FOLLOW DOPE LEMON SPOTIFY || FACEBOOK || INSTAGRAM || TWITTER Today, (1st September) one of Australia’s most celebrated indie artists DOPE LEMON returns with the release of his fourth album, Kimosabè via BMG. Kimosabè is a divine and open-armed universe, boasting ethereal and mesmerising soundscapes, that transcends the status quo. This is also the first DOPE LEMON album that reveals the face of Angus Stone, the project’s brainchild, on its cover. Stream Kimosabè here. DOPE LEMON, formerly of globally successful band Angus & Julia Stone, comments: “This record is everything that’s me. In the past, the artwork has been anonymous in a way because I was trying to explore these styles, and having this shield in front of me was beautiful –I could sort of slink around in the shadows and wouldn’t have the public make judgement on the person behind it. This record, I had moments of clarity reflecting on my childhood, and I was able to see where I want to be in the future. So putting myself on the cover just felt right.” To enter the world of Kimosabè, the resplendent, golden-hued fourth album by Dope Lemon, you have to board a plane. It’s a vintage Cessna called Susie Q, and its interior is decked out with crushed red velvet. It only flies to one place: an old sugarcane farm in the middle of nowhere, at the centre of which is a grand old manor, a time capsule filled with arcane treasures from across the world. All those details are real, and do exist in real life – Angus Stone really did record his latest missive as Dope Lemon at a luxurious, perfectly preserved rural manor with its own tricked-out plane. Stone wasn’t planning to record a new album so soon after Rose Pink Cadillac, but the expansive mystery of Sugarcane Mountain lured him in. A time warp right in the middle of nowhere, it’s the kind of place that begs you to uncover its secrets – and rediscover some of your own. Although not everyone can visit the real Sugarcane Mountain Studios, anyone can dive into Kimosabè’s expanses. It’s an album of classic songcraft (some of Stone’s best ever) and lush, rolling grooves, road anthems for a psychic journey into the cosmos. There are vignettes set in sun-soaked dens of sin (‘Miami Baby’) and inside beat-up old trailers (‘Derby Raceway’) and songs like ‘Just You and Me’ and ‘Slinging Dimes’, which dredge up stories from Stone’s youth like bottles of rare shipwreck champagne. It’s a rare beast, this fourth Dope Lemon album – a memoir of his life and a perfect soundtrack to yours. After two albums that were spectacular and sprawling on a song-to-song level, Kimosabè consciously pulls things back: this is satiating, nutrient-dense music, soul food in sound form. Drawing from the driving power of 90s indie rock staples like Weezer as well as classic surf rock and even warm, tape-warped hip-hop instrumentalists like Madlib, it’s an album for those warm days that stretch into humid, starlit evenings. The album’s opener and title track sets the terms: over a funky, louche strut, Stone jovially implores “please, don’t go fuck with my vibe”, writing an anthem of empowerment in his own laid-back, instantly recognizable way. “As you move through life, you’ll have people who… you can either let them fuck with your vibe, or you can just keep doing what you’re doing,” Stone says. “The second option will only give you more energy and life and love to be able to move forward into the stratosphere – and this song is talking about that.” Listening to ‘Miami Baby’ – a song about the mystique and beauty of a place like Miami, which seems to only exist in the mind’s eye – you can practically feel sand between your toes, anxieties melting away. Kimosabè preaches the gospel of living unencumbered, and celebrating life. “When I was in my 20s, I always felt like I was destined to travel the world, and it happened. I never stayed in the same place for too long – I spent 10 years doing that. A lot of these songs had me looking back at those times before I started travelling, where I’d be with someone sitting on the beach, talking about getting out of this place,” he says. Brimming with temperate melodic guitars and palliative drums, the title track is another effortless offering, complemented charmingly by DOPE LEMON’s sedative voice. The charismatic bass line allows the song to flow seamlessly, as the sultry production emits a tranquil atmosphere, embracing listeners in a laid-back manner. Guided by a jovial funky strut and apt lyrics –”don’t go f*ck with my vibe”–the song’s motive and personality provide perception for the upcoming record. DOPE LEMON has gained extensive support from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, DIY Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Rolling Stone, and NME. His discography has been Shazammedover 501,000 times in the past three years and has received over 14, 000 radio spins across the globe, with support from BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, iHeart Australia and KCRW, amongst a plethora of others. And the accolades don’t stop there, with David Letterman personally selecting Dope Lemon’s ‘Marinade’ as the theme song for the new series of his hit Netflix Show My Next Guest. 2023 is shaping up to be a huge year in the live arena for DOPE LEMON, with several dates scheduled throughout Europe, UK and USA, including festival appearances at Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Outside Lands, Rockwerchterand Best Kept Secret. DOPE LEMON’s new album ‘Kimosabè’ is out September 1st – Stream it here | 
