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Songs of Love

by Island of Love

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1.
At Home 01:40
At home again But I want to see you and then Forget all the things we said That made us forget we were friends That made us forget why we should talk to each other more But when I think of you it just makes me want to lie down and die At home I’m down We could still make it out this town You could be in a wedding gown But I can’t even come around It made me forget why we should talk to each other more But when I think of you it just makes me want to lie down and die
2.
I never wanted to sing, Writing music to fall asleep to in my seat, Never writing songs of love, Who would’ve known you don’t feel the way I do, Never left my island of, Hiding away I could never speak to you, You’ll never really fall in love with me I just can’t get any sleep, Tired of these dreams they don’t make them about you and me, If I played some songs of love, Maybe you might start to feel the way I do, I can leave my island of, Hiding away from the things I won’t tell you, Who really wants to fall in love with me Maybe it seems all a little too good to me so I guess I’ll just wait and see if you change your mind Lately you’ve been acting so strange to me so why don’t we find some way to pass the time
3.
Head Case 03:24
I met someone who met somebody on the way, I’m replaced, I felt had to get a lot off my chest, We think about eachother in a different way, I’m amazed, But maybe everything had worked out for the best, Come after me, I miss the chase, I’ll be the same without you I bet somebody that I could forget your name, It’s all I say, If anything I wish I could forget his face, We think about eachother in a different way, I’m amazed, But maybe you’ll remind yourself of all the rest
4.
I didn’t know they still made the likes of you I didn’t know the pain you’d put me through And I thought at once of death And I thought at once of how I’d wait so long Although I knew deep down I was right That you could one day be mine But now I’ll just wait so long Although I might never see the day So I’ll just have to wait so long

about

Originally called 'Love Island' - until "Linus didn't make the audition process so we jumbled it around" (or, possibly, for legal reasons) - Third Man London's first signing settled instead on 'Island of Love'.

For the label, an island within the UK music scene is exactly what Karim, Linus, Daniel and Jimmy are: feedback-fuelled adolescents with a depth of songwriting unheard since Teenage Fanclub's formative 'Catholic Education', and late '80s Dinosaur Jr. So mind-bendingly good are the group that Third Man co-founder and owner Ben Swank presented an offer approximately thirty seconds after they played the opening weekend of Third Man's new Soho digs (...new to the extent that drummer Jimmy left the stage with paint up his back).

Bonded by playing in various punk, hardcore and metal bands in their hometown of London, Island of Love's now double frontmen, Linus and Karim, would write and share demos between their family homes. The lo-fi, fuzzy fruits of these sessions melded into 2020's seven song 'Promo Tape'.

Now, no longer a bedroom project, the four-piece's first collaboration with Third Man is the EP 'Songs of Love': twelve minutes of adrenaline, awashed with guitar distortion, Linus and Karim's dark harmonies and contemplative lyrics beyond their teenage years. Out March digitally and June on vinyl, this special release is sure to go down in both the TMR history books as well as mosh pits nationwide.

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released March 17, 2022

lyrics by Karim Newble and Linus Munch

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