In 2010 Warpaint carved their way into the hearts of many, and despite the heated pressure of hype, the L.A. band pulled off a decent debut in the form of The Fool. That triumph has obviously opened the flood gates for deadpan front women. Or at least Austin’s Love Inks would have you believe.
Bad thing? Absolutely not. After all the shrieking, pouting and howling of the last few years, the world could do with a little serenity. That’s not all Love Inks have up their collective sleeve: they can rustle up a decent pop tune too. Sweet odes to something sinister, their music puts most of Britain’s comparatives to shame.
LOVE INKS “Blackeye” by HellYes
Earlier on in the year Love Inks released their debut E.S.P. on Hell, Yes! in the EU and City Slang in the US. The band remain relatively wordless when it comes to an online presence, but their Tumblr documents their antics in the form of faux-polaroid shots.
If aesthetics don’t matter as much as the music to you, catch them on one of the following dates:
SEPT
14 Malmo, Sweden Debaser
15 Aarhus, Denmark Musikcafeen
16 Copenhagen, Denmark Loppen
18 Hamburg, Germany Prinzenbar
20 Brussels, Belgium Witloofbar
21 Bristol, UK The Thelka
22 London, UK CAMP Basement
23 Nottingham, UK Red Room
24 Liverpool, UK The Williamson Tunnels
25 Glasgow, UK The Captain’s Rest
26 Manchester, UK The Castle
27 Brighton, UK Sticky Mike’s
28 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso
29 Frankfurt, Germany Mousonturm
30 Koln, Germany Luxor
OCT
1 Paris, France Fleche D’or
2 Dijon, France Peniche Cancale
3 Colmar, France Kraken
5 Lucern, Switzerland Südpol
7 Rome, Italy Muzak
8 Bologne, Italy Covo
10 Munich, Germany Kranhalle @ Feierwerk
11 Dresden, Germany Scheune
12 Liepzig, Germany Scala
13 Berlin, Germany Berghain
