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= The Lemons =

The Lemons are an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2013. The group consists of Juicy James (drums, vocals), Kelly Lamone (tambourine, vocals), John Lemon (guitar, vocals), Kimmy Slice (bass, vocals), Billy Sour (organ, omnichord), and Chris Twist (lead guitar, vocals). Their debut album Hello, We're The Lemons was released on Tripp Tapes in 2013.

After a string of successful singles and EPs, The Lemons released their second album At Home in 2019 on Canadian label We Are Busy Bodies. A third and final album, WLMN, was released in 2021.

Formation and Hello, We're The Lemons (2012-2016)
The Lemons first got together as a trio of Kelly Lamone (drums and vocals), John Lemon (guitar and vocals), and Chris Twist (bass and vocals) in the summer of 2012. The performed on show with this lineup on Halloween of that year, billed as "The Melons perform the songs of the Lemons". After taking the winter off, they reëmerged in April, 2013, with Juicy James on drums and Lemon and Twist both on guitar. Early recordings were released at this time via the "Fresh Squeezed" cassette. In November, 2013, they released "Hello, We're The Lemons", which included 14 songs over the course of 16 minutes.

The Lemons quickly grew a following around Chicago, notable for playing short sets, typically under 10 minutes. In 2014, they were named "Best Throwback Pop Band That’s Sweeter Than Its Name" by the Chicago Reader in its annual Best of Chicago issue. The same year, The Lemons released a split 7" on Gary Records, featuring 3 songs by The Lemons (Lemoncita, Sunset City and Rambo) as well as two songs by Teen Runnings from Tokyo on the reverse side. The Lemons spent the year on a nationwide tour, opening up for the Memories.

In January, 2015, The Lemons released the cassingle "Judy" on Tripp Tapes, coinciding with a tour of the southeast United States. A four song EP, "Everybuddy's A Lemon", was released later that same year.

In 2016, a full length LP was released, also titled "Hello, We're The Lemons", featuring most of the songs already released by The Lemons, plus several new ones. The Lemons were an official showcase band at that year's SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. A live show later that summer in support of Selector Dub Narcotic was recorded on the band's mobile recording studio and released on K Records as Selector Dub Narcotic + The Lemons !!!Live!!!

At Home (2017-2019)
After much touring and experimenting with their sound over their first four years, The Lemons decided to scale back and make a music on acoustic guitars and group singing. The resulting album, At Home, features 18 songs. Originally released as a limited cassette tape on Tripp Tapes in 2017, the album was picked up by Canadian indie We Are Busy Bodies and given wide release in the fall 2019.

WLMN (2020-2021)
Upon the successful release of At Home, The Lemons and We Are Busy Bodies agreed to another album. The Lemons spent 3 years working on a high-concept collection of songs, skits and bits. Taking their inspiration from pirate radio stations (with notable references to the 1990 Christian Slater film Pump Up the Volume and the 1967 album The Who Sell Out), WLMN saw the Lemons return to the hypercolor sounds of their early days, and was heralded upon its release as "the latest missive from the Lemon World".