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Gig Review: The Lemon Twigs, Stylus Leeds
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Sweetly melancholic: The Lemon Twigs [Kont Dracula/Creative Commons]

“AND on the 7th day, God created soft rock,” read the T-shirts on the merchandise stand. The tongue-in-cheek statement makes it clear that The Lemon Twigs, aware of their own ridiculousness, lovingly recreate music that even during its commercial peak was never regarded as cool.

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