The Lemonheads: The Big Squeeze
Ralph Traitor, Sounds, 1 July 1989
LEMONHEADS' RENOWN on the American underground scene originally derived from their tender ages. When Hate Your Friends, their Taang! debut, was released, they were all under 20 – and sounded it in the best possible way.
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