Chapel Hill’s The Love Language was born of a “tempest of breakup, inebriation, and incarceration” for band leader Stuart McLamb, as Merge’s press release describes. What, then, would be the most appropriate title possible for a record born from sadness, drinking, and imprisonment? I’ll stop you there; the answer is Libraries. And, thus, that is the title of The Love Language’s debut record for Merge, which comes out July 13. Unlike McLamb’s self-recorded, self-titled 2009 debut as The Love Language, Libraries was recorded with the help of producer/engineer BJ Burton. McLamb will be taking the songs of Libraries on the road this month, playing places that are most certainly not libraries.
Libraries tracklist:
01. Pedals
02. Brittany’s Back
03. This Blood Is Our Own
04. Summer Dust
05. Blue Angel
06. Heart to Tell
07. Anthophobia
08. Horophones
09. Wilmont
10. This Room
The Love Language dates:
04.15.10 - Raleigh, NC - The Pour House
04.22.10 - Greensboro, NC - Earth Day Celebration at Center City Park
04.24.10 - Washington, DC - Sweetlife Festival
04.28.10 - Chapel Hill, NC - Memorial Hall *
09.11.10 - Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Festival &
* St. Vincent
& Public Enemy
• The Love Language: http://myspace.com/thelovelanguage
• Merge: http://www.mergerecords.com
[Photo: Stacy Peterson]
