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Love Language
Love Language (Dig)
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. Two Rabbits
2. Lalita
3. Stars
4. Nocturne
5. Sparxxx
6. Nightdogs
7. Manteo
8. Providence
9. Graycourt

CD Details

All Artists: Love Language
Title: Love Language (Dig)
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bladen County
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 2/10/2009
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Style: Indie & Lo-Fi
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 730876920620

Synopsis

Album Description

The Love Language sounds like the Arcade Fire drank several bottles of bourbon and recorded an album on a shitty 4-track. This lo-fi pop brilliance is sure to be one of the first great records of 2009. The band's eight-piece lineup delivers fierce shows featuring great arrangements and tons of youthful energy. The songs lean heavy on '50s pop forms à la Ricky Nelson, and Stu McLamb is one of the best vocalists of his generation. The first single, "Lalita," is an undeniable charge, and the follow-up single, "Sparxxx," is Southern goth jangle at its finest.

CD Reviews

Excellent

Colin T. Boyd-Bigby | 11/16/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Bought their record at their show in New Haven, CT sometime in January or February I think. It's wound up probably being my most played record I've acquired this year. I just can't get over it."

Perplexing album... buyer beware

Paul Allaer | Cincinnati | 06/08/2010

(3 out of 5 stars)

"First let me state that I had never heard of this band until recently. I saw the Love Language in concert this past weekend (opening for Camera Obscura here in Cincinnati at the excellent Indie Summer series), and they put on an absolutely tremedous show, with high energy and lots of uptempo songs that simply blew off my socks. So I purchased the album on the spot.

"The Love Language" (9 tracks; 29 min.) is, after seeing the band live, simply a perplexing album. The opening track "Two Rabbits" is a slow, pensive track, huh? It is followed by "Lalita", one of those uptempo, high energy tracks I saw the band perform this past weekend, and really the ONLY track like that on here. But then it's off again to "Stars", another slow song, and alas really many more tracks like that would follow, such as "Sparkxxx", "Night Dogs", "Providence", and "Graycourt".

I tend to buy a band's CD after seeing them live if I enjoy them. To be honest, it's been a LONG time since I've had such a disconnect between the band's live set and their album. The Love Language was a pleasant surprise for me when I saw them this past weekend, but it doesn't resonate on this album. Buyer beware.

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