Bands You Need To Know - Love Songs
Written by Joe Evans III Sunday, 28 February 2010 13:27
Love Songs aren’t just an underrated punk band, they’re THE underrated punk band. Featuring members of All You Can Eat, Conquest For Death, This Is My Fist!, and a world Air Guitar Champion (and that’s just Craig), they play their own kind of punk that’s often spastic, catchy, and always equal parts brilliant, and completely stupid. Think what you would get from combining Hickey with Weird Al worship.
I first heard of them after happening to see them play in Philadelphia with The Ergs! in the back of a small bar. They got up on stage, looking like they should be playing the awkward side stage of an arena hair metal show, dressed in tight fitting neon and hot pants, not to mention non-ironic mustaches. But, they immediately blew everyone away. They were fun, and could play the hell out of their instruments. And being up front, I had two band member crotches thrust into my face before the end of the set. My reaction? “This band is fucking GREAT.” I was won over enough to go over afterwards and buy a record.
“Hey, you guys were awesome. I want to buy one of your records, but only have enough money for one. Which should I go with?”
“Well, this one is our first record, and this one has pictures of dudes with no shirts on when you put it in your computer.”
I thought to myself “So these guys really are kind of nuts. Awesome.” I bought the record.
While they were on a bit of a hiatus, they’ve recently started playing again, and just put out a new album, Another Guaranteed 40 Minute Music Set on Little Deputy Records, which was my favorite of 2009, and I can’t recommend enough.
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