Sour Lemon is an EP by the American indie rock band Local Natives, released on October 23, 2020 on Loma Vista.

The EP was recorded in September 2019 with producer Chris Coady during a break in touring behind their fourth studio album, Violet Street (2019).

The release was preceded by the singles, "Statues in the Garden (Arras)" and "Lemon", and supported by a one-off livestream concert on October 21, 2020 due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Most were songs that didn’t quite make sense for Sunlit Youth or Violet Street, but we felt they had more life in them than just being released as b-sides.

"[3] The track "Lemon", which features a duet between vocalist and guitarist Taylor Rice and Sharon Van Etten, dates back to the Violet Street writing sessions: "Ryan [Hahn] had the very beginning of that song, toward the end of writing for Violet Street, and we didn't finish it in time.

"[4] The EP's first single, "Statues in the Garden (Arras)", was primarily written by guitarist Ryan Hahn while touring in support of the band's second album, Hummingbird (2013): “I wrote "Statues in The Garden" while on tour way back in 2013, the working title "Arras" coming from the French town we were in at the time.

I think another thing that really allowed "Arras" to cross the finish line was Matt [Frazier]’s drumming, which took my chopped samples and programmed beats, and breathed life and personality into them.