Lime Garden share new track, ‘Mother’
It seems like Lime Garden never miss the mark. From their first release, ‘Surf n Turf’ in 2020, to today’s newest addition, ‘Mother’, there isn’t a single dud. That’s probably why their debut album, One More Thing, coming in February, is one of the most hotly anticipated drops of the year.
They seem to have a way of predicting and defying any critique before it gets the chance to land. With their recent run of upbeat indie offerings, including their most recent earworm, ‘I Want To Be You’, Lime Garden risked dropping into one-note territory. They’re masters of rolling verses exploding into danceable, chantable choruses designed to get their crowds moving. There’s no shame in that; in fact, it really is a skill and talent that so many other modern bands could learn from.
But ‘Mother’ offers something different. Wading into darker waters, it’s full of thoughtful lyricism that demands and deserves more attention. Talking about the track, singer Chloe Howard says it’s about “coming to the understanding that my mother is just like me, someone trying their best to figure out life and not knowing 100% of the answers”. While other songs have considered their social landscape of crushes and music’s many nepo babies, ‘Mother’ is a welcome and touching dive inwards.
The instrumentals, however, remain just as intoxicating as ever. The band’s guitarist, Leila Deeley, has something magical. She seems able to translate whatever niche feeling the track holds into some guitar line. On ‘Love Song’, the messy feelings of obsession get a jagged and racing riff. ‘I Want To Be You’ and its self-esteem spiral is matched with a woozy yet relentless melody. On ‘Mother’, the sombre yet sweet introspection is paired with a perfect contraction of scratches verses soaring into atmospheric choruses. It’s exactly the kind of vast sound that a universal and all-encompassing topic like motherhood deserves.
As a whole band, Lime Garden prove their worth time and time again. The phrase ‘ones to watch’ gets thrown around a lot, as do works like ‘hype’ or ‘buzz’. But this Brighton quartet feel like the beautiful culmination of passion and work, four mates who love live music and want to express themselves within it.
Creating perfectly crafted but never overdone tracks, their work bottles the DIY ethos that all new music scenes should hold tight to. ‘Mother’, like all their other tracks, is one worthy of attention and worthy of all those overdone phrases as they become a buzzing, hyped one to watch who can live up to the labels.
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