{"id":165999,"date":"2026-10-01T11:09:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/?post_type=records&p=165999"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:09:41","slug":"lemongrab-another-kind-of-freedom","status":"publish","type":"records","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/records\/lemongrab-another-kind-of-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemongrab – Another Kind of Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I witnessed the Berlin-based art punks Lemongrab one or two FMEs ago, and I can’t tell you much about their set. It was outside, late, and I was, like most of the crowd, plastered\u2014from drinking a legion of free media beers. I remember it being very gritty and punk, but hard to really take in. The new EP, Another Kind of Freedom<\/em>, begins the same way with “Pay to Play,” a punk rock burner about the modern reality of being a broke musician, with vocalist Ga\u00eblle Cordeau\u00a0screaming “pay to play,” while some choppy and buzzing, in-the-red guitar chords chew up the minutes. It’s hard to make out what Cordeau is actually singing, but you can tell she’s angry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Necessary Condition” is more artsy krautrock, and I’ll say it’s interesting in its songwriting\u2014we have a bouncing, distorted guitar riff while Cordeau and guitarist\/backing vocalist L\u00e9onie Dishaw have some vocal sparring until they each scream “stare into the void” in unison. The outro gets more nebulous with a shifting bass line and then jumps into a punky outro. “Yoko” has a more bass-funk vibe, and lyrically defends Yoko Ono from the feminine perspective. I think there’s more to this song than what falls on the ears, but I just couldn’t get into it. It could have been tiredness or malaise on my part. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“No Receipt” is a clever cowpunk track about being in a relationship during late-stage capitalism; it’s a trap; everything costs money, like everything. There are moments I really enjoy and some I just can’t, specifically the shriek screams during the bridge. And then the EP is over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another Kind of Freedom<\/em> really feels like a band that is experimenting with every idea, launching it at a wall to see what sticks and what crumbles down. Even though they’re four albums in, now on Mothland, it seems Lemongrab is just getting started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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