Lime Garden have dropped new single “All Bad Parts,” the latest the latest single off their forthcoming album Maybe Not Tonight, available April 10th via So Young Records. The LP quietly channels some of the darkest emotional territory on the record. Taking it’s name from Richard Schwatz’ self-help guide No Bad Parts, beneath its surface lies a portrait of someone clinging to vices – a person, a feeling, a night, a habit – as a lifeline, only to slowly realise the cost. Maybe Not Tonight was Produced by Charlie Andrew (Wolf Alice, alt-J).
Vocalist and guitarist Chloe Howard explains: “All bad parts was taken from the self help book No bad parts by Richard Schwartz and inspired by the saying ‘the life of the party always leaves alone’. I essentially channelled the darkest time of my life so far into a sarcastic pop song that feels light and fun but ultimately has a double meaning.”
The track follows title single “Maybe Not Tonight” and “23.” “The album is about a night out, from start to finish,” Howard explains. “As the night progresses, you’re having a great time, until your ex walks in with someone else. You hate the way you look but rather than going home, you press the big red button and get even more drunk. Eventually, you take yourself home full of melancholy, chaos and anger.”
Written in the aftermath of a period of intense personal upheaval, described by the band as a collective “mass breakup”, the album finds Lime Garden grappling with grief, drinking, body image and self-esteem, while leaning into a shared, self-aware hedonism. Early uncertainty fuelled a creative urgency that runs through all ten tracks.
Says the band: “By making this record, we’ve come back to what it felt like when we started the band. When we were 17 and thought we were the shit, and nobody could tell us different. We’ve got this fresh feeling that we deserve to be here. That’s a special thing.”
Lime Garden
Maybe Not Tonight
Tracklist
So Young Records
23
Cross My Heart
Downtown Lover
All Bad Parts
Maybe Not Tonight
Body
Lifestyle
Undressed
Always Talking About You
Do You Know What I’m Thinking
Pre-order Maybe Not Tonight by Lime Garden HERE
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