In the confusing early 90's there was a mad scattering race of thoughts. There were too many bands that had style, substance and solid direction. However, too many of these bands were not easily classifiable so they were uncharasmatically heaped together in one pile and labled "New Music".
It didn't matter that much really in 1989 - we had John Peel, (and at the time I must confess I really beleived that we would have him forever).
Enter the Mighty Lemon Drops. Originally written off by disc jockeys, (the hip ones any ways) as an Echo and the Bunnymen Rip Off, this band proved to be worth a look. At the time the airwaves were being assaulted with the likes of Terrance Trent D'Arby and Go West. IT was also a time that existed before Nirvana.... so lets put things in perspective here.
This band used to tour and the shows were very interesting - lots of energy - and the music was very relevant. "Inside Out" has a way of drawing you back into their sound. But once you get there you will find that a lot of MLD tracks read as somewhat repetitive..... some would even say boring. Maybe I listened to them too many times to know that difference.
"Inside Out" is solid, strong, and the video is vibrant and still interesting after so much time. Dreary? Dreary is good unless it lacks style like a lot of angst riddled bands of the current moment.
The genius lies in its simplicity.
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