We are The Loves. We started a long time ago with different people playing some instruments to the people we've got now. We've put out 1 LP "Love" on Track And Field in 2004. We've also put out several singles and have done a few radio sessions including a live broadcast from Peel Acres on Valentine's Day 2002. Yeah...look impressed.
Our EP "One-Two-Three is OUT NOW
Our 2nd LP "Technicolour" was the Sunday Times LP of the week earlier this year...
You can buy it here- http://www.fortunapop.com
See this advert
This is the video for "Xs And Os" from "Technicolour" by Ryan Owen...
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On this page you can hear some new(ish) songs but you can hear songs off our 1st LP "Love" here-
www.myspace.com/theloveslovelp
& songs off our 2nd LP "Technicolour" here
http://www.myspace.com/thelovestechnicolourlp
Here are some Loves Facts
The Loves’ first official band rehearsal was on February the 14th 2000. Or thereabouts.
Since that time they’ve gone through 30 plus members. Former Loves’ now inhabit The School, The Keys, Vinyl Vendettas, Poq & Alderman Fitzwarren’s Home for the Criminally Untalented.
Between 2001 & 2003 The Loves recorded 4 radio sessions for John Peel including one live from Maida Vale studios in London & one live from Peel Acres on Valentine’s Day 2002. They nearly ran over his dog & saw most of his records.
Simon Love’s favourite colour is stripes. Any colour stripes. “I just love stripes” says the singing idiot.
In 2002, The Loves played the CMJ Festival in New York. They were very out of tune but the crowds loved it.
The Loves’ 1st LP “Love” is available for as little as £1.99 on eBay.
The Loves have seen the following films- 1. Pickwick Papers 2. Indiana Jones
The Loves drummers in reverse order are- Spencer, Rob, Phil, Jimmy Frisco, Katie, Delia, Dave, George, Becky & Andrew.
The Loves have played popular music concerts with Yeah-Yeah-Yeahs, Apples In Stereo, The Rapture, Vic Godard & The Subway Sect, Pop Levi & The Soft Boys. They’ve played with other people too but the others weren’t that good/famous.
The Loves love The Monkees & The Velvet Underground & no other bands.
DThe Loves’ 2nd LP “Technicolour” was released in 2007 & was the Sunday Times LP of the Week. Said the reviewer- “If The Loves were a genuine 60s band “Technicolour” would be their greatest hits”
The Loves are all allergic to the same things- Bee stings, milk & Canadians.
The Loves’ next LP will be called “Three” because it’s their third LP. Other titles in the running were- “Now (Exclamation Mark)”, “Sex, Alcohol & Free Money”, “The Beatles” & “Four”
I'll post this out to The Ends friends and on a few other websites..and I'll put some flyers in and around Liverpool Student Union...if you have a particular flyer you wanna use, gis a shout. See yis soon. The End
This is last night's playlist featuring Ann Matthew's latest blog & an exclusive track from Ectogram, Soundhog talking about Nico & a fantastic unashamedly pop Demo of the Week from new Cardiffians, Hemme Fatale.
There is a questionnaire to gauge what you think of the show.
Thank you for the response so far! Let me know what you think before I remove the page on Wednesday.
Please send new music to: themysterytour@gmail.com or: Adam Walton, BBC Wales, Library & Arts Centre, WREXHAM LL11 1NF
thanks!
THE JOY FORMIDABLE austere THE SCHOOL valentine CODEX MACHINE house monster THE STILLETOES sownd PARKING NON-STOP species corridor AKIRA THE DON & MARY TURNER the music of the spheres Y PHTHWNG cyfnos JULIE MURPHY the fall VICTORIAN ENGLISH GENTLEMEN'S CLUB under the yews IDA MARIA stella TRACEY CURTIS if the death penalty were an olympic sport FREAKY FORTNIGHT you're a drag GLOW & HELEN ANDREWS open your heart NICO the last mile THE LOVES can you feel my heart beat? 9BACH y gwydr glas MELO PARK breathe LOS CAMPESINOS my year in lists HELEN LOVE it's my club HEMME FATALE animal lover RADIO PLASTIC under the weather NICO frozen warnings STRAY BORDERS stalker music SHE'S GOT SPIES dwi ddim yn gwybod ANNALOGUE the theory of surrender ECTOGRAM dancing at sparrows HOTEL MOTEL long distance MAC the wave NICO you forgot to answer JIM KNIGHT, GORWEL OWEN AND FIONA OWEN six minutes
just put a new song onto our page there, drop by have a listen with headphones for best effect (laptop speakers usually suck a nut). the song is called "make the same mistakes again" and is pretty straightforward lyrically and musically. patrick RBH
Click the flyer to buy advance tickets for just £4 (plus 50p booking fee)
The next Soup Kitchen night has been confirmed for Saturday 2nd February 2008 and will take place at The Grosvenor in Stockwell. It's not too far from the Brixton Jamm.
The club will be free entry for all those watching the bands and for anyone joining after 11pm - the club will run to the early hours of the morning.
Smokers Die Younger
Coming down from Sheffield for a rare London show we have Smokers Die Younger who have been described as an astounding, soul-embracing band you dreamed you were discovering throughout your teenage years.
Coming over all the way from Iceland for a whirlwind visit. This is their only London show of their brief stay.
Champion Kickboxer
A feast of beautifully organic pop music a little like the Super Furry Animals with great vocal harmonies and a melancholic air that drifts through all the songs. A must see band.
The Bridport Dagger
"The Bridport Dagger are a bass-less 3-piece who craft darkly hypnotic songs that conjure up images of the past without ever falling into the realms of nostalgia" so says Maps magazine.
