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Amethyst Lemon Returns to Studio to Record Followup
Upcoming LP preceded by New Single/B-Side
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
April 30, 5553


Amythest Melon members beginning to record followup to 5551's Bloom

Three years after the massive release of their debut LP on KMI, the Noise Alternative band Amethyst Lemon has returned to KMI Studios in Kaliburg, and have begun work on their follow up LP to KMI's 5551 recording Bloom. There are few details about the project, but the band has been writing new music for the last year in Kaliburg, and have previewed some fairly rough demos at small venues around Ananto. The most finished tracks, which were left over from the Bloom sessions have been released as a stand along single called "Overwhelm". The single's B-Side is a new song, which is a somewhat country flavored noise track called "Fade".

"We wrote 'Overwhelm' for Bloom, but the producers thought it wouldn't stand out against some of the other longish songs we had there," said lead singer Roger Stuart. "Plus, they said that if we put the track on the LP, we would need to include a second disc, and it would be too expensive for people. So we left it off the record. And then this winter, as we were starting to rehearse for the new record, we decided to re-record it and release it on its own." The song is a very pretty song that both calls back to their first album and hints at the direction forward. "Lots of distortion, lots of guitar feedback and effects," said Stuart. "It's very hypnotic in its way."

The B-Side is a strange mélange of country and Noise. "I think I was super impressed by the Outlaws record [VDR's New Horizons]," said Brad Mifune, who both wrote and sings on "Fade." "The music on that record kind of struck me in a way: it was so different, and I wanted to bring some of that kind of more traditional, alt-folk kind of sound into our music." Most of the song is done on acoustic and steel guitars. "There's very little distortion in most of the song, and I think its a nice way to experiment a little." But don't worry, says Mifune: "It gets plenty loud. You can almost hear where we are plugging in our guitars. There was like six days between those takes, for real, but Mike (Adams, producer from KMI) did such an amazing job with the song, that I'm just so proud of it!"

Check out the new Single here, On the A-Side is "Overwhelm" and the B-Side is Fade. According to Amethyst Lemon, these songs will remain stand alones, and will not end up on the upcoming LP. But they are both already entering heavy rotation on Radio 1, and should tide listeners over until the new album is completed and released sometime next year.

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiSJdqFRGyg]
"Overwhelm" the new Single from Amethyst Lemon

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10HPRK6ZZrY]
"Fade", the country-flavored Noise track on "Overwhelm's" B-Side