Led by the dreamy stoner dude, Evan Dando, Boston's The Lemonheads are an alternative rock band that tasted their 15 minutes of fame in the early nineties. After amassing a cult following since their formation in 1986, the band settled into a slacker acoustic rock niche that wrote artsy tunes that provided a reprieve from the gritty grunge of the '90s. The band scored some major airplay with their excellent LP, "It's A Shame About Ray," thanks to the title track (whose video featured Johnny Depp) and their cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson." The '90s darling Juliana Hatfield played bass and sang on some of the tracks, too. The band followed these singles up with their 1993 record, "Come On Feel The Lemonheads," which yielded their only chart hit, "Into Your Arms." "Into Your Arms" embraced the #67 position in 1993. Despite some other strong potential hits on this record, such as "The Great Big No," the band pretty much soured after this flash of fame. "Confetti" comes from their landmark "It's A Shame About Ray" album. To this day, I am surprised this catchy song was not one to put them on the map sooner.
I've often thought of 90s darling Juliana Hatfield as the female Paul Westerberg, which is strangely predictive of her recent 2016 collaboration album with him under the moniker The I Don't Cares. But back in the 90s this singer/songwriter from Maine played with The Lemonheads and in her own outfit, The Juliana Hatfield Three. She went solo in 1994, scoring two minor hits with "Spin The Bottle" (#97), which was featured in the movie Reality Bites, and "Universal Heart-Beat" (#84). I've never quite figured out why songs like these didn't fare better. Perhaps her sugary voice was too sweet for grungy guitars?
