Australian tour dates upcoming, depending on travel restrictions. Want more Rolling Stone? Bill had a beer with him afterwards which sparked his five-year run as the band’s manager. Head along to a Lime Cordiale concert however and you’ll meet Louis The Extrovert. One housemate is tending to the vegetables and gives me a wave, his palm black with dirt. Louis Leimbach of Sydney band Lime Cordiale at the first Rolling Sets festival, Coffs Harbour. Chuggy said something along the lines of, “I love you boys and I really want to make it big with you guys.”. Pre-pandemic, there wasn’t a week going by when Lime Cordiale weren’t on the road. dates back to before they could even spell the word instrument. “There’s this other theory around building bands live which is: the EP comes out, then in three months’ time we’re going to do a tour,” explains Andrew Stone. "But we find it easy to get distracted here, so we often go away when it comes to writing, though it’s hard to explain why to our girlfriends.". The non-stop approach was working and as Lime Cordiale’s shows gained traction locally, other countries began to notice. The band is comprised of brothers Oli and Louis Leimbach, along with Australian drummer James Jennings and a collection of friends including guitarist Willow Robinson split between California and Sydney, Australia. In that case we just ignored the instructions to mention the product in between songs," says Oli. From the unexpected vocal distortion on “Elephant In The Room” (which features strings from their mum Karen), to the punchy surf-pop of “On Our Own”, this is an album which arrives in the midst of a global crisis yet the reprieve it brings feels like it was made just for it. S.I.K Kids (Scotland Island Kids). He admits to meditating intermittently and to a faddish interest in trying things such as Wim Hof’s Iceman challenge (he lasted two weeks). “If someone is not going to help you out or support you, you have to do it yourself.”. By smcilwraith2c. Meanwhile Karen is a classically trained musician with years spent in bands, then as a composer, conductor, and teacher. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2020, the album … We got back to Australia and nothing happened. Oli (left) and Louis Leimbach of Lime Cordiale. Born in the mid-Eighties just two years apart, the … Louis (left) Leimbach and Oliver Leimbach of the Sydney indie pop band Lime Cordiale. The musical partnership of Oli and Louis Leimbach dates back to before they could even spell the word instrument. The pandemic scuppered their touring plans and forced them to rush back from LA and turn down a tempting invitation from rapper Post Malone, who signed them to his new label, London Cowboys, last year. “We knew a bunch of bands that also weren’t getting booked on festivals so decided we’ll make our own,” says Louis. Lime Cordiale signed to Iva Davies’ label and recorded their first three tracks at his Trackdown Studio, with Davies taking not only production reins but control over the band’s future releases. I tell them what I’m thinking, that Louis must be the quiet one, an introvert perhaps. 14 Steps to a Better You is the second studio album by Australian indie pop band Lime Cordiale. Perhaps because they come from a free-range, bohemian home, living first on Scotland Island and then on the Bilgola Plateau, they’ve apparently had little to rebel against and they display no anti-boomer condescension. Mark Leimbach. Oliver Leimbach - @olileimbach. (Photo by Jack Shepherd). The Girls on Background Vocals Laurie Anderson and Laurie, Jr. Photo Credits: Lance Hyland Stark, Laurie Anderson and Laurie, Jr. - Credit John Cavanaugh. Oli and Louis brought in touring members James Jennings (drums), Felix Bornholdt (keyboard) and Nick Polovineo (trombone, guitar) for the recording, as well as longtime producer Dave Hammer. Leaning into their own originality, the track splinters with longing, narrating a landscape that only the heartbroken have ever seen. We don’t need to make it into a specific genre or make it radio friendly.”