- Audio CD (1 Aug 2005)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Whats Your Rupture
- ASIN: B000F6ZFU4
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 513,581 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A genuinely exciting new band,
By Mike Mantin (Swansea, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nine Times That Same Song (Audio CD)
You wouldn't have guessed it from their sweet name, but Sweden's Love Is All have little in common with their country's current most talked-about indie exports like The Concretes and The Radio Dept. Instead, they favour the kind of noisy punk-funk not seen since LCD Soundsystem's debut album over a year ago, with the added bonus of having a full-time saxophone player (which works brilliantly as a backdrop, but occasionally becomes annoying when drowning out the guitar). Still, from the opening battle cry of "one more time!" on first song 'Talk Talk Talk Talk', it's clear Love Is All are providing the kind of feel-good, instantly exciting punky racket we haven't heard done properly for an annoyingly long time.
Their debut album has been described rather lazily as 'lo-fi' because it was recorded in a tiny room somewhere obscure in Sweden, but that overused term belies the meticulous genre-splicing underneath the choas. The infectious basslines and jerky saxophone turn 'Busy Doing Nothing' and 'Ageing Had Never Been His Best Friend' into indie dancefloor anthems-in-waiting. They're then juxtaposed with gorgeous soundscaping on 'Felt Tip' and 'Turn The Radio Off'- beautiful, reflective love songs in which the saxophone innovatively replaces a string section and Josephine's riot-grrl growl suddenly turns all wistful. These incredible slower tracks simply demonstrate Love Is All's versatility and potential (which has in some ways already been fulfilled) to effortlessly hop across genres. But if it's shouty punk-funk tunes with cowbells, staccatto guiars and infectious basslines you want, there's no shortage of those either. The music may be incredibly diverse, but lyrically, love really is all. Every track here is an effective love song, arranged in the form of a crumbling relationship - summarised on the oh-so-true 'Make Out Fall Out Make Up'. There's the odd questionable line here and there ("I keep the one I love in the freezer"), but mostly the sometimes inaudible lyrics are as instant as the music. And that's what makes Love Is All so special and outstanding: it's not often a band can be innovative, danceable and simple all at the same time. Love is all will soon have all your love.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Exciting! Poor sound quality!,
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This review is from: Nine Times That Same Song (Audio CD)
Buy it and impress your friends, it's an extremely rewarding album that actually makes you feel a bit excited about this band. Ageing Had Never Been His Friend merits a 5th star but the overall sound quality doesn't make for great listening in places.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Worth a Punt,
By JB (Glasgow Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nine Times That Same Song (Audio CD)
I came to Love is All through Rough Trade's Indiepop compilation. After I'd listened through it a few times I found that I kept coming back to Spinning and Scratching as the stand-out track on the album. Then after searching the internet for a while I found a promising NME review of Make Out Fall Out Make Up - and finally a few months later this album came out. It's true that the sound quality isn't great, there's too much vocal reverb, and the album's slightly uneven (Used Goods is AWFUL), but there's some great stuff .... Ageing Had Never Been His Friend, Felt Tip, Make Out .... and the brilliant Spinning and Scratching still tops it for me when it's really blasted out. Into weird Swedish Indie - or just something a bit different? Give it a Go!
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