“Black Beyond” slated
as second track taken from “Do Your Worst” full-length, scheduled for arrival
Nov. 5th via Red Zeppelin Records.
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James Burnett of God of Love as photographed by Leyton Cheek
[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGoqZBMfidg
[STREAM]: https://fanatic.lnk.to/GodOfLove-TakeYouSeriously
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“We wanted the video to feel like I was getting ready
for some occasion,” says God of Love
(aka James Burnett) about the video for “Take You Seriously,” the first single
from the upcoming new album Do Your Worst, scheduled for release
on Nov. 5th, 2021 via
McKinney, TX-based label Red Zeppelin
Records. “Whether that occasion was a show, a date, or just getting into a
world of trouble.” See
it now at Spill
Magazine here or the link above.
Burnett continues, “There is a sort of romantic madness
involved in the video. While my upcoming album is devastating at parts, this
song has a more upbeat, endearing quality and a hopefulness, that says, ‘I’ll
take you seriously,’ and in doing so also demands it be taken seriously as
well. The video is meant to reflect that desire.”
Recent press coverage of the tune notes that perhaps
even if “Take You Seriously” is the
lightest track on Do Your Worst, it still brings the menace.
Stereo Embers Magazine describes
“Take You Seriously” 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.”
Music
discovery blog Fair Shakes and Just
Desserts notes
the tune’s “Perky percussion and stabby synths,” and then pulls the curtain
back, stating, “There’s definitely an endemic level of sociopathology going on
behind that turbulent mix that can’t even be concealed behind the catchy hook.”
The upcoming release of the second single from Do
Your Worst has now been announced. Look for “Black Beyond” to hit streaming services on Sept. 17th.
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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 single “Take You
Seriously,” taken from the upcoming album Do Your Worst by Burnett’s current project 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.”
God of Love is available for interviews. Contact Josh
Bloom at Fanatic for
more information.
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So I’ll show you everything
I know you’re not that funny
So I’ll take you seriously
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