Love, Burns is the solo project of Phil Sutton, of Pale Lights, and Cinema Red and Blue, and once of Comet Gain, Velocette, The Projects, Kicker, and The Soft City. He lives in Queens, NY, home of the hits.
It is not as if Phillip Sutton needs to prove himself. His time with and fronting acts should already have his name engraved on even the most jangle-pop adverse hearts. However, he does like to reinvent himself every few years—not massively, but enough to add further nuances to his jangly credentials. Since 2020, this brilliant Love, Burns act has acted as a vehicle for Sutton to add a sense of subtlety to his repertoire and which forms an integral part of his third album “Blue”.
As such, the opening double salvo of the title track, “In A Coma Again” and “Forever in Bliss”, moves within the beautiful jangly guitar pop meets subtle sophist-pop production extravagance of the Grant McLennan solo work, to proffer arguably Love,Burns most stunning track yet. Despite the above, there is still enough of his signature ‘jangly resonance’ on this release to satisfy his most ardent fans, with the Lloyd Cole-esque twangle of “To Say Goodbye” joining the rounded intonations of “Hard To Fall” and “Just For A While” to provide his signature ‘luscious jangly indie-pop’.
Love, Burns is Phil Sutton (Pale Lights, Comet Gain) accompanied by Kyle Forester (Crystal Slits, Ladybug Transistor, Woods), Gary Olson (Ladybug Transistor) and Hampus Öhman-Frölund on drums.
Love, Burns record for Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten, of Augsburg, Germany, and Jigsaw Records of Oakland, CA, USA.
released September 6th, 2024
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