. Time-honoured greetings aren’t allowed amid the COVID-19 pandemic but the brothers somehow make the absence of handshakes and hugs comfortable as they offer vegan treats and make tea and introductions to their housemates. Their father Bill is a filmmaker and his teachings can be seen all over the band’s LimeTV sketch comedy clips on YouTube. At 28, younger brother Louis (vocals) has the kind of androgynous magnetic stage presence that reminds you of Michael Hutchence; Oliver (Oli), his equally charismatic 30-year-old brother on lead guitar, has a touch of the Paul McCartneys. As the band’s first offering of a political viewpoint you’d be forgiven for thinking it was merely a break from just that. “But we just watched him and his producer, he was super chill. Our message has evolved: try to do something good, don’t waste space. But the house is rented, and the brothers and their eight housemates have turned the helipad into a veggie patch where they grow kale, zucchini, lettuce, and herbs. 45 talking about this. Louis graduated Sydney College of Fine Art after high school, and after meeting linocut artist Bruce Goold, developed a passion for the medium. “It’s hard to explain, you just have this feeling in your gut.”. They had rented a car and were all set to leave just as the call came from back home. For two weeks they worked from twin studios, they surfed most mornings, and welcomed the lack of cellphone reception. The plan was for them to spend time in his studio collaborating on the follow-up to Post Malone’s global number one album. It took 11 years, which adds a sweet note of vindication to their Triple J chart positions. At the J Awards of 2020 in November 2020, the album won Australian Album of the Year. Karen, who chats to me over Zoom a few days after I visit Oli and Louis, says Oli originally wanted to learn saxophone. Even as he’s partying backstage, he’s doing field research. "We do very little branded content. “They were like, ‘We’re going to make you big’. "We want to keep it summery," he says referring to their song Addicted to the Sunshine, which makes oblique reference to environmental issues and has a Beach Boys vibe. "We turn down lots of things, like being asked to play for the troops in Afghanistan. 14 Steps To A Better You is an album about finding your way. Growing up listening to Kings of Leon, the Strokes and the Kooks and hanging out at music festivals at Bellingen and Woodford ensured "we believed in the rock star lifestyle," says Oli. Perhaps the best example of Lime Cordiale’s current ethos is on track five, “Addicted To The Sunshine”. Nestled deep at the end of a cul-de-sac, the helipad, its runway, the pool, and its view across the National Park and the Tasman Sea suggest a level of opulence. There is nothing mannered about him, but on stage, he adopts a strangely rounded, almost foreign accent and often rolls his eyes upwards, as if he’s either having an ecstatic vision or about to pass out. "It was our biggest opportunity, but Chuggy (their manager and concert promoter Michael Chugg) told us to come home and then Mum told us to come back.". While other successful Australian bands were lauded by triple j and the local festival circuit, Lime Cordiale were forced to take a different way forward. Louis Leimbach of Sydney band Lime Cordiale at the first Rolling Sets festival, Coffs Harbour. Louis Leimbach, 29, the vocalist who founded the band with his brother and lead guitarist Oliver, 30, 11 years ago, said it can be a bit awkward, but they’re getting used to it. Dre London was little talk and much action. For each of the band’s past two records, the pair had around 50 demos ready for the picking. “School crushed him and made him quiet and shy,” he says pointedly, smoothing his hair over the top of his head. "There are messages deep in our songs, not upfront; we are not interested in just being political," says Oli. Chugg heads up their management and label firm Chugg Music. Credit:James Brickwood. With Louis in brown corduroys, and Oli in jeans and a short t-shirt, the pair look every bit a matched set, like two Seventies musos who could have just raided Sonny Bono’s closet. Sydney’s Lime Cordiale are about to head on the road in support of their forthcoming EP, Road To Paradise. “She kind of met someone else there at the same time which ended the relationship. 23.5k Followers, 762 Following, 110 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Louis Leimbach (@louis_lime) In the days that follow, you find yourself shuffling through their albums and their hooky, breezy songs will take up permanent residence in your brain - especially Robbery (11 million plays on Spotify and seventh in the 2019 Triple J Hottest 100) and Inappropriate Behaviour (13th in that chart). Backstage his manager Dre London, a British expat who has been managing him since he was 18, was entertaining a host of Instagram influencers at his self-dubbed London Lounge.
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