The bright colourful artwork featured in the albums and music videos, and the Lemon Jelly typeface, became part of the "brand".
[2][3] Franglen gave up his job as a landscape gardener[4] to become a studio programmer; he eventually would work with Primal Scream, Björk, and Pulp.
[6] Music from In the Bath, "A Tune for Jack", was featured in an episode of CSI: Miami,[7] and "The Staunton Lick", from The Yellow, was used during the final scene of the British sitcom Spaced.
The album featured the singles "Space Walk" and "Nice Weather for Ducks" and was nominated for the 2003 Mercury Music Prize[9] and a BRIT Award for the now defunct "Best Dance Act" category in 2004.
[10] A number of their tracks have been used by the BBC and other British broadcasters for trailers and incidental music, including "Nice Weather for Ducks", featuring an impersonation of John Langstaff, and "Ramblin' Man".
In 2003, the BBC announced that Lemon Jelly would be contributing to a remix album based on the music and sound effects of the television programme Doctor Who as part of the 40th anniversary celebration of the series.
In 2011, Deakin formed a collaboration with Robin Jones of The Beta Band, called Flashman, and released their debut album To The Victor – The Spoils!.
We have talked about it in the past, but our schedules never quite seem to align… I would never say never, but if I was a betting man I wouldn’t put any money on it.” [14] In 2003, Lemon Jelly performed a number of shows across the UK and Ireland.
Instead of having opening acts, the duo had set up a giant game of Bingo, presided over by Death and played by members of the audience.
[15] Entrance to one of their shows was by wearing a limited edition red or yellow coloured T-shirt which was sent in the post, instead of a physical ticket.
In other shows, support was provided by Don Partridge – a traditional one man band – whilst "Jelly Helpers" distributed sweets to the crowd.
In between sets, classic British children's TV programmes were played over a projection screen, and the event featured bouncy castles, clowns and hundreds of balloons.