Bleep

30 years on, it’s not the drugs or the People Magazine covers, but the perfect little pop songs that Evan Dando and co. cooked up that we remember the most. And Boston’s The Lemonheads may have never been sharper than on 1992’s It’s A Shame About Ray. From-the-gut blasts of poppy punk like ‘Rockin Stroll’ and ‘Bit Part’ rub against solemn tales of excess like the Juliana Hatfield duet ‘My Drug Buddy’, making for something like the ultimate come of age tale from the coolest kids to ever get kicked out of your private school. This special anniversary edition from Fire Records treats these hooky chemical imbalances just right by tacking on precious demos, live takes, bonus tracks, a photobook, and killer new liner notes.