{"title":"The Loves","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"technicolour-1","title":"Technicolour","description":"\u003cp\u003eformed in cardiff in 2000, the loves released their debut single on radio 1 dj huw stephens' boobytrap singles club in may 2001 and then 2 singles, an ep and an lp with the esteemed track and field organisation between sept 2001 and feb 2004. they recorded 4 peel sessions in 2 years and played fab pop shows all over the country with the likes of the yeah yeah yeahs, the rapture, bearsuit and apples in stereo. since beginning the loves have had approximately 25 members come and go, making band leader simon love the welsh mark e smith. their latest ep 'xs and os' was played on bbc radio one (huw stephens), bbc radio 2 (marc radcliffe) and bbc 6music (marc riley) and was made single of the week by organ. the band have also recorded sessions for bbc radio 1, 6music and resonance fm this year. this then is the second loves album 'technicolour', recorded over the last 2 years at soup studios in london with simon trought (clientele, jim reid), eschewing the current trend for annoying high end staccato angular guitars and wonky elastic bass lines and instead aiming for a sound somewhere between 'headquarters'-era monkees and velvet underground. it features 2 of the ep tracks, 'xs and os', a fuzzed up love song to a friend in trouble that's equal measures t-rex and the 1910 fruitgum company, and 'she'll break your heart again', an imaginary lost late 60s beat pop classic. there are plenty of other great tracks too, the pop hits 'i my she love you' and 'honey', the jazzy 'summertime' and the garage-psych of 'jazz my bads (for jt)'. with 'technicolour' the loves take a little of the colour from their dreams of the sixties and use it to brighten up the modern day. for fans of: the monkees, the velvet underground. cd only on fortuna pop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50490861683019,"sku":"279395","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"love-you","title":"Love You","description":"\u003cp\u003ethis, the love's final lp before they call time on ten years at the top on valentine's day 2011. it was mixed and mastered by rob jones of the voluntary butler scheme fame and is as shiny a pop record you will hear this year. spector-ish lead single 'december boy' has a wall of backing vocals from emma hall of pocketbooks and former love (now head of the school) liz hunt. this is the loves'final lp because, just because. 'a wide-eyed retro-chic indie-pop sextet that sound like the monkees playing at being the velvet underground.' - nme\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50490986004811,"sku":"335356","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b7361801-3d3f-45ad-803f-b21072ea0e33_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727680224"},{"product_id":"three-5","title":"Three","description":"\u003cp\u003esixties obsessives' third and finest album - eleven tracks of bubblegum pop, nuggets garage and mini-rock operas about synaethesia, coca-cola and girls. for farren hayman and the voluntary butler scheme. formed in cardiff in 2000, the loves released their debut single on radio one dj huw stephens' boobytrap singles club in 2001, followed by several singles and an lp on the track and field label. they recorded four peel sessions in two years (one broadcast live from peel acres on valentine's day 2002) and played with the likes of the yeah yeah yeahs, the rapture, bearsuit and apples in stereo. since beginning the loves have had approximately 29 members come and go, making band leader simon love the welsh mans of: the monkees, the velvet underground, nuggets, bubblegum pop. the loves' third lp (cleverly titled) \"three\" sees the group embrace their bubblegum pop roots with more of the multi-coloured 60s influenced pop music that's earned them four peel sessions, two bbc 6music sessions, 29 band members and a sunday times album of the week. the main influences this time are the who, boyce \u0026amp; hart, the flaming lips \u0026amp; primal scream. it was recorded over 18 months at 3 locations - east london, brooklyn \u0026amp; cardiff \u0026amp; features guest performers such as dark e smith.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50491038761291,"sku":"312777","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"live-at-the-bbc-2","title":"Live at the BBC","description":"\u003cp\u003eSticking out like a flower-patterned thumb amid the grey and brown hues of the serious boys in the early 2000s Cardiff music scene, The Loves soon established themselves as a band who categorically didn’t listen to Radiohead. Their debut single (Little Girl Blues b\/w She’ll Break Your Heart) soon caught the ear of John Peel, who invited them in to record a session for his programme. As the feedback echoed at the end of When My Baby Comes, he commented: “I bet they’re a riot live … maybe we should get them in for a live one?” And so it came to pass that The Loves – led by the eponymous Simon Love – did indeed perform a seven-song live session for Peel. Broadcast from the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios in September 2001, this provides the bulk of the first side of this, The Loves \u003cem\u003eLive at the BBC\u003c\/em\u003e album. Track eight is a cover of Queen’s You’re My Best Friend, also broadcast live from Peel Acres a bit later on. The Loves went on to record three more sessions for Peel in an 18-month period, as well as touring with high-profile groups such as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Cribs. Over the next decade or so, The Loves released four smash-packed albums – Love, Technicolour, Three and Love You – plus several indie-hit singles like Boom-A-Bang-Bang-Bang, Xs And Os and December Boy, named 6 Music Single of the Week by Radcliffe and Maconie. Versions of all these songs appear on The Loves \u003cem\u003eLive at the BBC\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey also recorded a lot more live sessions for Marc Riley, who does the honours on side two of the new album with eight songs recorded for his show, culminating in another cover in the shape of the Velvet Underground’s Guess I’m Falling In Love. As the seasons changed, so did the membership of the group and by 2011, it was estimated they’d gone through 37 members and had played many gigs all over the world with such contemporaries as Darren Hayman, The Lovely Eggs and Comet Gain (to name but three).In 2024, they released a career retrospective vinyl double album, \u003cem\u003eTrue Love – The Most Of The Loves.\u003c\/em\u003e Now the best of their live work at the BBC is collated on this new LP, which is released as part of the ongoing sessions series on Precious Recordings of London\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Precious Recordings of London","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":53063355695435,"sku":"R2268-4183","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/PRELP51400.jpg?v=1753904582"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/the-loves.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}