Wednesday 17 April 2019, 7.30pm
“Lemones is born in the bedlam of the highly dynamic underground of Brussel. A (so-called) crap wave explosion that impersonates the best of no wave and dada performance — although they are too unique to reduce them to one or two art movements. Lemones practice the absurd as a highly form of art, rock ’n’ roll becomes a readymade in which self build instruments, chaotic songs and brutal energy are channeled towards a next level; be not mistaken, there is serious poetry in play!” – Kraak
Lemones are Maarten Raskin, Steven Bertels and Paul Boudeau. The band sounds unpolished, brutal and trashy. To this end they developed self-built, lemon-shaped instruments. In 2016 they debuted with 'Parasites by the thrashboard side'- a 7” single on the label Swallowing Helmets that Maarten and Steven run – under the same name they also organise one-day exhibitions and concerts in their studio in Molenbeek.
Since their existence, Lemones played a series of concerts that are critically acclaimed for their highly energetic character, standing out in its absurdist performance quality, but also as equally pure rock ‘n’ roll in its most brutal and inspiring form.
https://thelemones.bandcamp.com/releases
https://soundcloud.com/thelemones
Je hais ... d'une haine primitive, féroce
- Brigitte Fontaine
Return of the living dirt!
It's not good for you just because it hurts
Refining symptoms since 2017
Concussion & vices trading as percussion & voices
Our cheap hearts are sheeny shells
Our fouled hearts are sorry cells
Our sold hearts don't show or tell -
Whose cheap heart hurts?
Our facial tissue is all tissue paper
Our jawlines are splinters where glass used to be
Jess h-k sings and lives and writes in London. mostly flirts with misdirection.
H-k sings in band Still House Plants with best mates David Kennedy and Finlay Clark.
