Indie rock that fits casualness and Doc Martens almost perfectly.
Indie rock from the noughties to early 10s is currently celebrating its fashion comeback on social media as the indie sleaze era. Meanwhile, the UK continues to export young acts committed to the genre. With bands like Porridge Radio and Wet Leg, more and more distinctive female voices have claimed the domain for themselves in recent years. And the next female hope of indie rock is called Lime Garden: four young women who met on Facebook when they were 16.
Now in their twenties and at home in Brighton, the band has not only accompanied their coming-of-age. The former DIY project is now presenting its debut album ONE MORE THING. And that hovers between the melancholy born of growing pains, a good dose of British humor and the good feeling of being able to use up all the vacation days from the dead-end job for touring.
On ONE MORE THING, Lime Garden dismantle the “Nepo-Baby” phenomenon, recognize on “Mother” that parents are just fallible people with a generational advantage, and chant, not without a wink, on “Popstar”: “I don’t want to work mine job, ’cause life is feet and I’m a pop star.” Casual, sarcasm and Doc Martens at least fit well.
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