The Loves

{{Short description|Welsh pop-music band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2010}} {{Infobox musical artist |  | name = The Loves | image = The Loves, 10 Dec 2017.jpg | caption = The Loves, Dec 2017 | image_size = | background = group_or_band | origin = Cardiff, Wales | genre = Pop | years_active = 2000–2011 | label = Fortuna Pop!, Track and Field Records | current_members = | past_members = Simon Jenna Jonny Ed Roger Gerard Daniel Alice Danielle Pnosni Catrin Dave James Daniel Rhys Anna Phil Liz Rob George Andrew Marc }}

'''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,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/loves/pages/love.shtml |title=BBC - Wales - the Loves - Love |accessdate=2007-03-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922060603/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/loves/pages/love.shtml |archivedate=22 September 2007 |df=dmy-all }} </ref> and was commercially unsuccessful. Recorded mostly by Simon 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).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/l/loves/|title=BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - Loves|website=Bbc.co.uk|accessdate=28 December 2017}}</ref>

Their third album, ''Three'', (also released on Fortuna Pop) featured guest appearances from Rob Jones aka The Voluntary Butler Scheme, Delia Sparrow, Hefner's Darren Hayman and Harry Hill's ''TV Burp'' writer Daniel Maier. The Loves fourth and final album, ''...Love You'', was released on Fortuna Pop in 2010. It features The Velvet Underground's Doug Yule as the voice of Jesus. "Bubblegum" and "December Boy" were the double A sided single taken from the album in July 2010.

== Discography == === Singles === All are 7" vinyl unless otherwise indicated. *"Little Girl Blues" / "She'll Break Your Heart" CD (Boobytrap, 2001) *"Boom-a-Bang-Bang-Bang" (Track and Field, 2001) *"Just Like Bobby D" (Track and Field, 2002) *"Shake Your Bones" (Track and Field, 2003) *"Xs and Os" / "She'll Break Your Heart...Again" (Fortuna Pop!, 2006) *"One-Two-Three" (Fortuna Pop!, 2007) *"The Ex-Gurlfriend" (Fortuna Pop!, 2009) *"December Boy" / "Bubblegum" (Fortuna Pop!, 2010)

===Albums=== *''Love'' (Track and Field, 2004) *''Technicolour'' (Fortuna Pop!, 2007) *''Three'' (Fortuna Pop!, 2009) *''...Love You'' (Fortuna Pop!, 2010) *''Clench'' (Due 2014, since cancelled)

===Compilation albums=== *''A Very Fortuna Christmas Vol 2'' (Fortuna Pop, 2002, contains a cover of John Lennon's "Cold Turkey") *''Pow! To The People'' (Track And Field, 2004, contains a cover of Daniel Johnston's "True Love Will Find You in the End") *''Que Viva le Pop'' (Fortuna Pop!, 2006, contains unreleased version of track "Honey" from ''Technicolour'') *''This Town Ain't Big Enough for the 22 of Us'' (Twisted By Design, 2006 contains "Honey" from "Technicolour") *''Kats Karavan – The History of the John Peel Show'' (Universal, 2009 contains the original Boobytrap Singles Club version of "She'll Break Your Heart") *''Spread Love – The Loves Anthology 2000-2011'' (Bandcamp, 2020 contains out-takes, alternate versions, b-sides, home demos and live recordings) *’'True Love – The Most of the Loves'’ (Daytrip Records, 2024)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.fortunapop.com/artist_details.php?id=30 The Loves on Fortuna POP!] *[https://theloves.bandcamp.com/releases]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loves, The}} Category:Musical groups from Cardiff Category:Musical groups established in 2000 Category:Welsh rock music groups Category:British indie pop groups