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▓▒▓ ███▀ love life - here is night, brothers, here the birds ▀███
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GENRE...........: Indie
▓▄ ▄▓▄ RiPPER .........: hXc ripping crew ▄▓▄ ▄▓
▀██████ RELEASE DATE ...: Aug-01-2003 ██████▀
▀█▓██▓ STORE DATE .....: 000-00-2002 ▓████▀
▀███ ARTiST .........: love life ███▀
▓█▌ LABEL ..........: Jagjaguwar ▐█▓
▐██▌ SOURCE .........: CDDA ▐██▌
▓██ BiTRATE ........: 192kbps / 44,1kHz / Full Stereo ██▓
▐██▌ SIZE ...........: 55,1 MB ▐██▌
███ NO.OF.TRACKS....: 08 ███
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[01] Listen Loudly [04:39]
[02] Montag [05:33]
[03] Joy [06:03]
[04] Be Kind to Me [06:07]
[05] Sweet Nocturne [03:51]
[06] Good for Nothing [06:10]
[07] V [05:12]
[08] (Asterisk) [02:31]
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Siouxsie & The Banshees always felt forced to
me; I loved a few of their singles, but too
much of what they did reeked of precious poses
and put-on. The same goes ten times over for
Bauhaus. The Birthday Party, on the other hand,
offered true, captivating mania, which is what
it takes if you want to pull off a theatrical
vocalist. This is the aim of our stalwarts in
Love Life, who come to us from bands as
illustrious as Universal Order of Armageddon,
and as embarrassing as Ann Arbor's mercifully
unknown goth comedy troupe Jaks (seriously:
fake blood capsules).
Anyone familiar with the aforementioned
late-70s/early-80s drama club knows what to
expect within seconds of hearing this record.
Simultaneously recalling the Banshees's most
psychedelic period (A Kiss in the Dreamhouse),
and stark, flailing early albums (The Scream,
Join Hands), Love Life manages to resurrect a
very unique sound, and to infuse a formidable
modern confidence. Katrina Ford has a meatier,
more impassioned wail than many of her likely
inspirations (save PJ Harvey), and shows no
restraint diving into her lyrics. A few of the
dark scores courtesy of this seasoned band have
all the gravity and claws of the Birthday
Party's best work; Love Life shine on the
establishing track-- the utterly Banshees
"Listen Loudly"-- before tripping over the same
sort of meandering, lengthy jam their heroes
often filled records with ("Montag").
The group shows their mettle on track three of
this record, a superb revival of the drama all
80s goth acts sought but could rarely summon.
Like many of these recordings, its somehow full
sound is forged from very few tracks, and it's
this spare production that's the secret of
their success: if you're going to employ
reverb, you need to limit the number of
instruments fighting for its enormous space in
the mix. What "Joy" does, it does not only with
genuine understanding and love for the genre it
avails but its methods as well. You don't need
backlighting to appreciate performances this
convincing, and for a band operating in such a
historically fashion-driven genre, it speaks
volumes as to their creativity and maturity.
I'm sure former members of the Murder City
Devils weep in jealous fits whenever they hear
it.
Like the Jesus Lizard, however, Love Life's
intensity is better appreciated in small
doses-- as a counter-point to the less intense
records we often lazily enjoy. After the
less-impressive stop/start screaming of "Be
Kind to Me", tolerance has built up, and most
listeners will overlook "Sweet Nocturne", the
other outstanding track on this overbearing
record. A flawless impersonation of Siouxsie
Sioux deteriorates into broken wails, offset by
a small orchestra of strings; it showcases all
the best moves the group employ, but is dragged
down by circumstance. The latter half of Here
is Night, Brothers, Here the Birds Burn shifts
gears toward the Universal Order of Armageddon
and Chrome/Gaunt chaos I expected in droves:
both "Good for Nothing" and "V" have worthwhile
passages to their credit, but the dirges run on
far too long. Love Life's vice is its selfish
enjoyment of performance, a sin common in the
era it reveres.
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