‘OCD GO GO GIRLS’ - 7” & DOWNLOAD - RELEASED AUGUST 3RD ‘OCD GO GO GO GIRLS’ - LP, CD & DOWNLOAD - RELEASED AUGUST 10TH
SO three years in, a million shows played, friendships won and lost… If you didn’t already realise, a 13 minute 12" (‘THINK’) doesn’t constitute an LP, so it’s now time for LOVVERS (before you ask it's two "V"s because it looks good) to release their first LP, ‘OCD GO GO GO GIRLS’. What are you going to write about them this time?
"The vocals are too low?"
"Lo-fi English punk band?"
"Nick Zinner's a fan?"
Well, en route from rocking The Smell in LA, touring with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and playing god knows how many shows at SXSW, they’ve set about making a record that in their own words is “an unconventional weird pop record”. Comparisons to Mark Sultan and Clorox Girls are clear but it kicks off with something that almost resembles The Clash. This isn’t "Overpowered By Funk" but more "Career Opportunities" then next we get the Ramones meets Minutemen then 13th Floor Elevators.
Whilst this is budget rock, this time around the budget was actually pretty good so they relocated to Jackpot! Studios (owned by Larry Crane, editor of Tape Op Magazine) in the musical Mecca of Portland, Oregon. With Pat Kearns (Red Dons, Clorox Girls, Exploding Hearts) manning the desk they set about making a record that you're definitely going to want to keep spinning for some time from now.
‘OCD GO GO GIRLS’ is the title of the first single, released on August 3rd, which takes the Real Kids or Television and perhaps adds a touch of influence from some of Lovvers’ other favourite bands, such as No Age or Times New Viking.
The album is new-meets-old but by the end it’s fuzzed out Woodstock. This is vintage stuff; a completely analogue recording. New instruments have been embraced but when was the last time an independent English band made an interesting, raw, guitar record?
As LOVVERS frontman, Shaun Hencher puts it “there's a wealth of American bands, it's a good time, but when was the last time we championed our own? With bands like Shitty Limits, Hipshakes and, hopefully, us raising the stakes, surely it's time for people to stop listening to what they're told and make up their own minds. And when was the last time that happened? (If I remember correctly there was a baby on that cover as well.)”
FORTHCOMING LOVVERS TOUR DATES:
June
11th The Stags Head (FREE w/ Male Bonding + Please), London
July
16th Cake Shop, Manhattan, New York
17th Comet Pizza and Ping Pong, Washington, Washington DC
18th Talking Head, Baltimore, Maryland
20th Vollrath , Indianapolis, Indiana
21st Empty Bottle (w/ Psychedelic Horseshit), Chicago, Illinois
22th The Garden Bowl (w/ Psychedelic Horseshit) Detroit, Michigan
23rd The Bug Jar, Rochester, New York
25th Divan Orange, Montreal, Quebec
26th O’Briens Pub, Boston, Massachusetts
27th AS220, Providence, Rhode Island
28th The Space, Hamden, Connecticut
30th WFMU (live performance), Hudson Valley, New York
31st Danger Danger Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August
1st Death By Audio, Brooklyn, New York
12th Barden’s Boudoir (w/ The Strange Boys), London
20th Captain’s Rest, Glasgow
21st Sneaky Pete’s (Edinburgh Fringe), Edinburgh
WHAT’S IN A GO?!
NB: Lovvers like to keep us on our toes, so the album title – ‘OCD GO GO GO GIRLS’ has an extra ‘GO’ to the single, which is called just ‘OCD GO GO GIRLS’. Getting it right is worth a pint next time I see you!
"The vocals are too low?"
"Lo-fi English punk band?"
"Nick Zinner's a fan?"
Well, en route from rocking The Smell in LA, touring with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and playing god knows how many shows at SXSW, they’ve set about making a record that in their own words is “an unconventional weird pop record”. Comparisons to Mark Sultan and Clorox Girls are clear but it kicks off with something that almost resembles The Clash. This isn’t "Overpowered By Funk" but more "Career Opportunities" then next we get the Ramones meets Minutemen then 13th Floor Elevators.
Whilst this is budget rock, this time around the budget was actually pretty good so they relocated to Jackpot! Studios (owned by Larry Crane, editor of Tape Op Magazine) in the musical Mecca of Portland, Oregon. With Pat Kearns (Red Dons, Clorox Girls, Exploding Hearts) manning the desk they set about making a record that you're definitely going to want to keep spinning for some time from now.
‘OCD GO GO GIRLS’ is the title of the first single, released on August 3rd, which takes the Real Kids or Television and perhaps adds a touch of influence from some of Lovvers’ other favourite bands, such as No Age or Times New Viking.
The album is new-meets-old but by the end it’s fuzzed out Woodstock. This is vintage stuff; a completely analogue recording. New instruments have been embraced but when was the last time an independent English band made an interesting, raw, guitar record?
As LOVVERS frontman, Shaun Hencher puts it “there's a wealth of American bands, it's a good time, but when was the last time we championed our own? With bands like Shitty Limits, Hipshakes and, hopefully, us raising the stakes, surely it's time for people to stop listening to what they're told and make up their own minds. And when was the last time that happened? (If I remember correctly there was a baby on that cover as well.)”
FORTHCOMING LOVVERS TOUR DATES:
June
11th The Stags Head (FREE w/ Male Bonding + Please), London
July
16th Cake Shop, Manhattan, New York
17th Comet Pizza and Ping Pong, Washington, Washington DC
18th Talking Head, Baltimore, Maryland
20th Vollrath , Indianapolis, Indiana
21st Empty Bottle (w/ Psychedelic Horseshit), Chicago, Illinois
22th The Garden Bowl (w/ Psychedelic Horseshit) Detroit, Michigan
23rd The Bug Jar, Rochester, New York
25th Divan Orange, Montreal, Quebec
26th O’Briens Pub, Boston, Massachusetts
27th AS220, Providence, Rhode Island
28th The Space, Hamden, Connecticut
30th WFMU (live performance), Hudson Valley, New York
31st Danger Danger Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August
1st Death By Audio, Brooklyn, New York
12th Barden’s Boudoir (w/ The Strange Boys), London
20th Captain’s Rest, Glasgow
21st Sneaky Pete’s (Edinburgh Fringe), Edinburgh
WHAT’S IN A GO?!
NB: Lovvers like to keep us on our toes, so the album title – ‘OCD GO GO GO GIRLS’ has an extra ‘GO’ to the single, which is called just ‘OCD GO GO GIRLS’. Getting it right is worth a pint next time I see you!
LOVVERS
ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND SINGLE
‘OCD GO GO GIRLS’ - 7” & DOWNLOAD - RELEASED AUGUST 3RD
‘OCD GO GO GO GIRLS’ - LP, CD & DOWNLOAD - RELEASED AUGUST 10TH
(Wichita Recordings)
“THINK is coated with a gooey teenage nihilism and lovingly wrapped in both bubble gum pop and a fierce sense of the visceral, each of which belong to every truly great bastion of punk’s lineage. One of 2008’s finest.” – Plan B
“Thank god Wichita are putting it out. They [Lovvers] are good and they deserve it” – The Stool Pigeon
“Thrillingly addictive.” – Rock Sound
