** 1/2 The Lemonheads, “Car Button Cloth,”...

** 1/2 The Lemonheads, “Car Button Cloth,” TAG/Atlantic. The punchy power-pop of 1992’s “It’s a Shame About Ray” deserved devotion despite many critics’ suspicions over singer and guitarist Evan Dando’s cover-boy looks. But Dando’s latest work is an unfortunate repetition of that album’s confused follow-up, 1993’s “Come On Feel the Lemonheads.” Dabbling in country- and folk-rock and brash pop, Dando delivers a work that sounds lost and lazy.

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