The Love Language Release New Single “Bees” Ahead of Upcoming Tour
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The Love Language are here with a groovy new track to soundtrack your spring, and just in time for their upcoming North America tour alongside labelmates Teenage Fanclub.
Aptly titled “Bees,” the power-pop track is teeming with fuzzed-out goodness optimally crafted for shaking the winter from your bones. “For about a week or so last December, I tried to do a song-a-day exercise,” explains bandleader Stuart McLamb in a statement. “Some were ok, some were really bad, but this one stood out.”
McLamb also cites “listening to a lot of fuzzy pop/punk stuff (Exploding Hearts, Buzzcocks, Wire, Strokes, GBV, etc.)” as an influence for the track, something that comes through in the song’s grunge-laden, yet vibrant and classically sunny sensibility.
Check out the song for yourself below, along with The Love Language’s 2011 Daytrotter Session, and scan the band’s tour dates further down. Tickets for their tour can be purchased here.
The Love Language Tour Dates:
February:
14 – Wilmington, N.C. @ Reggie’s 42nd Street Tavern
15 – Roanoke, Va. @ Blue 5
16 – Louisville, Ky. @ The Living Room Series
17 – Missouri, Mo. @ Blueberry Hill Duck Room
18 – Omaha, Neb. @ The Sydney
21 – Spokane, Wash. @ The Bartlett
22 – Seattle, Wash. @ Neptune *
23 – Portland, Ore. @ Wonder Ballroom *
25 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore *
26 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Teragram Ballroom *
27 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Teragram Ballroom *
March:
02 – Denver, Colo. @ Bluebird *
04 – Minneapolis, Minn. @ Varsity Theater *
05 – Madison, Wis. @ Majestic Theatre *
06 – Chicago, Ill. @ Metro *
07 – Detroit, Mich. @ El Club *
08 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Club Cafe
09 – Kingston, N.Y. @ BSP Lounge
11 – Boston, Mass. @ The Paradise *
13 – New York, N.Y. @ Bowery Ballroom *
14 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Music Hall of Williamsburg *
15 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Union Transfer *
16 – Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club *
18 – Saxapahaw, N.C. @ Haw River Ballroom ^
(* -w/ Teenage Fanclub)
(^ – MRG30 w/ Teenage Fanclub and Eric Bachmann)