Life Is A Lemon

A.N. Before I get into the post I just want to apologise for how shit this may seem but honestly, I'm grieving. If you follow me on Twitter you might know that my aunt passed away on Tuesday so this wasn't at the top of my list of priorities. Thanks 




This was my 15th time seeing The Mocking Jays, so at this point, you'd think that it's getting boring and repetitive, but that is 100%, not the case. Every time I see TMJ live there's always something to make you laugh and smile about, and I don't think I will ever get sick of seeing them lads on a stage.

So this time, they were playing at Rough Trade which I do actually enjoy as a venue because it's small, and it's all up close and personal gigs in there.

There were 3 new songs (2 of which did get their debut on the headlining tour back in October) and going off them 3 songs, I am really excited in the way that they're progressing and the direction they're taking with their music. I would definite…

It's no news that I adore Twin Atlantic, so we all knew this post was coming. It would have been up yesterday but I was actually at their album release show in Notts (a review of that will be up next Monday).


Twin Atlantic is known for changing up their sound and not sticking to genre norms. They’re known for pushing the boundaries of rock and expressing creativity within their albums. There was the grungy feel of Vivarium and GLA, the classic feel of Free and the pop feel of Great Divide. Their new album Power is no exception to this rule. With this album, they’ve experimented even further and pushed those limits to a new level. Power has an exciting electro-thrill about it whilst still sounding like classic Twin Atlantic. It’s not an album that feels like it was a safe choice. It sounds like a risky move that maybe not everybody will be on board with, but it could also bring in a lot more people because of the sound and feel of the album.

The album opens with Oh! Euphoria! whic…

So it's a new year and there's a lot of bands releasing new music this year so I'm going to give a quick little lowdown on which ones I'm most excited for.

Twin Atlantic - They are dropping their new album on Friday so there will be a review of that of course. But them being my favourite band means I'm quite excited for it especially since it's been more than 3 years since GLA.

A Day To Remember - ADTR were supposed to release their new album You're Welcome last year but they pushed it back, but that means it'll be dropping this year so let's hope for the best because some new ADTR would be great since it's also been over 3 years since Bad Vibrations.

Deaf Havana - Now they didn't say what would drop this year, but a while ago one of the members said on Instagram about how they would be releasing some new music this year probably the later end of the year and it could just be a single but the Rituals era has officially ended now so the new e…

So, What's The Noise? is going to be a new series on my blog, where I'm going to talk about all things music, brands that are recording, new music that's come out, what's been announced, and all sorts of things like that. This isn't a review structured series either, this is simply talking about all things new in music. Both big and small bands, both local and not.

So let's get into what's came out recently...

Obviously, with it being Christmas and new year, there hasn't been a lot of music coming out, however, at the start of December Twin Atlantic released Barcelona, on the same day Mayday Parade also released a Christmas song called I'm With You and Fading Blonde released 25 a few days later. Then on New Year's Eve one of the favourites here at LifeIsALemon, Don't Forget Rupert released a new EP, however calling it new is slightly overexaggerating. They re-released their old songs, but they'd been improved, we got Long Time Coming, Blin…

Okay, so I’m back! This post is very much just personal opinion but I’m going to include some cult classics for many emo kids and my personal ones too. So let’s get into this 🤙🏻
Collide With The Sky by Pierce The Veil. A classic for lil emo kids, including Bulls In The Bronx and King For A Day I think a lot of people can agree this was a cult classic and a must-have.
Let’s Cheers to This by Sleeping With Sirens. Again like CWTS it’s a cult classic and an emo staple. I was more of a SWS kids rather than PTV but I loved them both. It was the soundtrack to my emo days that I really haven’t left.
Free by Twin Atlantic. This was such a staple for me and it was the album that got me into Twin and I haven’t really looked back since. It’s just such a classic in my opinion from Free to Cherry Slut to We Want Better, Man (which personally I still think is very relevant).
Fools and Worthless Liars by Deaf Havana. What an album! You’ve got I’m A Bore, Mostly and Youth In Retrospect, The Past S…