Cobain cloaked his melodies in distortion and twisted poetry; Evan Dando cloaked his torment in indelible pop hooks. Raucous yet sticky sweet, melancholy yet tender, the Lemonheads issued some of the most genius earworms of the Nineties, tempering tales of drug buddies and big gay hearts with Dando’s honeyed vocals and movie-star good looks – until the tumult he sang of knocked the wheels right off. Now sober from hard drugs, the songwriter returns with Love Chant, his first album of Lemonheads originals in nearly two decades. Featuring fellow Boston OGs Juliana Hatfield and J Mascis, the LP lets us back into Dando’s brilliant, confounding mind. Read our interview with the Lemonheads frontman online. – Carys Anderson
