Friday, April 28, 2023

LOVE ETHIC album out today, Pittsburgh trio revisits noisy 90s indie underground



"There’s a definitive 90s indie-punk vein running through their songs (think Shellac, Girls Against Boys) but it’s swirled up in classic pop hooks and propulsive modern production and musicianship." -- Spill Magazine


"The guitars burst with exceptional chord progressions, riffs, jaw-dropping virtuosities, melodies, harmonies, accentuations, and licks, while the rhythm section provides heaviness, density, and power through equally mind-blowing low-end tones and rhythmic acrobatics... Shines with many qualities renowned names like NoMeansNo, Fugazi, Minutemen, Melvins, and many others brought decades before, but Love Ethic uplifted all these music styles on an entirely new and unique level." -- Thoughts Words Action



Pittsburgh trio Love Ethic release their debut album The Thinking Man's Redux today on all DSPs. Hear and share The Thinking Man's Redux via Bandcamp, Spotify and Apple Music


The influence of punk history on Love Ethic’s music is no secret. The band wields angular texture, guitar eruptions, non-sequitur genre-bending, and an arresting holler from frontman/guitarist The Inevitable Mr. Chris that would fit seamlessly next to their predecessors (e.g. Minutemen, Nomeansno, The Birthday Party, Fugazi, Melvins, etc.)


The ferocity, however, is punctuated by exhalations of pop sensibility, delta moans, and a crooning allure that have attracted a broad mix of listeners to this dynamic music.


The band revived its musical enterprise just over a year ago in its birthplace of Pittsburgh, PA with a young, hungry rhythm section comprised of Anthony Capozzi’s searing drum battery and complex counterpoints provided by bass virtuoso Ethan Zajac-Woodie. Since then, they have quickly garnered glowing attention performing alongside a variety of established groups including Jon Spencer + The Hitmakers, Ed fROMOHIO (of fIREHOSE), Sponge, The Schizophonics, and Beechwood.


Love Ethic has recently completed a reworked album of their early oeuvre engineered/produced by Spotlights (Ipecac) helmsman extraordinaire Mario Quintero and mastered by Seth Manchester of Machines with Magnets studio (METZ/IDLES, Mdou Moctar, Full of Hell), intent on expanding their territory in audiences’ hearts and record collections both domestically and abroad.


The Thinking Man's Redux will be available on LP, CD and download on April 28th, 2023. 


LOVE ETHIC LIVE 2023:

06/11 Pittsburgh, PA - Government Center Records

07/15 Toronto, ON - Bovine Sex Club

08/19 Washington, DC - The Quarry House







Artist: Love Ethic

Album: The Thinking Man's Redux

Record Label: Self-released 

Release Date: April 28th, 2023


01. The End of an Era 

02. Let Me Count the Ways 

03. Que Lastima 

04. The Problem at Hand 

05. Stephen Hawking: Astronaut! 

06. Loneliness 

07. I Love You, Taylor Duncan 

08. Self-Censorship 



On The Web:

loveethic.net

loveethic.bandcamp.com








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