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CMU Approved
Approved: Love Inks
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 23 February 2011
Based in Austin, Texas, lo-fi pop trio Love Inks began putting their debut album together just under a year ago, using little more than a few guitars, an old drum machine and an eight-track reel-to-reel tape recorder set up at various times in various living rooms and bedrooms. It’s a set-up that will be familiar to most people who’ve been in a band, except substantially more low-tech than most unsigned bands put up with these days.
Still, most bands don’t then come up with the cute pop gems that Love Inks have, which makes up for their possibly stubborn insistence on using aging recording technology. Their sound is shown off on their debut single, ‘Blackeye’, which is due for release via Italian indie label Hell, Yes! on 28 Mar (with the album to follow later in the year). Twinkling guitar sits on top of a basic drum machine pattern and under the warm vocals of frontwoman Sherry LeBlanc. It’s simple, but infectious.
soundcloud.com/hellyes/love-inks-blackeye/