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LOVE IS ALL |
| "What's the stat, 99% of all songs are love songs? And what's the other, 99% of all love songs make me want to slit my face? Swedish indie pop group Love Is All admit as much in their bandname and album title. It's not necessarily a joke, but they're in on it: All people-- not just songwriters, Hallmark cards, and bridge-and-tunnel dudes in party shirts and going-out jeans-- struggle talking love. Most hack it up; others come too wry on the game, too whiny, or their cleverness can be disgusting. Love Is All make it work cos they know their snags-- shitty equipment, love-lyrical cliche, inevitable Life Without Buildings and Yeah Yeah Yeahs comparisons-- and speed headlong into them regardless. There's a dire necessity to "Nine Times That Same Song," and ultimately that's its charm. Like the other recordings on the New York-based What's Your Rupture? label, the playing happens beneath a prophylactic lo-fi glaze. All sounds seem to hit the mic at once, and our ears forgive the occasional imprecisions for the overall fit. So that's the musical counterpart to the lyrical problem-- turning lo-fi from a ho-hum excuse to a gritty asset. But we respond to passion, not perfection, and like your ESGs and Delta 5s, this band makes do like a motherfucker." -Pitchfork
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Label: What's Your Rapture
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Members:
Nicholaus Sparding (Guitar & Vocals)
Fredrik Eriksson (Saxophone)
Markus Gorsch (Drums)
Johan Lindwall (Bass Guitar)
Josephine Olausson (Vocals & Keyboard)
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links
Official Website
MySpace
What's Your Rapture
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