A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down, eh? Such is the case with The Love Language, whose new album Libraries (their first with Merge — TMT News) will hit stores and hearts July 13. Love is painful; love is transient: in short, love can suck pretty hard. Happily, you’d never know it from the jangle and cheery beat of the songs, unless you catch the lyrics and realize that lead singer/songwriter Stuart McLamb is probably as sick of PDAs as you are (or maybe not — observe, bitter hearts, their MySpace background).
These romantic linguists are going on tour this summer with former Merge darlings, Camera Obscura (whose last album, My Maudlin Career, marked a switch to 4AD).
Tourdates:
06.03.10 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel *
06.04.10 - Cincinnati, OH - Fountain Square *
06.05.10 - Richmond, VA - The National *
06.07.10 - New York, NY - Grant Ballroom (Manhattan Center) *
06.20.10 - Chicago, IL - Taste of Randolph Street Festival
07.12.10 - Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage
07.14.10 - Cambridge, MA - T.T. the Bear’s Place
07.15.10 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
07.17.10 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle
09.11.10 - Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Music Festival
* Camera Obscura
• The Love Language: http://myspace.com/thelovelanguage
• Merge: http://www.mergerecords.com
[Photo: Stacy Peterson]
