Love Inks – UK tour + new video!
aaamusic | On 04, Jul 2011
“ESP pushes their simplistic, out of place mantra to perfection. #1 on Radar Buzz Chart”– NME
“Not many bands show this much patience and restraint with their debut, and it pays off.”– Stereogum
“Their debut will send a short, sharp love letter straight to your heart.” – BBC
“Unshakably simple pop songs stacked full of wistful melody and dark energy”– Dazed & Confused
After turning heads on both sides of the Atlantic with their simple, wistful, addictive melodies on debut album ‘E.S.P’, released earlier this year on Italian label Hell, Yes!, Love Inks have confirmed their first European tour.
The dates are:
SEPT
14 Malmo, Sweden Debaser
15 Aarhus, Denmark Musikcafeen
16 Copenhagen, Denmark Loppen
18 Hamburg, Germany Prinzenbar
20 Brussels, Belgium Witloofbar
21 Bristol, UK The Thelka
22 London, UK CAMP Basement
23 Nottingham, UK Red Room
24 Liverpool, UK The Williamson Tunnels
25 Glasgow, UK The Captain’s Rest
26 Manchester, UK The Castle
27 Brighton, UK Sticky Mike’s
28 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso
29 Frankfurt, Germany Mousonturm
30 Koln, Germany Luxor
OCT
1 Paris, France Fleche D’or
2 Dijon, France Peniche Cancale
3 Colmar, France Kraken
5 Lucern, Switzerland Südpol
7 Rome, Italy Muzak
8 Bologne, Italy Covo
10 Munich, Germany Kranhalle @ Feierwerk
11 Dresden, Germany Scheune
12 Liepzig, Germany Scala
13 Berlin, Germany Berghain
Alongside the string of dates, we present a quirky, fun, fan-made but Love Inks approved video for album track ‘Too Wild’, complete with teddy boys and Martini drinking pugs
Focussing around musical duo & married couple Sherry LeBlanc and Kevin Dehan (bass), Love Inks have already built quite a following in the UK with their single ‘Blackeye’ winning the fan-voted BB6 6Music Rebel Playlist and the album getting great reviews, topping the NME Radar Buzz Chart and making their recent Best New Bands of 2011 list.
‘E.S.P.’ was conceived and recorded with strict, direct motives. The combined sound is minimalist dream-pop; imbued with raw emotion, sexuality, and splashes of electronic colour. Focus is placed primarily on the voice, which is direct and honest and real. No frills, tears through extravagant side roads, or indulgent solos necessary.
Self-recorded in their own homes, Austin, Texas, and mixed by a friend; the idea was to get the purest signals from all instruments and feed them through an 8-track reel-to-reel, immediately warming the sounds and weaving it all together. This process was drawn out on a piece of paper in schematics before recording with the concept being: the less digitized, the better.
‘E.S.P.’ was conceived and recorded with strict, direct motives. The combined sound is minimalist dream-pop; imbued with raw emotion, sexuality, and splashes of electronic colour. Focus is placed primarily on the voice, which is direct and honest and real. No frills, tears through extravagant side roads, or indulgent solos necessary.
Self-recorded in their own homes, Austin, Texas, and mixed by a friend; the idea was to get the purest signals from all instruments and feed them through an 8-track reel-to-reel, immediately warming the sounds and weaving it all together. This process was drawn out on a piece of paper in schematics before recording with the concept being: the less digitized, the better.
