A wonderful excursion into unknown musical territory... cheeky fun and all π

In the Bath, by Lemon Jelly
from the album The Chillout Session
A wonderful excursion into unknown musical territory... cheeky fun and all π

from the album The Chillout Session
25 years too late, i want to thank all of you UK music pirates who left open their napster and limewire clients on 33.6k/56k dialup connections for hours at a time in the middle of the night in 2000.
when i was a teenager in the late 90s and early 2000s, canada was still recovering from a decade of hopeless grunge, there weren't many options for learning about new music aside from the radio. 99% of it was dead pop and rock. but a local university radio station (CJSR) exclusively played all kinds of music you couldn't find anywhere else.
one night, at 2am, a CJSR deejay queued up a track by a band called Lemon Jelly. after decades of despondent punk/rock/grunge, it was the most refreshing and uplifting thing i had ever heard. the kind of music that was just glad if you smiled a bit.
except, i couldn't find it anywhere. the big local shops like HMV didn't import LJ's label, and i couldn't afford to import it myself from a UK music store.
that week, i spent dozens of hours digging through every limewire/napster share i could find. and finally, i found it: someone in the UK had dumped the entire CD to 128kbit mp3s, as well as recordings from BBC 1's The Breezeblock.
a year later, i was finally able to buy their CD in-store, along with the incredible Illustrator vector artwork by lemon jelly themselves. i not only became a fan of LJ, but became strongly influenced by their low-poly vector illustration style in my own design work.
so: a belated thank you UK napsterites for sharing your music overseas π
So what's next? I've covered Kings and Queens in the Tune Tuesday theme of Kings, Queens, Jacks and Jokers. Now we've gotta deal with the Jacks. And I can think of nothing better than Lemon Jelly's A Tune For Jack, it's so upbeat and happy and fun.
https://open.spotify.com/track/1AKHclGKFc3fjv0V9qnZ3w?si=65fd934643f54405
πΊπ¦ #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
Lemon Jelly:
π΅ Nice Weather For Ducks
https://gattuso.bandcamp.com/track/happy-note-lemon-jelly-nice-weather-for-ducks-mashup-mix

from the album Live in Tokyo 2 [DJMIX]
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Lemon Jelly:
π΅ Space Walk
https://fringemusicarchives.bandcamp.com/track/space-walk-fma-edit
from the album γΉγΏγΌγ€γΌγΏγΌ
Sitrep #LakeMacquarie: It's a bit wet.
Lemon Jelly, Nice Weather for Ducks
Provided to YouTube by Beggars Group Digital Ltd.Nice Weather for Ducks Β· Lemon JellyLost Horizonsβ 2002 XL Recordings LtdReleased on: 2003-07-21Associated ...
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Lemon Jelly:
π΅ Nice Weather For Ducks
https://gattuso.bandcamp.com/track/happy-note-lemon-jelly-nice-weather-for-ducks-mashup-mix

from the album Live in Tokyo 2 [DJMIX]
I'm listening to Lemon Jelly's 'lemonjelly.ky' and it's making me want to watch Spaced...