Twelve months is a short time in the history of a rock'n'roll group.
This time last year Loughborough quintet Love Ends Disaster were playing the sort of venues that would be ranked as being a step down from toilet status while the words "tenacious", "rabid" and "potential" were being thrown about with scarce abandon.
Since that time they've hooked up with one-time Bloc Party producer Warren Bassett and the results are astounding.
Live favourites 'TV' and 'Sendai' haven't just moved on from their scratchy, Talking Heads chaffed beginnings, they've been smeared in Andy Gill's sweat and polished off with the thumbprints of 'Ladytron'-era Eno that proves boys in 2005 aren't just satisfie with plugging in and thrashing away, they actually want to dance as well, and even make you dance with them.
'Warning: Robots' has an eerie fairground slant reminiscent of Clinic while 'Ginko Disco' shows LED at their most discordant, combining stringent riff chopping with the sweetest of "ooh ooh" coos that'll make Jake Shears' hair curl.
In fact, every song on the EP could quite easily stand up as a single in its own right, and since Oasis' halcyon days of the mid-90s not many artists can claim to have matched quantity with quality.
Love Ends Disaster - Stories For The Dislocated EP
www.loveendsdisaster.co.uk
and you can check out LED during their enormous arena tour at the following dates:
Fri Jan 14th - Tmesis, Manchester
Sat Jan 22nd - Sumo, Leicester
Sat Feb 12th - The Attik, Leicester
Fri Feb 18th - Cert 18, York
March 25th - Roadhouse, Manchester
And some more dates should appear soon!
xxx
Love Ends Disaster - Stories For The Dislocated EP
oh.....er.......
this is rather good.
LED play manchester tmesis, this friday, free entry.... probably your last chance to catch them for free..
oh and they're a pineapster band as well
pineapster dominates DiS.....hurrah.
Love Ends Disaster - Stories For The Dislocated EP
'Who will be big this year?'
'Love Ends Disaster! They mix classic indie with Sonic Youth guitars'
Hurrah!
Oh and another date for you
24th March - Grapes, Sheffield
Love Ends Disaster - Stories For The Dislocated EP
Love Ends Disaster - Stories For The Dislocated EP
Feb 12th - Metro Club, Laandaan Town
see some of you cheeky scamps there hopefully xxxx
Love Ends Disaster - Stories For The Dislocated EP
Great to see nottingham shine.
Love Ends Disaster - Stories For The Dislocated EP
www.roughtrade.com
for a measly 5 earth pounds. And another little gig to add to the world tour:
Fri 25th Feb - White Horse, High Wycombe
w/New Rhodes, Komakino and RED JETSON!!!! yay indeed
should be a splendiferous affair.
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Love Ends Disaster - Stories For The Dislocated EP
13th May - The White Horse (High Wycombe)
w/Komakino £5
25th May - Bardens Boudoir (London)
38-44 Stoke Newington Road N16 7XJ
Knom night w/Settlefish
26th May - Students Union (Loughborough)
w/The Departure £3.50/5
29th May - The Joiners (Southampton)
w/Freezerburn & Little Green
The E.P. in question now has national distribution so you can grab one from your local independent or online at the ususal places (Play, Amazon, Streets Online, Virgin, Tesco etc..)
I've never seen The Departure live, can anyone tell me whether it'll be worth it??
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http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?AID=376118&T=5912
Thank you please,
Matt