New York City is the ultimate amalgamator. By design, having a seemingly infinite number of people in a very finite space facilitates cross-pollination that elsewhere might never exist: true grit comingles with glitz and glamour, the high brow takes its cues from the low brow, and social convention is turned on its head. It should come as no surprise then that Lemon Dots hails from the City That Needs No Introduction.

The brainchild of Theresa Smith, guitarist extraordinaire for the immensely popular—and deservedly so—Home Blitz, Lemon Dots tows the line between Killed By Death and Girls in the Garage. Imagine The Maroons’ “Out Tonight” clinging to an electric fence while being flayed by an out-of-control drum machine wielded by Lesley Gore. Four songs of hyperactive 60s girl-pop flailing in an undertow of magnetic hisses, squalls and squeals. Songs so saccharine they’re guaranteed to rot your teeth. All without an ounce of the pretense so often associated with the borough she calls home.

While so many of Theresa’s peers seem perfectly content to don airs, posture and talk about their creative endeavors without ever making good on the follow through, Lemon Dots is a testament to all the wondrous possibilities of New York.

300 copies pressed on custom-mixed opaque yellow vinyl, just in time for spring. Full color glued sleeves and inserts on Speckletone stock.

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