Today, NYC’s beloved sibling duo The Lemon Twigs announce their all new 2024 LP A Dream Is All We Know, arriving May 3rd on Captured Tracks. Following 2023’s emotionally charged Everything Harmony – which The Guardian called “totally perfect,” Questlove praised for going “full Debarge”, and The Needle Drop’s Anthony Fantano revealed was the source of his #1 most played song of the year – A Dream Is All We Know finds brothers Michael and Brian D’addario (24 and 26 years old) exploring upbeat, shimmering arrangements that live in an imaginary space they call Mersey Beach: the sonic bridge between Liverpool and Laurel Canyon.
“They Don’t Know How To Fall In Place”, is a whimsical nod to an unrealised romantic relationship. The video, directed by Amber Navarro (Molly Lewis, Weyes Blood, Diners), features tiny versions of The Lemon Twigs running amok, Borrowers style, atop euphoric organ-song and kaleidoscopic harmonies.
Leaving behind the nylon string-based arrangements of Everything Harmony, A Dream Is All We Know revisits some of the style the brothers first introduced on Do Hollywood – pairing the theatricality of the Lennon-McCartney songbook with contemporary narratives, explosive electric guitar riffs, and the sunny harmonies and ingenious recording techniques of the Wilson family.
With almost a decade of songwriting under their belt, A Dream Is All We Know clearly demonstrates the D’Addario brother’s growth from doe-eyed teenagers eager to make music reminiscent of their heroes, to young men with an acute attention to detail and multi-instrumentalist gifts. The band have shared stages with Phoenix, Bleachers, Arctic Monkeys and their musical hero Todd Rungren, garnered praise from Elton John, The Zombies, Gerard Way, Iggy Pop, and made a full transformation into visionary songwriters and arrangers whose oeuvre is itself a source of inspiration to other artists.
Recorded entirely on period-specific equipment and mixed and mastered by Brian and Michael themselves, A Dream Is All We Know showcases The Lemon Twigs playing with a newfound sense of intuition after years spent perfecting their craft.
My Golden Years
They Don’t Know How To Fall In Place
Church Bells
A Dream Is All I Know
Sweet Vibration
In The Eyes Of The Girl
If You And I Are Not Wise
How Can I Love Her More
Ember Days
Peppermint Roses
I Should’ve Known Right From The Start
Rock On (Over and Over)
The Lemon Twigs
A Dream Is All We Know
Out May 3rd on Captured Tracks
Pre-Order HERE
Catch The Lemon Twigs live:
May 29th to June 2nd – Primavera, Barcelona, ESP
Aug 29th to Sep 1st – End Of The Road Festival, Dorset, UK
Photo credit – Stephanie Pia