Love is All
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Love Is All is a five-piece indie pop
band from Gothenburg
, Sweden
. It releases songs in English
. Paste Magazine has stated that it makes "infectiously lo-fi punk rock laced with saxophone and melodic vocals".
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Indie pop
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...
band from Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. It releases songs in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. Paste Magazine has stated that it makes "infectiously lo-fi punk rock laced with saxophone and melodic vocals".
Biography
Swedish band Love Is All are composed of Josephine Olausson (vocals, keyboard), Johan Lindwall (bass), Markus Görsch (drums), James Ausfahrt (saxophone), and Nicholaus Sparding (guitar/vocals). Olausson, Sparding, and Görsch had previously been members of Girlfriendo. The trio promptly regrouped after that band's demise and added Lindwall, who had recorded in a side project with Olausson and Sparding called Cat Skills. They finally added the missing piece with saxophone player Fredrik Eriksson. While earning many rave reviews from the blogging community for their blend of art punk and indie rock, the band released several singles, one of which made single of the week in NME. The singles were collected on the debut LP Nine Times That Same Song, released by New York-based What's Your Rupture? in late 2005. After much touring through 2006 and 2007, Eriksson left the band and Love Is All continued on as a quartet. A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night and the remix album Love Is All Mixed Up arrived in 2008, along with Eriksson's replacement Åke Strömer (saxophone, keyboards). They are currently signed to Polyvinyl Record Co.Polyvinyl Record Co.
Polyvinyl Record Co. is an American independent record label based in Champaign, Illinois. It has released notable records by of Montreal, Japandroids, Braid, Mates of State and many others.-History:...
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Albums
- Nine Times That Same SongNine Times That Same SongNine Times That Same Song is the debut album from Swedish indie-pop group Love Is All. It was released on New York indie-label What's Your Rupture? in early 2006.- Reception :...
(What's Your Rupture?What's Your Rupture?What's Your Rupture? is a New York-based independent record label that specializes in small-run vinyl releases. The label gained recognition in 2005 with the release of Love Is All's Nine Times That Same Song and a 12" release of Giddy Stratospheres from The Long Blondes...
) (2005) - A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at NightA Hundred Things Keep Me Up at NightA Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night is the second studio album from Swedish indie-pop group Love Is All.-Track listing:# New Beginnings# Give It Back# Movie Romance# Last Choice# Sea Sick# Wishing Well# When Giants Fall# Rumours...
(What's Your Rupture?What's Your Rupture?What's Your Rupture? is a New York-based independent record label that specializes in small-run vinyl releases. The label gained recognition in 2005 with the release of Love Is All's Nine Times That Same Song and a 12" release of Giddy Stratospheres from The Long Blondes...
) (2008) - Two Thousand and Ten InjuriesTwo Thousand and Ten InjuriesTwo Thousand and Ten Injuries is the third studio album from Swedish indie-pop group Love Is All.-Track listing:# "Bigger Bolder" – 2:54# "Repetition" - 2:31# "Never Now" - 3:26# "Less Than Thrilled" - 2:16# "Early Warnings" - 2:37...
(Polyvinyl Record Co.Polyvinyl Record Co.Polyvinyl Record Co. is an American independent record label based in Champaign, Illinois. It has released notable records by of Montreal, Japandroids, Braid, Mates of State and many others.-History:...
) (2010)
Singles and EPs
- "Spinning And Scratching / Make Out, Fall Out, Make Up / Ageing Hard / Never Been His Friend" 7" EP (2003)
- "Lost Thrills" (Dolores Recordings)
- "Felt TipFelt Tip (EP)The Felt Tip EP is an EP by Love Is All, released by Smashing Time in 2005. It was limited to 500 copies....
" (Smashing TimeSmashing TimeSmashing Time is a 1967 British comedy film starring Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave. It is a satire on the 1960s media-influenced phenomenon of Swinging London.It was written by George Melly and directed by Desmond Davis...
) - "Make Out, Fall Out, Make Up" (2006) (What's Your Rupture?What's Your Rupture?What's Your Rupture? is a New York-based independent record label that specializes in small-run vinyl releases. The label gained recognition in 2005 with the release of Love Is All's Nine Times That Same Song and a 12" release of Giddy Stratospheres from The Long Blondes...
) #133 UK - "Busy Doing Nothing" (2006) (What's Your Rupture?What's Your Rupture?What's Your Rupture? is a New York-based independent record label that specializes in small-run vinyl releases. The label gained recognition in 2005 with the release of Love Is All's Nine Times That Same Song and a 12" release of Giddy Stratospheres from The Long Blondes...
) #103 UK - "Used Goods" (What's Your Rupture?What's Your Rupture?What's Your Rupture? is a New York-based independent record label that specializes in small-run vinyl releases. The label gained recognition in 2005 with the release of Love Is All's Nine Times That Same Song and a 12" release of Giddy Stratospheres from The Long Blondes...
) - "Ageing Had Never Been His Friend / Nothing To Be Done" (2007) (What's Your Rupture?What's Your Rupture?What's Your Rupture? is a New York-based independent record label that specializes in small-run vinyl releases. The label gained recognition in 2005 with the release of Love Is All's Nine Times That Same Song and a 12" release of Giddy Stratospheres from The Long Blondes...
) - "Love is All Play 5 Covers" (2008) (self-released)
- "Wishing Well & Covers" (2008) (EmusicEMusiceMusic is an online music and audiobook store that operates by subscription. It is headquartered in New York City with an office in London and owned by Dimensional Associates. As of September 2008 eMusic has over 400,000 subscribers....
) - "Last Choice" (EP) (2009) (What's Your Rupture?What's Your Rupture?What's Your Rupture? is a New York-based independent record label that specializes in small-run vinyl releases. The label gained recognition in 2005 with the release of Love Is All's Nine Times That Same Song and a 12" release of Giddy Stratospheres from The Long Blondes...
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External links
- Love is All on MySpace
- Punkcast#886 video of first USA show - Rockies, Brooklyn - Nov 15, 2005 (RealPlayerRealPlayerRealPlayer is a cross-platform media player by RealNetworks that plays a number of multimedia formats including MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime, Windows Media, and multiple versions of proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo formats.-History:...
) (mp4) - Subculture Magazine review of Nine Times That Same Song
- Subculture Magazine Interview / August 2006
- Adequacy.net's review of Two Thousand And Ten Injuries
- Pitchforkmedia.com's review of Nine Times That Same Song
- Pitchfork interview
- Official Website
- Live Photos from London gig
- Live Audio Melbourne, Australia February 2007
- Revista O Grito! Interview
- Love Is All at The Indie Music Database
- Love is All at exclaim
- Love is All interview
- Love is All at Polyvinyl Record Co.