Justin Randel (audio)and Charlie Mylie (visual) we would like to visit you... booking information: and questions about svo, solar cell technology and other ways of living as cheaply as possible iloveyoumusic@gmail.com
Radio Promo:shil@teamclermont.com
Press:publicity@teamclermont.com
Label: info@joyfulnoiserecordings.com
Influences
Headphones and Howard Hughes
Sounds Like
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"It's a little surprising to realize that things like the Load Records coterie and Andrew W.K. have been around long enough to become influences on later bands, but I Love You -- no relation to the failed hair-metallish band of the early '90s -- demonstrate this readily enough in both their sweat-soaked scraggly-haired image, and in their rough-sounding party music that's more electronic than rock & roll, per se, though guitars and feedback are present nonetheless. (At one point it almost results in something that could have been a lost Batcave club track from London 1983, thanks to the early U2-isms crossed with near Sex Gang Children-level wailing.) The semi-sneer/semi-chant vocals are mostly incomprehensible by design, but as the music takes precedence throughout, it all seems to make sense on that front."
-All Music Guide
With an angst-generating array of synth melodies and tripped-out production, the album opens with an undeniable pinnacle, “The Colloquialism Is Simply ‘Gas’”. As the song dives into the repetitive closing synth and bass lines, one is treated to a drone of greatness.
As the album continues with “This Is The Best Birthday Ever”, it becomes clear that I Love You is a duo that knows and lives fun. There’s a chaos in the music they make, an unquestionable avant noise; but it’s backed by a consistency and an organization that assembles a makeshift order like the Fibonacci sequence in nature. This is a band that builds upon structure, as heard in the final two tracks, “Pillow Talk” and “Sorry I Drank Your Soda”, and they’re not about taking that order and fucking it up a bit. It’s a quality every single great experimental noise band possesses, and it’s one that I Love You has mastered. -Fensepost
The sense of legitimate, fresh tinkering-for-the-sake-of-tinkering and corner-of-the-sandbox fun here is genuine-Tiny Mix Tapes
Kansas City’s best kept secret is a band that creates music that is good. Quite good, in fact, and a welcome breath of fresh air in an independent music scene dominated by musicians situated on either coast. The band’s latest album, Drone,
Drugs, and Harmony, is a triumphant battle cry, an enthusiastic amalgamation of influences ranging from late-Talking Heads to African pop and post-punk. Beyond Race
On their MySpace page I LOVE YOU call themselves “Kansas City, Missouri’s best-kept secret,” and it’s true: they’re a fantastic band, but they’re virtual unknowns outside the basement-and-party circuit where they’ve been rocking faces. They started out as an improvising noise-jam unit, and though you can hear hints of that past in their anxious unhits—there’s lots of sonic space and rambunctious discord—these days they play a strange, sweet-and-sour flavor of dance music. On their second EP, the self-released Drone, Drugs and Harmony, the guitars moan and chatter, swimming in reverb, and loud, harsh notes jut out of the cyclical melodies, which mutate and expand with charming imprecision. “March of the Dead” proposes a wondrously busy and rumpled version of dub—loose but euphonic clang chugs along beneath distant-sounding whoops and yelps, and the loudest thing in the mix is bass. Holding this shambling business together is the band’s palpable kid energy, a visceral us-against-the-world excitement that practically bleeds from the cassette. —Jessica Hopper, Chicago Reader
I Love You Drone, Drugs, and Harmony signals a turn for the conceptually daring in both dance-punk and art-rock; I’ve never had so much fun listening to a band’s reach exceeding its grasp. -Alarm Magazine
'the title says it all, folks. Pass the Dutchie.' -Ghettoblaster Magazine
In some sort of punk zombie alternative future, I Love You rise from their makeshift graves to entertain rather than eat brain. The song is “March of The Dead” from their amusingly titled album Drone, Drugs, and Harmony. Listening to the track it seems the band has engaged in all three. At points the singer almost sounds like Ian Curtis’ younger brother with a slightly higher voice. The guitar work is both straightforward and layered with bits of feedback peeking out from behind the curtain. If music is, in part, about creating imagery through sound, this song definitely does a good job of creating the image of a bunch (group, gaggle?) of zombies on the march, periodically stopping to do a little zombie dancing. It’s at once a little creepy and a good listen sure to have you saying,” I Love You, I love you.” Stereo Subversion
"I Love You throws an improvisational mentality into some of the groovier laptop pop hooks I've heard in a while. And then things really get weird. A most refreshing set."
. Aiding & Abetting
Formerly a trio, ILY are now a drum-guitar duo. Seeing them live it was clear what had intrigued me in the first place, and that is the atmospheric combination of quasi-steppers rhythms with noise-rock cut and slash. -Joly, punkcast.com (NYC) Releases 12" split w/ Davan Six Trick Pony CD (SOLDOUT) Drone, Drugs, and Harmony CD/Cassette (Cassettes SOLDOUT)
In an abandoned storefront in Kansas City, Missouri, the duo known as 'I Love You' pollute the airwaves with heady, polyrhythmic drone. Having exhibited their solvent circus at nearly 200 shows, I Love You spouts out anthems that cross the boundaries between sabotage and self-improvement. Their combination of noisy DIY punk with thumpin' dub bass is catchier than you think - conveying emotional depth, pop sensibility, and madness. But mostly madness.
This you should understand: the moniker “I Love You” is merely the English translation of the “real” band name which is “Yah Tibyah La Blu” (the phonetic Russian rendering of “I Love You”). With their second album, “Bell Ord Forrest”, the doubly named band has regurgitated a sprawling yet remarkably focused work. These are twisted, slightly menacing, yet somehow danceable tunes of indul- gence and self-destruction – inviting all sympathetic listeners to smash their way to bliss... Singer/guitarist Justin Randel sings, shouts, rants and croons with a manic paranoia that hasn't been seen since the last time David Byrne got really coked up before appearing on national TV.
While much of the enjoyment from “Bell Ord Forrest” is to be had while remaining motionless on a floor, this album does not lack the visceral experience so prevalent in I Love You's live performances. Electronic experimentations abound, though they would seem illogical and counter-intuitive to anyone who has ever considered going to a rave. However, to those versed in medicine-cabinet rock, the electronic elements are completely sensible. Or at least, as sensible as anything can be on mescaline.
7/24/09
@ Shea Stadium
Best Hits
Little Wing
Sondra O (from Silver Summit)
Luke Perry
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eh, a lot of weird shit happening. really random shows for random people. some sad sorry moments. some very aweomse moments. met a ton of cool people. me and davitt hate'n on each other. roller coaster of fun. it was a blast. now i'm in philly have'n the time of my life, gettin arrested, maxin and relaxin... me and davitt told a ton of people about i love you. one of the best performances we saw all tour.
GDFX @ COCO 66 @ 66 GREENPOINT AVE 8PM FRIDAY NIGHT (7/31) with XRIN ARMS, SPEAK ONION, DIGIT 216, & INSECT DELI
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GOOD FORTUNE & GREAT SUCCESS
7/24/09
@ Shea Stadium
Best Hits
Little Wing
Sondra O (from Silver Summit)
Luke Perry
20 meadow street, brooklyn
$5-7 donation
be a part of our live studio audience!
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