Fire Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Making a long-awaited return this autumn, The Lemonheads are set to drop their first long player - Love Chant - in nearly 20 years. Ahead of a run of Australian shows, they've dropped 'Deep End', a wiry jolt of punk pop with Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis tearing through the choruses and Juliana Hatfield lending backing vocals. Co-written with Tom Morgan, it's full of scratchy charm and late-night cigarette haze, squarely in line with Evan Dando's long history of pop melancholy and ragged sincerity. The single gets a limited 12" release at just 500 copies. On the flip, a hushed duet with Erin Rae: Townes Van Zandt's 'Sad Cinderella', all cracked-glass beauty and pedal steel ache, channelling classic Gram-and-Emmylou heartbreak.