GET TO KNOW THE BAND 'I LOVE YOU'

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GET TO KNOW 'I LOVE YOU'
September 1, 2009

Joyful Noise is happy to announce today the signing of Kansas City's best kept secret - a band known as 'I Love You'. The band self-released their debut album "Drone, Drugs, and Harmony" in 2008, which was championed by Alarm Magazine as "conceptually daring in both dance-punk and art-rock" and was called "a welcome breath of fresh air" by Beyond Race. Though "Drone, Drugs, and Harmony" definitely caught (and confused) our ears, the bands second album Bell Ord Forrest left our jaws on the floor. These are twisted, slightly menacing, yet somehow danceable tunes of indulgence and self-destruction. Their combination of noisy DIY punk with thumpin' dub bass is catchier than you think - conveying emotional depth, pop sensibility, and madness. But mostly madness.

So, to further confuse the subject, there is something you should understand about the band's moniker... “I Love You” is merely the English translation of the “real” band name which is “Yah Tibyah La Blu” (the phonetic Russian rendering of “I Love You”). Though the band can be referred to by both names, "I Love You" has become the dominant moniker (seemingly drunk people can't remember 'yah tube yah...what')

The band's second album, Bell Ord Forrest will be released worldwide on October 27. Until then, download the album opener: The Colloquialism Is Simply "Gas"

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