The Lemonheads
Come on Feel the Lemonheads
America Canada in many ways 'come on feel' is the most interesting record that the lemonheads have released because it finds dando confused about everything particularly love both for girls and drugs and his burgeoning fame there are moments of selfindulgence whether it's the aimless piano instrumental 'the jello fund' or two versions of the drugobsessed 'style' yet they are as essential to the album's desperate tone as the heartbreaking acoustic ballad of 'favorite t' between those two extremes is some of the finest power pop and countryrock dando has ever written he still has a tendency to be too cutesy as on the otherwise winning countryrock of 'being around' and 'big gay heart' but the hooky rush of 'the great big no' the bright 'i'll do it anyway' and the lovely simplicity of 'into your arms' is irresistible 'come on feel' may not be as consistent or immediate as 'it's a shame about ray' but finding its pleasures is quite rewarding