The Lemon Twigs

For my third gig of the week I went to the Forum to see the American band the Lemon Twigs with three other middle-aged blokes. As one of them said the four of us have more than 200 years' experience between us.

I had not seen this outfit before, and indeed know no one else who had heard of them either. They had however become popular on the festival circuit for their idiosyncratic performances. They are fronted by brothers Michael and Brian D'Addario. They both front because they switch between playing drums and performing guitar and vocals. 

A confident pair of young men. Certainly a lot more dynamic than the War on Drugs. BUT. There s always a but. I can't say the music really grabbed me, or rather the songs. The problem is so many of them seemed like disjointed collections of ideas, chorus verse and instrumental parts seemingly having little to with each other. Only occasionally did they hang together like on "As long as we're together", which sounds like a proper song.

Danny Ayala on keyboards in a costume straight out of 70s disco

 Time for younger brother to take over.

As it happened my mate Thibault was having a drink in a nearby pub in Kentish Town with his family, so after the gig rather than join the throng on the Tube I had a drink with him. And then headed back to the office to pick things up for an early meeting the next day. A late night!