Led by Needlejuice Records co-founder Austin Ash Lemon, The Odd Ditties is the culmination of Austin’s 20 years of songwriting experimentation. 8 of those were spent crafting their debut on the label: Backstage, a coming-of-age existential concept album featuring 9 maximalist world-building micro-symphonies that defy the very concept of genre.
From the grandiose garage-psych title track to the prog-Dixieland-barbershop “Baby Goes Back” (about [read more...]