Posts tagged The Lovemakers

I ran into The Lovemakers a couple of years back while surfing the end of year lists.   They are an Oakland, CA based act that has been around maybe eight years or so by now.   I had never heard of them until somebody put their CD Times of Romance in their best of 2005 list.   I have to admit, without condoning anything remotely close to YouPorn, that I kind of liked the CD jacket artwork.  I mean, if you are going to call yourself The Lovemakers, by all means, have some fun with it for crying out loud.   I have read that Scott Blonde and Lisa Light (those absolutely sound like their original names…I’m sure of it) are the two main members of this sometime trio, sometime foursome.   It has been written that they were tossed out of their previous band, Applesaucer (man it’s gotta be tough coming up with original band names huh?) for making out during practice.   I’m all for a couple being unable to keep their hands off each other, especially during the designated month of love here, but there is a time and place for everything.    The good news is, if that is even true, is that they have talent and things seemed to work out for them.

According to our friends at Wikipedia this band took its name from the Japanese film The Weird Lovemakers.  I’ve never seen this film, but I’m sure it has merit.  The Lovemakers (I’m assuming Light Blonde or Well Lit Blonde were already taken…speaking of shaky band names…I can play that game too I guess) released a self titled record in 2003 and Times of Romance in 2005.  In 2007 they released an EP called Misery Loves Company and followed that up with a full length CD called Let’s Be Friends in September of 2009.  I sure hope that last one isn’t an autobiographical account of the state of their relationship.  Everyone knows men and women can’t really be friends if one of them still harbors feelings for the other, which I’d venture to say is, oh, 95% of the time.   The breakup was mutual, yeah right.   I don’t mean to say that Blonde and Light are not still an item, but it is a curious title for a Lovemakers CD don’t you think?  Maybe that is just the point no?  Keep ‘em guessing.  Do you think Jack and Meg White are sister and brother still?

I don’t have a lot of information on The Lovemakers to share with you.  According to their web site (www.thelovemakers.com) they are touring behind Let’s Be Friends as we speak.  I was sifting through some of what is written about Times of Romance on Amazon.com and found out Light is a Standford graduate.   She’s a lot smarter than I am already.  As for bands they might sound like names have been thrown out like Human League, The Killers and or The Postal Service.   Well, I’m a Human League fan, but those guys were more techno than New Wave sounding.  Human League has a really catchy sound to them that went beyond the brilliant single “Don’t You Want Me.”  I wouldn’t say they have much in common, but that is only my opinion.   There is some techno there, but not like Human League.

The Killers?  Man, how great were The Killers until they released a second and third record?  Those guys better figure something out because one more “Human” (which to me is the equivalent of Peter Frampton releasing “I’m in You” after all that great music with Humble Pie and his solo career) and they’ll be irreparable damage to their brand.  So many people love this band to a fault (including my local Alt Rock station WFNX), but I think they are headed in the wrong direction.  The Postal Service is about the closest thing to The Lovemakers here, but definitely different.    I absolutely loved that Postal Service record, but The Lovemakers rock a bit harder.  I’m sure there are other comparisons, but I haven’t digested Let’s Be Friends at all yet.  I’ll get there.  I’ve always liked the male-female vocal back and forth so it’s not hard to see why I like The Lovemakers.   It doesn’t take much if a female vocalist is talented.

I wanted to do a post about Times of Romance because it is a sexy record and it is a sexy month.   I’m posting “Prepare For The Fight, Shake That Ass and Dance.”  If you have never heard of these guys I’m betting you will like these tracks.  If, on the other hand, I am five years behind the times, I apologize.  Better late than never I figure.

I’m running out of days in February and have more ideas than days left so I’ll have to save some for February of 2011.  Can you believe the Y2K scam is Ten Years Gone already?   I remember battening down the hatches that New Year’s Eve in case my computer exploded.   Pretty funny now that you think about it.   The argument for preparation sounded pretty logical at the time, but it sounded kind of shaky.   Not unlike Global Warming I guess, but I’d sure love access to Al Gore’s bank account.   Did I just say something political?  I hate that.  Please ignore.

The Lovemakers – Prepare For The Fight.mp3

The Lovemakers – Dance.mp3

The Lovemakers – Shake That Ass.mp3

The Lovemakers – Shake That Ass.mp3 YSI

Buy of download Time of Romance from Amazon.com here.