The Love Language, by The Love Language

The Love Language

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This reissue marks the 10th anniversary of the band’s long-out-of-print debut album! Our limited-edition opaque yellow Peak Vinyl pressing features updated art, full lyrics printed on a heavyweight inner sleeve, and a jacket with spot gloss details. It also includes an album download plus digital bonus tracks.

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1.	Two Rabbits 03:06	buy track
2.	Lalita 03:11	buy track
3.	Stars 03:41	buy track
4.	Nocturne 03:31	buy track
5.	Night Dogs 03:06	buy track
6.	Sparxxx 02:41	buy track
7.	Manteo 03:17	buy track
8.	Providence 02:33	buy track
9.	Graycourt 04:13	buy track
10.	Equinox 04:56	buy track
11.	Hello Mary Lou 03:21	buy track
12.	Manteo (HearYa Session) 03:49	buy track
13.	Graycourt (HearYa Session) 04:45	buy track

about

On The Love Language’s most recent tour opening for Teenage Fanclub, we played for lots of fresh ears, many of whom came to the merch table after the show and asked, “If you had to pick one, which of your albums is your favorite?” That’s a very tough question, like trying to pick a favorite child. While it’s hard to call it “best,” it’s impossible to deny that our self-titled record is and will always be the most sentimental to me. It’s where it all started. A collection of “demos” posted every couple months on Myspace between 2007 and 2008 until we were signed to our first label, Portland, Oregon’s Bladen County Records, who compiled them all as a full LP in 2009. The songs came effortlessly, and each one was recorded by a mobile multitrack recorder in various rooms (storage spaces, the back office of a record store, living rooms) throughout North Carolina literal hours after it was conceived. There’s a freshness and vitality to these songs that I hope, but don’t expect, to recapture again. It’s the sound of a songwriter discovering their voice in real time. The record has been out of print on vinyl for a few years now, and I’m excited to reissue it with some slight updates to the original packaging with my friends at Merge Records!

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released February 10, 2009

THE LOVE LANGUAGE IS STUART MCLAMB, JORDAN MCLAMB, JEFFREY CHAPPLE, JOSH POPE, TOM SIMPSON, MISSY THANGS, & KATE THOMPSON.

ALL SONGS WRITTEN, RECORDED, PERFORMED & MIXED BY STUART MCLAMB [EXCEPT CHRIS HUTCHERSON–DRUMS ON NOCTURNE].

MASTERED BY RYAN FOSTER AT FREQ MASTERING.

ALBUM DESIGN BY JESSICA STRAW.

TO MOM & DAD, MY BAND, MATT BROWN & EVERYONE AT BLADEN COUNTY RECORDS, PETER STEFANOVICH, MATT KEEN, DALE SAUNDERS & EVERYONE AT GRAVITY RECORDS, JESSICA STRAW, ERIC & SARAH PARSON, THE SOAPBOX, JON STATON, THE CHAPPLE FAMILY, THE WEREHOUSE, BROKEN WING PRODUCTIONS, CHAD OAKLEY, CHRIS HUTCHERSON, CASEY BURNS, GERMAN MARTINEZ, ANDY SEIBERT, TIM POOVEY, SAVANNAH TUTTLE, GEOFF SAWYER, THE LIGHT PINES, SOFT COMPANY, MAX INDIAN, JUSTIN WILLIAMS, AUTOPASSION, THE ROSEBUDS, WYATT YOUNG, SEAN EVERSOLE, JONATHAN KIRBY, JAY DUNBAR, GREG ELKINS & DESOLATION ROW RECORDINGS, CHARLOTTE BRYANT, THE SPAZZATORIUM GALLERIA, PORTLAND, W-S, RALEIGH, WILMINGTON, JASON JONES, MIKE DILLON, DAVID HILBURN, SAM KENNEDY… & JACKIE FOR COVERING MY SHIFT, ❤ THANK YOU.

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The Love Language Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Based in North Carolina, The Love Language was formed in Raleigh in 2008 by singer-songwriter Stuart McLamb. The band features a rotating cast of talented musicians who never fail to impress. McLamb has established his band as an extroverted community art project made by responsible citizens of a loosely packed scene who know that he will match whatever they contribute. ... more

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discography

White Christmas / Gsus

Nov 2019
Bees

Feb 2019
The Love Language

Feb 2009
Baby Grand

Aug 2018
Juiceboxx Remixes

Oct 2018
Black Mt. Demos

Oct 2013
Ruby Red

Jul 2013
Libraries

Jul 2010

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