If there’s a band out there right now that makes you genuinely believe the golden age of pop songwriting never ended, it’s The Lemon Twigs. And they’re back with a big announcement — their sixth studio album, ‘Look For Your Mind!,’ drops May 8th via Captured Tracks, and the lead single I Just Can’t Get Over Losing You is already doing what these brothers do best: making you feel like you’ve heard the greatest song of your life for the very first time.
Watch the video right here and try not to get hooked. We dare you.
Hold Onto Your Mind — Literally
Don’t let the breezy, sun-drenched pop exterior fool you. Underneath all those ringing guitars and gorgeous harmonies, Look For Your Mind! is carrying something a little heavier. Brian D’Addario puts it plainly: “I do think that now is a time of insanity. You really have to hold onto your own mind if you don’t wanna lose it.” Heavy words wrapped in the prettiest of melodies — classic Lemon Twigs energy.
The lead single is a perfect introduction to where the band are headed. It starts familiar, warm, almost comforting — and then the bridge arrives at exactly the wrong/right moment, the chorus gets clipped in half, and Brian’s harmonies with Eva Chambers (of Tchotchke) spiral into something genuinely euphoric. It shouldn’t work. It completely works. As Brian laughs, “Every time we try to write something completely straightforward, we can’t help adding an element which comes out of left field. We always want to write a song we’ve never heard before.”
That restless creativity? That’s the whole deal with these guys.
A New Era, A New Band Energy
Something’s shifted with this record, and it feels significant. For the first time, The Lemon Twigs have brought their live bandmates into the studio — drummer Reza Matin, bassist Danny Ayala, and Eva Chambers all feature on the album. Brian and Michael D’Addario have always been the kind of musicians who handle everything themselves, so opening up the studio feels like a real moment of evolution. More collaborators, more freedom, and if the single is anything to go by, more magic.
This is the logical next step from where 2024’s A Dream Is All We Know left them — a record that had the music press absolutely losing their minds with joy. Far Out called it “the best songs Brian Wilson never wrote.” The Guardian declared the band were “operating at the very peak of their songwriting power.” With Look For Your Mind!, the sixth album in their catalogue, it sounds like the peak just got higher.
14 Tracks. Zero Filler.
The full tracklist reads like a setlist you’d be devastated to miss a song from:
1. Look For Your Mind!
2. 2 or 3
3. Nothin’ But You
4. Gather Round
5. I Just Can’t Get Over Losing You
6. Fire and Gold
7. Mean to Me
8. Bring You Down
9. Yeah I Do
10. I Hurt You
11. You’re Still My Girl
12. Joy
13. My Heart Is In Your Hands Tonight
14. Your True Enemy
Fourteen tracks. Every title sounds like a lost classic waiting to be found.
Get On The Road With Them
The Lemon Twigs are also hitting the road this spring and summer for a world tour covering the US, Canada, UK and Ireland. Here are the UK and Ireland dates — go get your tickets:
May 18 — Nottingham @ Rescue Rooms
May 19 — Norwich @ The Waterfront
May 20 — London @ O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
May 22 — Leeds @ Brudenell Social Club
May 23 — Leeds @ Brudenell Social Club
May 24 — Newcastle @ Boiler Shop
May 26 — Dublin @ Vicar Street
May 27 — Belfast @ Belfast Empire Music Hall
May 29 — Glasgow @ Queen Margaret Union
May 30 — Manchester @ Academy 2
’Look For Your Mind!’ is out May 8th on Captured Tracks. Pre-order it, add it to your watchlist, tell your friends — this one’s going to matter.
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