DT: NOVEMBER 12, 2008
FR: ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/LIBBY COFFEY-HENRY
MITCH SCHNEIDER/MSO
TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM
‘LOVE, HATE AND THEN THERE’S YOU’
VIA MAJORDOMO RECORDS FEBRUARY 3, 2009
Love, Hate and Then There’s You picks up from the tighter, more nuanced sound of the Von Bondies’ huge 2004 hit single “C’mon C’mon,” which subsequently took on a second life as the theme to Denis Leary’s highly acclaimed FX TV series “Rescue Me.” This is a Von Bondies album with a renewed sense of purpose, as illustrated by the riff-happy tracks like the first single “Pale Bride” and the anthemic leadoff track “This Is Our Perfect Crime,” and they also captivate the listener on pounders like “I Don’t Wanna” and “Chancer,” and on the album-closing “Modern Saints” with its nearly ethereal intro. In a sense, says Stollsteimer, “it’s a new band. You don’t want to avoid your history but it is a new direction. It wasn’t on purpose. It’s just where we were going.”
Stollsteimer’s newest batch of songs, as well as Blum’s co-writes, were penned over the past few years and recorded sporadically during that period. Producers Butch Walker (Hot Hot Heat, The Donnas, All-American Rejects) and Rick Parker (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) fine-tuned the recordings.
The roots of the Von Bondies can be traced back to the late ’90s—at one point Jason had a band called the Baby Killers—but things really began in earnest when Blum teamed up with Stollsteimer in 1999. The name Von Bondies was born in 2000, and the first album, Lack of Communication, came the following year. Raw and Rare, a collection of live BBC recordings, followed in 2003, then Pawn Shoppe Heart.
The Von Bondies spent 2008 touring in support of their self-released EP We Are Kamikazes, which featured selected tracks from the new album. As the band began incorporating the new tunes—many of them based on life-changing personal experiences Jason had undergone since the last album—into their dynamic live show, audiences readily agreed that they were keepers. “We played ‘Accidents Will Happen,’ which is on the new album, once in New York,” he says. “The curtain was down and it was supposed to go up as we started playing the intro, but it didn’t. When it did go up, it went up at the perfect time, when the big chorus came in. Everyone started dancing even though no one had ever heard the song.”
Here are critical quotes the band garnered while on tour in 2008 while testing out the new material:
Shortly before the album’s release, The Von Bondies will return to the road, for which Stollsteimer and Blum will be joined by bassist Leann Banks, also a Michiganite. All are looking forward to bringing the new songs to the stage.
The full track listing for Love, Hate And Then There’s You is:
1. This Is Our Perfect Crime
2. Shut Your Mouth
3. Pale Bride
4. Only To Haunt You
5. 21st Birthday
6. She’s Dead To Me
7. Chancer
8. Blame Game
9. I Don’t Wanna
10. Accidents Will Happen
11. Earthquake
12. Modern Saints
All songs and lyrics by J. Stollsteimer, except tracks 2, 8, 11 and 12 by D. Blum/J. Stollsteimer.
The Von Bondies’ Love, Hate and Then There’s You will be released February 3, 2009
on Majordomo Records.
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MSO 818-380-0400
Alexandra Greenberg x223, agreenberg@msopr.com
Libby Coffey-Henry x224, lhenry@msopr.com
Mitch Schneider x235, mschneider@msopr.com
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THE VON BONDIES TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘LOVE, HATE AND THEN THERE’S YOU’ VIA MAJORDOMO RECORDS FEBRUARY 3, 2009