Gemini Twins ~ Modey Lemon

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Modey Lemon: Phil Boyd (vocals, guitar, keyboards, Moog synthesizer); Paul Quattrone (drums).
	Recorded at H-Hour Studios and The Brass Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
	Personnel: Philander Boyd (vocals, Moog synthesizer); Paul Quattrone (drums).
	Audio Mixer: Jason Kirker.
	Recording information: H-Hour Studios, The Brass Factory, Pittsburgh, PA (08/2002-02/2003).
	Photographers: Lauren Elmer; Shawn Brackbill.
	Modey Lemon offer scabrous, punky hard rock on their second album, driven by elemental riffs that owe much to the early-'70s proto-punk school. It's the kind of thing that's been done by many other bands, of course, but Modey Lemon are fairly good at it, with Phil Boyd's hoarse-but-youthful vocals imparting a knowing cool as they ride on top of pummeling rhythms. Too, they have a much better sense of dynamics than many another groups following similar paths, particular in Boyd's use of some skin-crawling electronic textures to add depth to the dominant drums and guitars. Lyrically, this covers much of the stuff that seems to go with the territory in this sort of thing: dread, on-your-toes lookouts for survival, and a compulsive attraction to predatory sex ("I'd rather be your enemy than to be nothing at all" they proclaim in the title track), with some ghoulish imagery of graves, crows, snakes, and worms mixed in here and there. They don't sound quite as gloomy and pissed-off as some of their fellow travelers (though hardly lacking in energy), which actually serves the music well: they're fighters who do celebrate some aspects of life, not total revelers in its muck. The mix doesn't lend the lyrics clarity at all times -- another trait that comes with much of this territory -- but they're printed in the sleeve if you get lost. ~ Richie Unterberger
Producer: Jason Kirker
Engineer: Jason Kirker

Artist Overview

Formed in Pittsburgh in the late-1990s by drummer Paul Quattrone (later of !!!) and frontman Phil Boyd (Jason Kirker would eventually join on bass), Modey Lemon were at the center of that city's heavy-psych, garage-punk-cum-classic-rock revival. After a small, self-titled release in 2002 that reveled in the primordial fuzz of their influences, the band signed to Birdman and released the more melodically evolved THUNDER LIGHTNING the following year. Over the next half-decade, Modey released two more full-lengths, THE CURIOUS CITY and 2008's SEASON OF SWEETS, while touring steadily across the United States and Europe.

Technical Info

	Release Date : 08/11/2003
	Original Release Date : 2003
	Catalog ID : BMR 046CD
	Label : Birdman Records
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00607287004624

Professional Reviews

Uncut (4/04, p.92)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "THUNDER LIGHTNING is a storming introduction to a scarily capable new talent."

Magnet (11/03, p.104)
- "...Stomp-fests 'Crows' and 'Predator' are catchy as all get-out..."

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Thunder & Lightning (2003)

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