Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Introducing: God of Love. Dark themes akin to Updike, Bukowski, Dostoyevsky mix with musical influences of Radiohead, Townes Van Zandt, PJ Harvey.

“Take You Seriously” single is first release from upcoming “Do Your Worst” full-length arriving this fall from women owned, operated Red Zeppelin Records.
 
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James Burnett of God of Love as photographed by Leyton Cheek
 
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God of Love | “Take You Seriously”
 
  

Stereo Embers Magazine describes “Take You Seriously” by God of Love as a “delicious blend of swirling new wave and dreamy pop… backed by an infectious synth groove... filled with a dark and twitchy backbeat that builds to a fuzzy crescendo,” declaring that it “Rocks with an undeniably earnest swagger.” Hear it now here or at the link below.
 
[STREAM]: https://fanatic.lnk.to/GodOfLove-TakeYouSeriously
 
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God of Love | Live
 

07/30/2021: Dallas, TX @ Double Wide (Red Zeppelin Records Night w/ Abbreviations, Bayleigh Cheek)
 
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God of Love | About
 

James Burnett, the man behind God of Love, took up the piano at 14-years-old just so he could join his older brother’s band.
 
“We had a small following in Dallas but by my senior year we were ready to split up,” he says.
 
Break-ups and make-ups, Burnett spent the next four or five years in and out of various bands with his brother and friends, recording two albums and moving to Los Angeles for a spell to pursue the dream.
 
However, he ultimately decided that he was his own best band mate.
 
“I had always wanted to take my own solo project seriously, so I decided to take advantage and focus on my own writing which takes on a more dark and brooding tone.”
 
Dark and brooding it is, but also propulsive and gripping on the upcoming single “Take You Seriously” (July 2nd, Red Zeppelin Records) by Burnett’s solo outing God of Love.
 
“I pulled influences from my teen years for God of Love,” he explains. Bands like Radiohead, The National, and Arcade Fire.” In his twenties, Burnett immersed himself in the work of songwriters such as Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, Nick Cave, and PJ Harvey.
 
“They influenced me with a more singular intensity and an endless well of direction,” he says.
 
Listeners can hear these sounds layered into “Take You Seriously,” which will feature on the upcoming God of Love album, and older fans may even hear a touch of Echo and The Bunnymen, The Cure, and Siouxsie and The Banshees in the mix.
 
You look good on me
So I’ll show you everything
I know you're not that funny
So I’ll take you seriously
 
Lyrically, Burnett also draws inspiration from iconoclastic masters.
 
“I also had been reading as much as I could and found a lot of inspiration from the likes of Updike, Bukowski, Hemingway, Dostoyevsky,” Burnett says. “This record brought back a darker tone to my music and explored some of the more disturbing and exciting aspects of my own nature and how I see the world.”
 
The new single and the album to follow arrive on the heels of a period in Burnett’s life that saw him returning to Dallas for a run of hard times. After getting sober and getting his head together, Burnett is now confident in saying that his new music “is now finished and ready to show to the world.”
 
James Burnett of God of Love is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
 
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God of Love | Links
 
ASSETS : FACEBOOK : INSTAGRAM : SPOTIFY : APPLE : RED ZEPPELIN RECORDS
 
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Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion | Contact
 
WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : INSTAGRAM : YOUTUBE : SOUNDCLOUD : SPOTIFY : BLOG : E-MAIL

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