{"id":36950,"date":"2021-05-28T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36950"},"modified":"2021-05-27T20:07:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T00:07:19","slug":"premiere-dont-get-lemon-release-working-mans-ballet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36950","title":{"rendered":"Premiere: Don\u2019t Get Lemon release \u2018Working Man\u2019s Ballet\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Texas post-punk trio Don\u2019t Get Lemon release the song of the Euros. The pounding drums and screeching guitar on their new single and accompanying video, <em>Working Man\u2019s Ballet<\/em>, could equally be heard ringing out over a football pitch\u2019s speakers or in a sweaty nightclub. The track is about Alan Hudson, a footballer from the 70s, and the title comes from his autobiography of the same name. It\u2019s what one of his former managers called football, \u201cThe Working Man\u2019s Ballet.\u201d<br><br>\u201c<em>We thought that phrase was so rich and so loaded,\u201d<\/em> states the band. \u201c<em>The dichotomy of the working-class and extreme wealth, masculinity and femininity, just a silly game and high art.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s rebellious. Hudson was young and talented but also didn\u2019t shy away from a good time, and the conservative English team set up couldn\u2019t deal with someone who had flair, flamboyance, and personality. The video also showcases this disconnect by continuously attacking us with graceless disco dancing &#8211; footballers and supporters boozing up and hitting the dance floor each Friday night before a match. Watch the <em>Working Man\u2019s Ballet<\/em> video clip via YouTube below.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k9NmGJs1E6A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>We think average fans are attracted to things larger than life and filled with character,\u201d<\/em> Don\u2019t Get Lemon continues, \u201c<em>and that\u2019s what makes the release of football on a Saturday so thrilling. It\u2019s an affirmation of life and community away from a soulless existence of harrowing knowledge that your adult life is spent selling your labor for someone else to take advantage of.\u201d<\/em><br><br>Football is beautiful and ugly, always vibrant and sometimes dull, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing but meaning everything. It\u2019s not dissimilar from pop music, it\u2019s seen as throwaway entertainment that\u2019s been sold to us and sterilized but both things can deeply resonate with a person, they go hand in hand. A pop song and football game can both change the course of ordinary lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the listener steps onto the pitch and allows the band\u2019s cascading sound to wash over, it\u2019ll be no surprise Don\u2019t Get Lemon caught the attention of \u00e0 La Carte Records. The label is releasing <em>Working Man\u2019s Ballet<\/em> on Flexi Disc after previously releasing the band\u2019s \u2018Forward Not Forgetting\u2019 EP on cassette. \u00c0 La Carte Records has also worked with True Faith\u2019s \u2018Waiting on the Wrong Time\u2019 on vinyl, and has announced working with Old Moon, The Violent Youth, and Tragic Figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t Get Lemon &#8212; also known as DGL for short &#8212; soundtracks our navigation through the pitfalls of modern life with their brand of gothic realism, creating a lush and introspective mixture of post-punk, synth-pop, and new wave.<br><br>\u201c<em>With Working Man\u2019s Ballet, we wanted to write a song that was an earworm, something catchy that you\u2019d find yourself singing along to or humming randomly, even weeks after listening,<\/em>\u201d they add. \u201c<em>We aimed to make a memorable pop song, using a classic pop format, but with added layered noise texture and fast-paced, almost rubbery drums. The result is a song that feels futuristic, yet also in debt to our decidedly 80\u2019s influence and even 60\u2019s bubblegum pop. We even joked about making a World Cup song like New Order\u2019s \u2018World In Motion,\u2019 but for the 2026 World Cup here in the USA.\u201d<\/em><br><br>They\u2019ve instead set their sights on the 2021 Euros.<br><br><em>Working Man\u2019s Ballet<\/em> is out now via <a href=\"https:\/\/dontgetlemon.bandcamp.com\/album\/working-mans-ballet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a> along with an upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/distrokid.com\/hyperfollow\/dontgetlemon\/working-mans-ballet-mrm-remix-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">remix by M!R!M<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Texas post-punk trio Don\u2019t Get Lemon release the song of the Euros. 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