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    LemonLime

    Without Her

    (1999)

    Reviewed by Eric Daams

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    Label Facedown RecordsThe Phantom Tollbooth1999
    pop rockpower popsynth pop

    LemonLime is a four-piece pop/rock band. Unlike most pop/rock bands, LemonLime lack the guitar-driven hooks and good production that have given so many bands success. Instead, they've back-tracked about ten years, especially on "Lost Along the Way," a pop tune driven by keyboard and vocals strangely like Code of Ethics' Barry Blaze.

    Without a lyric sheet to find meaning from the music, it's difficult to see where these guys are coming from, but the title track is a definite highlight, with a very poppy chorus that sticks in your head like glue to well, um...anything. For the rest, everything on this disc has been done better before. If you're into eighties stuff, this could make your day.

    2.5 tocks

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