The Love Language – The Love Language
First of all, thanks to everyone who gave “Songs That Make the Most of Few Words” suggestions. I might do a reprisal post because there were some great suggestions (I wish I’d thought of Spider!!!)
When I played The Love Language, for my friend Seth, the first thing he said was a rueful, “Oh yeah, a lot of bands are doing this lo-fi thing. The production is just awful!” Indeed, just about every review mentions the productions so, yeah, it sounds like they recorded it at the bottom of a well.
I hung my head a little though… in my mind I was like, “can’t you tell they’re giving it their all?!”
Later I read reviews of the self-titled album that said things like
cycles through a wide range of indie-rock, country, and early-pop styles, all delivered with shouty charm and in-the-red verve, roughly approximating a sock-hop-era Arcade Fire (pitchfork)
and
I listen to the Love Language because they write music I wish I’d written. I often picture myself playing these songs for some awkwardly shy, yet strikingly beautiful French girl on a jetty in Quebec, romantically duping her with my plagiarized sentiments. Dishonest, yet undeniably feasible.
and I feel like someone did actually get it. I don’t listen to this album in heavy rotation, but ultimately I can’t stop listening to it. Bad recording and all.
Lalita! I hear this song in my dreams:
[audio:http://thesweetsnob.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/02-Lalita.mp3|titles=The Love Language – Lalita]And the sublime “Two Rabbits” which I suspect is not strictly about rabbits:
[audio:http://thesweetsnob.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/01-Two-Rabbits.mp3|titles=The Love Language – Two Rabbits]