Review → Lemuria – Get Better (2008)
Lemuria - Get Better
Lemuria is a band from upstate New York who specialize in Discount-esque songs that, if their shows are any indication, manage to appeal to both the pop-punk crowd and the indie hipsters. Though the latter group will probably be quicker to compare their music to Rainer Maria than Discount, but both are apt comparisons.
This is the band’s first full-length record, after a number of splits and compilation contributions; most notably their split LP with Kind of Like Spitting, their split 7″ with the Ergs!, and their contributions to the NY vs. NJ Punk Rock Battle Royal!! compilation. (If you’re looking for this older material, check out The First Collection, available on CD and vinyl from Asian Man Records) And I do not hesitate to say this is first great album of 2008. It came out in January, so I’m safe on that one, but still, it’s excellent.