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M Lemon / Meadowlark Five



Last Updated: 11/19/2009

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Status: Single
City: Sudbury
State: Ontario
Country: CA
Signup Date: 5/28/2008

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Monday, June 01, 2009 

Current mood:PUMPED!!
Category: Writing and Poetry
Meadowlark Clayton has an interview coming up in Northern Rocks Magazine regarding the upcoming Meadowlark Lemon tour which starts on Tuesday. Just follow this link to subscribe to Northern Rocks and they will forward the mag to your inbox!
Currently listening:
Veckatimest
By Grizzly Bear
Release date: 2009-05-26
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 

Current mood:  exhausted
Category: Music
Hey sports fans,

We have brand new Meadowlark Five t-shirts made up. Here is the design:



Our tour kicks off in the Sault tomorrow Aril 28th. For updates on how things are going, check out my blog at claytondrake.blogspot.com

Meadowlark Clayton
Currently listening:
Our Eurythmy
By The Paint Movement
Release date: 2009-04-14
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 

Current mood:  pleased
Category: Music
Meadowlark Lemon's debut album Twists is one of the most innovative musical projects to come out of Sudbury recently.

Stylistically, Twists' songs aren't about well-placed pop hooks or gimmicky songwriting. Each song carries its own degree of importance by setting a bleak or hopeful tone in their lengthy durations. Essentially, Meadowlark Lemon are polar opposites of their label mates The Birthday Cakes.

Opening track Sand is a seven-minute organ-fueled daydream. Keeping the composition relatively simple, but the tone relatively dark. Sand ushers in Twists gently and appropriately.

Second track Ropes is the closest Meadowlark Lemon get to following pop songwriting form. With busy verses of corresponding keyboard, picked guitar, glockenspiel, and dual vocal parts changing to a simplified rhythmic chorus, Ropes is the most accessible track on Twists. Its closing sing-along carries the biggest emotional payoff, despite its lyrics.

"I'm not feeling well, I don't think I'll be coming in today," sing guitarist Jonathan Danyliw and keyboardist Clayton Drake during Ropes.

At the end of the day, Ropes may be the most appropriate of songs for a drive home.

Hey You does share more than just a title with Pink Floyd. The song offers a bleak and progressive tone before exploding in its last two minutes with souldful R & B backing vocals and wah-laden guitar.

Major album highlight Fashion Hawk is an exercise in shape shifting percussion, haunting whistles and incredibly catchy and rhythmic keys. From Start to finish the track conveys more energy than the rest of the album, transforming from a danceable poppy tone to distorted and noisy punk.

Closing track A Nice Summer Day is the most uplifting of all of the tracks. Oceanic-toned slide guitar and Beach Boys reminiscent vocals carry the tune forward through its front end. The back half is presented in a louder and more aggressive fashion before Danyliw and Drake ease off and let the remaining reverb dissolve into silence.

Meadowlark Lemon's Twists isn't necessarily for everyone. But it is a unique offering that is suitable for anyone willing [to] broaden their musical horizons.

-Matt Moskal


Currently listening:
Illinoise
By Sufjan Stevens
Release date: 2007-11-26
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Sunday, February 01, 2009 

Current mood:  animated
Category: Music


Meadowlark Lemon is not what you would expect to see develop in the midst of the Sudbury youth music scene but rather at a quiet nightclub with clean floors. Jonathan Danyliw’s vocals scream of REM as his voice cuts through the soft, sweet sounds of acoustic guitar and drums on the opening track “Sand”. Clayton Drake pounds low keys on the piano and sends chills up your spine as the beautiful sound of “Hey You” introduces itself to your senses. Almost exactly half way through the album Meadowlark Lemon flips everything upside down and comes back with a more cheerful sound added with more experimentation.

Twists could be great background music when you're reading a book or having a nice fancy dinner with important guests, but don’t let that make you think that the album is not great because it is masterfully assembled and perfect in most instances. These are the kind of songs you suspect of being written by professional song writers when really it comes from the mind of two guys living with the Superstack (look it up). Although Twists is only 5 songs long it comes in at almost 35 minutes which makes it worth every penny. I won’t lie to you and tell you that everyone must have this but instead say that this album is not for everyone. Who should listen to it, I don’t know but you will be surprised and that is the truth. If nothing else you will enjoy trying to solve the maze on the album cover. (www.myspace.com/meadowlarklemonband)

Chris Rancourt

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Currently watching:
Wanted (2008)
Release date: 2008-12-02
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009 

Current mood:  artistic
Category: Music
A review of our album "Twists" will be featured in next month's issue of Northern Rocks Magazine! You have to subscribe to Northern Rocks and they send a .pdf version of the magazine to your e-mail inbox every month.

Here is the link to subscribe.

Northern Rocks is a well-written magazine and it is an extremely positive thing for Northern Ontario. So, if you are interested in the Northern Ontario music scene, you should subscribe!

Meadowlark Clayton
Currently listening:
Sounds Of Summer: Very Best Of the Beach Boys
By Beach Boys
Release date: 2003-06-17
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Thursday, January 22, 2009 

Current mood:  busy
Category: Writing and Poetry
I had an interview in the Sudbury Star today. Click here to read it.

Meadowlark Clayton
Currently listening:
Neon Bible
By Arcade Fire
Release date: 2007-03-06
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009 
Chart Attack Magazine has published a review of our album:

Click Here To Read It
Currently listening:
Dust Bowl Revival
By Ox
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008 

Category: Music
Hey guys. We posted another song on our profile from our upcoming album, 'Twists'. It's long as fuck and it's called Fashion Hawk.
Currently watching:
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
Release date: 2008-11-11
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Friday, October 17, 2008 

Current mood:  lethargic
Category: Music
I have posted downloadable versions of two live recordings of Meadowlark Lemon songs at http://claytondrake.blogspot.com/
Currently listening:
Oceans Will Rise (Digi)
By The Stills
Release date: 2008-08-19
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Monday, October 06, 2008 
Clayton has started a new blog at http://claytondrake.blogspot.com/ It will include all Ladyboy Records-related information as well as other insights and bullcrap.
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