Technicolour

formed 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.