Loves

The Loves were a heavily 1960s influenced pop band, formed in 2000 in Cardiff, Wales. Their debut album Love was released on Track and Field Records in 2004, but attracted generally hostile press coverage, and was commercially unsuccessful. Recorded mostly by Simon Love (brother of Helen Love) alone, their second album Technicolour was released in 2007 on Fortuna Pop. The band recorded four Peel sessions between 2001 and 2002: three in Maida Vale and one at Peel Acres (on Valentine's Day 2002), before splitting up in 2011.
== Links to Peel ==
John Peel was a fan (3 sessions and a live Peel Acres appearance in 2 years) of the band and in an interview with Sounds XP, Simon Love revealed he was stressed when doing the sessions:
"That was weird because I get really bad stress headaches. If I get stressed, I’m tense all day, and when it goes well I collapse and get massive migraines. I had one after the first live one, and I had one driving back from his house. But that might have been because the driver was swigging vodka and apparently doing coke in the service station toilets. And he gave some to our drummer and I wondered why Dave was stood up the entire way, just punching the air! They were good but really nerve wracking. When I listen back to them now, we just sound like we’re about to cry or something." 
In 2017 Simon Love contributed to the radio documentary, John Peel's Welsh Sessions, where he talked about his 2002 Peel session.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
;Simon Love
*2018 Festive Fifty: Not If I See You First #13 
== Sessions ==
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Four sessions. "Boom A Bang Bang Bang" from #2 and "Just Like Bobby Dee" from #3 on Spread Love- The Loves Anthology 2000-2011 (digial 2020).
1. Recorded: 2001-05-30. Broadcast: 13 June 2001
*Little Girl Blues / Chelsea Girl / When My Baby Comes / Just Like Bobby D
2. Recorded: 2001-09-26. Live Broadcast: 26 September 2001
*Depeche Mode / She'll Break Your Heart / Boom A Bang Bang Bang / Shake Your Bones / Little Girl Blues / I'm Gonna Get Fucked Up
3. Recorded: 2002-02-14. Live Broadcast at Peel Acres: 14 February 2002
*The Sound We Make Is Love / Boom A Bang Bang / Just Like Bobby Dee / True Love Will Find You / You're My Best Friend
4. Recorded: 2002-11-28. Broadcast: 04 December 2002
*Rock'N'roll / Just Like Bobby D / Cold Turkey / True Love Will Find You In The End
== Other Shows Played ==
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*thumb|330x330px26 April 2001 (Radio Eins): Little Girl Blues (single) Boobytrap
*03 May 2001: Little Girl Blues (single) Boobytrap
*06 May 2001 (BBC World Service): Little Girl Blues (single) Boobytrap
*10 May 2001 (Radio Eins): Little Girl Blues (single) Boobytrap
*16 May 2001: Little Girl Blues (single) Boobytrap
*25 July 2001: Bomm A Bang Bang Bang (White Label)
*23 August 2001 (Radio Eins): Boom A Bang-Bang-Bang (7") Track & Field
*05 September 2001: Boom A Bang-Bang-Bang (7") Track & Field
*11 October 2001 (Radio Eins): Boom A Bang-Bang-Bang (7") Track & Field
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*21 February 2002: Just Like Bobbie D (7” single) Track & Field
*28 March 2002 (Radio Eins): Just Like Bobbie D (7” single) Track & Field
;2004
*17 February 2004: Just Like Bobby D (LP - Love) Track & Field
;Other
*John Peel's Welsh Sessions: Boom-A-Bang-Bang-Bang (session)
== See Also ==
* May 2001 (Peel's Record Box)
*September 2001 (Peel's Record Box)
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists