My current band, Lovespirals, has finished our 3rd album, Long Way From Home, and are now taking pre-orders. While the official release date is scheduled for October 23rd, we will mail out personally autographed copies of the new CD as soon as they become available. Plus, there’s a remix EP that you’ll get immediately as digital download with every order placed through the Lovespirals Webstore.
For fans of my older Love Spirals Downwards music, this new album should please you. I’ve gone back to making guitar based music and there’s a dark dreamy feel to it that’s reminiscent of Ardor and Ever. I think it’s my finest work yet. You can listen to a medley of the entire album and a full song or two on the album page for Long Way From Home.
This week I finished audio mastering for the Ardor and Idylls reissues that are coming out this summer. The CDs will be released as digipacs, whereas the original releases were jewel boxes, so though the reissues will look pretty similar to the originals, they will be different. It sure will be nice to get current contact information into the credits. Funny to think that I had no band website (very few did) when these albums were originally released. I believe I have a band website listed in the Ever credits, but that site is outdated and gone. Anyway, things are coming along nicely and on track. More news soon.
PodShow’s Podsafe Music Network is now offering a selection of Love Spirals Downwards songs for free use in music podcasts. We’ve included the album title and release year in the song name to assist with announcements or show notes. Every album was released by Projekt and is available on iTunes, Amazon, and CDBaby. You can also buy most of them from the Lovespirals Webstore. Check out the songs on Love Spirals Downwards’ PMN page and be sure to let us know you played us!
At long last, we are totally redesigning the band site! We figured it was high time we took advantage of current blog technology and joined WordPress. This has been the easiest site to build, ever. There still might be a few tweaks here and there, but take a look around and give us some feedback.
Our 1996 track “Madras,” from Ever, was selected as a “Deep Cut” for the iTunes Essentials Shoegaze & Beyond playlist alongside legendary bands Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Jesus and Mary Chain, Lush, and more. Here’s what iTunes has to say about the Deep Cuts selections:
All things must pass, intense musical movements included, but when the first-wave shoegazers finally looked up from their footwear, what they saw was a whole new scene that they themselves had begotten. The proof is in the Deep Cuts…
Love Spirals Downwards’ singer, Suzanne Perry, appears on one song of the latest Falling You album, Human. “An Angel Ameliorate” is very ambient, a little bit like our cover of Black Tape’s “Could I Stay the Honest One” but with Suzy’s classic “glossolalia” style lyrics. Very sad and pretty. To the best of my knowledge, this is her first released work since Melodyguild’s cover of “Sally’s Song” on the Projekt Holiday Single 2 back in 2004. You can check out the track for free from Magnatune here.
The entire back catalog of albums by Love Spirals Downwards is now available
on iTunes Store USA, UK, Canada, & Europe. Even if you already own all the CDs, come take a look and write a review for your favorite album! You can also check out the 2002 Lovespirals’ album, Windblown Kiss.
The Love Spirals Downwards’ 1998 track, “Psyche,” (with Kristen Perry) appears on episode #501 of Dawson’s Creek. This season premier episode was just released on the Season 5 DVD set on May 3, 2005.
CNET’s brand new Music.Download.com site has posted the Top 50 Downloaded Songs for Week 2 on their forum, and it turns out that “Psyche,” from Flux, is #1! This 1998 track featuring the vocals and lyrics of Suzanne’s sister, Kristen Perry, has already had over 4,000 downloads from May 3rd to May 9th – not too shabby! LSD is featured on the site’s front page with this editor’s review:
Have a hit of Love Spirals Downwards, which otherwise goes by LSD. Ryan Lum and Suzanne Perry make music that will set your mind drifting, inspired by such beautiful dreamers as the Cocteau Twins and Mojave 3. The difference is that this duo drops drowsy beats over their acoustic guitars.
SoundClick.com, reputedly the biggest mp3 hosting site since Mp3.com shut down, is now hosting several Love Spirals Downwards’ mp3 files. Check it out at soundclick.com/lovespiralsdownwards
Ethereal Shoegaze and Electronica from Projekt Records
