Lemoncello today announce that their eponymous debut album Lemoncello will be released on Friday 3rd May 2024. The album announcement comes as Laura Quirke and Claire Kinsella share their new single ‘Old Friend’ today, alongside a music video directed by Quirke. Listen HERE.
Lyrically, ‘Old Friend’ asks what kind of conversations we would have with those closest to us if we talked to them as if we’d never met them before. If we acted as if it was the first time we were ever talking, what would we ask them? The song acknowledges that weird thing that happens when the people we hold closest and dearest become the people we are coldest around and plainly challenges the contempt that can be bred by familiarity. ‘My mother helped me up / And I barely even noticed … But a stranger helps me up / And I send her flowers.’
The video for ‘Old Friend’ was inspired by the colours in the album artwork. Director Laura Quirke says: “We wanted to create a simple and striking visual to represent the feeling of the song in a genuine way, without being overly sentimental. We ditched dancing and opted for a five-minute long hug instead – a subtle yet straight-forward reflection of the song’s meaning. The video was also in its own way a contemporary art experiment as we had to stand in a hug for 9 hours of the day to film it – with breaks only to check the smell of our armpits. The video starts abstractly, the close-ups on bodies and light both intimate and mysterious, creating an abstract, warm, human kaleidoscope, only revealing two bodies embracing at the end.”
The upcoming self-titled album captures the essence of Lemoncello’s musical evolution and explores themes of growth into adulthood, resilience and the sacrifices made for love.
Spanning nine tracks, the record chronicles the journey of learning how to hold your own – a process of learning to be the driver of your own life and to trust the instincts that were previously reigned in, after younger years spent seeking approval, permission and validation from others. Through intimate observations and uncomfortable questions with a healthy dose of playfulness, irony and humour, Lemoncello’s irresistible charisma is present throughout the record.
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