| Burning Love | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Punk |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Deranged Thirty Days of Night |
| Associated acts | Cursed Our Father |
| Website | burninglove416.blogspot.com |
| Members | |
| Chris Colohan Alex Goodall Pat Marshall Andrus Meret Easton Lannaman |
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| Past members | |
| David O'Connor | |
Burning Love is a hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada formed in 2007. The band consists Chris Colohan of the hardcore band Cursed and of the ex-members of Toronto-based sludge band Our Father. The band and their first album Songs for Burning Lovers have received critical acclaim.
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Burning Love started in 2007 as a side project to the Toronto bands Cursed and Our Father.[1][2][3] This lineup included Colohan (ex-Cursed), a prominent figure in the Canadian hardcore scene, and Our Father members bassist Dave O'Connor, guitarists Pat Marshall and Andrus Meret, and drummer Easton Lannaman. While the band began recording their first EP in 2007, it was abandoned due to their dissatisfaction with the recording (most of the songs would appear on their 2009 demo cassette and EP). It was not until the sudden breakup of Cursed that the band began (in 2008/2009) writing and recording full-time.[4]
Following the dissolution of Cursed in 2008, Burning Love recorded a 10-minute demo and released it on 8-track tape and free digital download.[5] The demo was later pressed into a self-titled 7 inch in 2009 and released first on British label Thirty Days of Night Records (to coincide with a UK tour), and then domestically 24 April 2010 on Deranged Records.[6]
In February and March 2010, the band recorded their first full-length in Toronto with producer-musician Ian Blurton.[7][8] The band's 7 inch single "Don't Ever Change" was released 25 Apr 2010 on Deranged Records. It included a B side cover of "Jack the Ripper" originally by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.[9][10] The album was released on iTunes 28 June 2010[11] and on vinyl in mid-2010, then a European version with an alternate cover (limited to 500) was released in November 2010 to coincide with a full tour of Europe and the UK. In January 2011 David O'Connor left the band and was replaced on bass by Alex Goodall (aka "Hawk"). A live split LP with friends and tour mates Coliseum was recorded 27 June 2010 at the Atlantic in Gainesville, Florida during the tour.[12] The live album was released 12 July 2011 by Tee Pee Records and Sound Study Recordings.[13]
The band is currently producing their second album Rotten Thing to Say. The LP is being recorded by Kurt Ballou at God City in Salem, Massachusetts and is expected to be released on Southern Lord Records in 2012.[14] The band is planning more tours upon its release. A split EP with New Jersey's Fight Amp is also expected to be released in late 2012 as part of a mailorder split EP series from Hell Comes Home (Ireland).
Exclaim! magazine named Songs for Burning Lovers the Number 2 Punk Album of 2010. Exclaim! writer Keith Carman said, "Detuned and thunderous while still melodically brilliant, gritty and raw, Songs For Burning Lovers is a rapid-fire dose of biting riffs, palpitating beats and pulverizing vocals."[15] The band was later nominated for Punk/Hardcore Artist/Group of the Year at the 2011 Indie Awards.[16]