April 5–12, 2001
critic pick| rock/pop
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They’ve been saddled with comparisons to that other New York art rock band for most of their career, but with their latest full length, Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons (Touch and Go), Blonde Redhead finally steps out of Sonic Youth’s shadow. They’ve expanded their avant-explorations to include classical flourishes and even some choice Beatles-isms. The album opener "Equally Damaged" is 40 seconds that sound like the editing room scraps from "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." "Loved Despite of Great Faults" borrows heavily from Beethoven’s "Moonlight Sonata" just as Abbey Road’s "Because" did back in 1969. The result is a more mature sound that offsets Italian-born Amedeo Pace’s dissonant guitars and Japanese-born singer Kazu Makino’s sleepy vocals with richer production and poppier songwriting. A recently released remix EP, Melodie Citronique, features many of Melody’s songs sung in French or Italian. No word on whether they’ll continue this practice live.
Fri., April 6, 9 p.m., with Dismemberment Plan and Lenola at the TLA, $12, $14 day of show, 334 South St., 215-922-1011, www.electricfactory.com.
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