There was truth in advertising in Love Is All’s 2006 debut breakthrough Nine Times That Same Song, but that’s fine — it’s a fun song. More recently, the Swedish quintet shifted things up with that “Darling Nikki” cover (and the other covers on the five-song tour EP), but they’re back to usual form with their sophomore collection, A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night. We’ve already heard a live take of “Wishing Well.” Now there’s “Big Bangs, Black Holes, Meteorites,” which pairs jagged guitars and speedy rhythms with Josephine Olausson’s post-punk riffs on infinity, end times, and, as the album title promises, the shit that keeps her up at night. I listened pretty closely and she doesn’t mention Wall Street, the failing economy, etc … must be nice being Swedish.
And a bonus:
A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night is out 11/11 via What’s Your Rupture?. You can hear the recorded version of “Wishing Well” at at Love Is All’s MySpace. Also, check them out on tour, occasionally with of Montreal, Abe Vigoda, Times New Viking, and the Vivian Girls, though never all at the same time:
09/16 – Ravenna, Italy @ Hana Bi
09/17 – Milano, Italy @ Rocket
10/07 – Athens, GA @ Caledonia Lounge
10/08 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel #
10/09 – Washington DC @ 9.30 Club #
10/10 – New York, NY @ Roseland Ballroom #
10/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu %
10/12 – Purchase, NY @ SUNY Purchase &
10/13 – Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s $
11/16 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echoplex (Part Time Punks Festival)
11/17 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah ^
11/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell ^
11/20 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill ^
11/22 – Portland, Oregon @ Backspace ^
11/23 – Seattle, WA @ Nectar Lounge ^
# w/ of Montreal
% w/ Times New Viking
& w/ Times New Viking & Abe Vigoda
$ w/ Abe Vigoda
^ w/ w/ Vivian Girls & Nodzzz
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