Love Is Red: First release in seventeen years……

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Love is Red was a melodic hardcore band that originated in Florence Alabama in the year 2000 and eventually called Nashville Tennessee home for the rest of its existence. The band did extensive U.S. touring throughout the U.S. until 2005. There was a reunion show in Nashville Tennessee, in December of 2010. Love is red have currently re-united in 2021 for a few reunion shows and new EP release.

Love Is Red return with their first release, Darkness Is Waiting in seventeen years. The band originally formed in the year 2000 in Florence, Alabama. Following changes in their line-up they relocated to Nashville, TN, and dropped their biggest release The Hardest Fight, on Stillborn Records in 2004. A year later Love Is Red disbanded after multiple US tours with a brief reunion in 2010 for a final show in Nashville.

A decade later Furnace Fest asked the band to reunite once again to play that festival. Due to the pandemic the fest was postponed to 2021 and with the down time, the band returned to writing music. The EP was recorded and produce remotely, and saw the original line-up unite with new members. The resulting sound is incredibly powerful. Every track hits hard with ludicrously distorted guitars, energetic percussion and aggressive vocals.

The title track, Darkness Is Waiting, gradually builds increasing the anticipation of the EP. Establishing the tone of the release with their intense, full sound, this introduction transitions into Keep Moving which reveals more of their musicality. Experimenting with rhythms and dynamics, Love Is Red, deliver a commanding sound whilst delving into progressive techniques. From the fast pace and non-standard rhythms of A Different Path, through to contrapuntal melodies and intricate riffs of Shallow Graves.

 Almost two decades may have passed since their last release, but Love Is Red have returned with an epic bang. The energy across the EP never lets up. The outfit have retained elements of their early noughties identity whilst evolving their music to bring the sound up to date. Encapsulating the essence of Love Is Red, ‘Darkness Is Waiting’ is some of their best work yet.

Tracklist:

1. Darkness is Waiting 01:49

2. Keep Moving 03:07

3. A Different Path 02:18

4. Shallow Graves 02:46

5. So Long 04:00

Members:

Present:

Roger Kilburn

Hunter Weeks

Jeff Yancey

Adam Riser

Kyle Mims

Bobby Hamana

Past:

Rob Mcfeters

Dane Taylor

Kinsman Mackay

Album credits: Engineers – Derek Moree, Chris Trestain, and Sam Deyerle

Mastered by Brad at Audio Siege

Artwork by: Jason Mazolla

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