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LOVEHAMMERS triumphant new disc, HEAVY CROWN, restores faith
that heartfelt rock and roll can still thrive. With an inimitable
and unpretentious sound, Chicagos homegrown heroes punch out
an album of thought-provoking, hook-injected airwave contenders
that are long on hooks and incendiary riffs.
Heavy Crown is Lovehammers firing on all cylinders, says
bassist Dino Kourelis. From the explosive opening salvo Guns
to the soaring Honest Ill Wait, Lovehammers nail a variety
of approaches with expert finesse. With sonic jewels like
Your Time, My Time and the infectious Oh My Baby forging a
direct line to the any self-respecting rock music fan, Heavy
Crown offers a refreshing respite from todays over-compartmentalized
musical climate,
That allegiance ultimately persevered and Lovehammers hatched
a plan to remix and re-release some of its signature songs
on its own terms. But before too long, Heavy Crown turned
into the bands first new studio disc in three years. I didnt
want this record to sound like anything we have done previously,
Marty explains. Personally I wanted to challenge myself in
the writing process. I wanted it to be a combination of light
and dark. I wanted to break free of every song being about
personal life stories. The writing of the song Thats Life
was a direct attempt at focusing the lyrics on the lives of
other people and trying to make a point. Of course, in the
end most of the material is a storyline of my life and I tried
my best to make it as honest as possible and tell stories
to get some things off my chest.
The exceptionally memorable Find Your Way was an opportunity
for the bands drummer to do the same. Says Casey, I have no
idea if its true or not but I always thought that Bobby wrote
that song about me. He was upset with me for quite some time
about some decisions I had made. It felt like he was making
a statement to me like, Open your eyes and figure out where
you are. It might not be true but I like to think so as I
often enjoy living in my imagination.
That healthy exchange of ideas has been an integral part
of Lovehammers song quality control during its dozen years
as a recording unit. With a back catalog of four albums and
three EPs (see discography below) and friendships that date
back to their Hickory Hills Little League days, the bands
chemistry cant help but be special. This band is extraordinary,
says Dino, in that we have known each other since we were
8, so we arent afraid to speak our minds to each other in
fears of hurting feelings. In most cases, the person that
has an idea for a song knows it needs work and asks the band
to help develop it or make it better. In general, we just
try to have fun and enjoy ourselves.
Taking song ideas, tearing them apart and reassembling them
to get the most out of each track, the groups self professed
Lovehammers manipulation machine can take a bare bones song
and morph it from an acoustic jam to a full-on orchestration.
From there its on to tracking which the band did in Chicago
and California with the help of producer Marti Frederickson
(Buckcherry, Pink, Faith Hill, Papa Roach). From there, Anthony
Focx was brought in to mix the record. Anthony had just finished
working on mixing Aerosmith, Metallica, and Buckcherry all
bands that are definitely rock with big pop sensibilities.
I thought he would be perfect for us, Dino says. His passion,
dedication and love for this record is something I havent
seen before from someone that was not in our band. Or as Bobby
says succinctly, Hes a rock guy that gets what we are trying
to sound like, and knows what we should sound like.
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Previous Lovehammers shows
at the Fuel Room
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3.26.10 ---Slideshow---
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12.5.09
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