LoveLikeFire
is a San Francisco-based indie rock band. The group was formed in 2006 and despite remaining an unsigned artist has independently released two EPs, Bed of Gold
(2006) and An Ocean in the Air
(2007), as well as mounted a self-organized national tour to promote the latter release. A full-length album and another national tour are planned for the fall of 2009. LoveLikeFire has received significant media and critical coverage in San Francisco Bay Area publications (San Francisco
magazine, [1] East Bay Express
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Career
The group considers itself to have officially formed in January 2006, when its first lineup came together.
[9] Vocalist Ann Yu and drummer/keyboardist David Farrell, who had previously played together in several bands, were preparing to relocate to
Los Angeles, California because, according to Yu, "it's a lot easier to find other musicians that are serious about making a career out of [music]" there.
[10] The move was abruptly canceled as the band began to form. Bassist and friend Jesse Hayes became available when his
punk rock band
Time in Malta split up;
then, in January, Yu and Farrell met guitarist Ted Parker through a
Craigslist classified advertisement.
[11] [12] A few weeks later, the band played its first gig in Los Angeles.
The group released its first recording on
August 15,
2006,
[13] only seven months after having formed. According to Yu, the six-track EP
Bed of Gold
was recorded before LoveLikeFire had "fully developed its identity as a band."
Nevertheless, the album received critical praise from
The A.V. Club
San Francisco,
[14] LA Weekly
,
[15] and the
East Bay Express
.
[16] The group continued touring, performing alongside bands such as
Morningwood,
The Brian Jonestown Massacre,
[17] and
Favourite Sons.
, March 27, 2008.
The band followed its debut album with the seven-track sophomore effort
An Ocean in the Air
, which was released on
August 28,
2007.
[18] The record brought further critical praise from publications such as
Spin
and
SF Weekly
,
and made several best-of-2007 album or single lists, including associate producer Andrew Ross Rowe at
MTV News [19] and Muhammad Asranur at
Ground Control Mag
.
[20] The band recorded
music videos for three of the album's tracks, "Wish You Dead,"
[21] "From a Tower,"
[22] and "I Will".
[23] The latter, a
carnival-themed music video shot on
16 mm film and produced by Thomas Barndt and Samara St. Croix (Tom and Samara), was chosen as an Official Selection of SXSW 2008 Film Festival.
Robert Kissinger replaced original bassist Jesse Hayes in mid-2007.
[24] [25] [26] The group followed up the release of
An Ocean in the Air
with a self-organized and self-financed national tour.
[27] In October 2008, Kissinger and guitarist Ted Parker were replaced by Eric Amerman and Marty Mattern, respectively.
The band currently plans to release a full-length album
Tear Ourselves Away
on August 10, 2009. Two rough demos, "Signs" and "William", were released in May 2008 on the band's
MySpace profile as an indication of "songs we'll be working on for the full length".
[28] A single for the song "William" was released on April 6, 2009. The forthcoming album will be promoted on another nationwide tour.
[29]
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