5/8/26.
I learned a couple of weeks ago that Love, Burns - Phil Sutton's full-time band now that Pale Lights has been retired - is set to release their 3rd full length album in May 29th via Spinout Nugget Records (UK), and Jigsaw Records (US). Currently, only one song is available, but the band has apparently also re-recorded "Dear Carol" which was released on 7" last year.
Sutton (Brooklyn, New York) is kind of a big deal. Did you know he is a librarian at the New York Public Library? It's kind of funny to think that for most people that IS what he is known for. But after a lifetime in the music industry, he can get some real indie heavyweights to work with him as evidenced by his band and guests on "Pavement Drawings": Kyle Forrester (Crystal Stilts), Hannes Muller (The BVs), Jo Roman, Alicia Hyman (Jeanines), Gary Olson (Ladybug Transistor), Jed Smith (My Teenage Stride, Jeanines, Mick Trouble, Creative Writing).
Bonus throw in. Thanks to Ned Norland, I was also listening to The Love Variants "Life of Riley" cassette as I was writing this. I was loving it and thinking of Phil's voice a little bit. Give it a listen if you're so moved.
