SUBT LEMON are a London based guitar rock group with very different musical backgrounds. Drums come from Panamanian legend Tercero, guitars from London's scene veteran Mixer, bass from Swedish 6 String Bjorn Zutterland and vocals from Stephen Ireland [+]SUBT LEMON are a London based guitar rock group with very different musical backgrounds. Drums come from Panamanian legend Tercero, guitars from London's scene veteran Mixer, bass from Swedish 6 String Bjorn Zutterland and vocals from Stephen Ireland Davison (SID) from Iceland.
Subt Lemon are a relatively focused band, that have been developing strongly over the last 5 years. They've played pretty much everything from intimate shows to uninterested bartenders in shitsville, to thousands strong audience festivals in Brixton, Suffolk and Peterborough. The bands main ambition though, is to have their songs featured in adverts for jewellery made out of vegetables.
The release of the debut self financed album 'Nice Try', (distribution Proper Music Ltd) saw Subt Lemon receive genuinely rave reviews from respected indie sources.
"Seriously good shit - proper music played by proper people, just the way it used to be, just the way it should be."
was the accolade from LOGO Magazine. And that's not just because they bought an advert in their magazine or anything like that either. It is of course worth noting that the sub text of the quote should perhaps read:
'but it isn't like that anymore - so they're fucked'.
Anyway, the diversity of perception of the band's first album lurches from 'muscular, grandiose stadium fillers' to 'Pub rock experts', to'shitkicking mule dong suckers' and even 'fucking awful indie' (and although the critic confirmed they might not actually have seen the band at all - the band liked the passionate ferocity of it, so it's been mentioned) depending on who is critiquing, and how drunk they are.
There are many flattering suggestions as to the suspected predecessors and peers that have had an influence on Subt Lemon's sound. Many opinions have been garnered from the music loving reviewers at Garageband.com who have compared Subt Lemon to U2, INXS, Janes Addiction, Jesus Jones, Counting Crows, The Clash, Alice in Chains, Feeder, James, The Happy Mondays, Sunny Day Real Estate and more obscure bands such as Flaming Lips, Simple Plan and Henry Mancini.
Record Collector recently wrote of Subt Lemon that;
"Given the right backing, they could be B-I-G both sides of the Atlantic"
Subt Lemon write diverse tracks that of
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