released June 7, 2021

Love, Burns on these recordings is

Phil Sutton, Vocals, guitar

with

Ben Phillipson, guitars, bass
Kyle Forester, guitars, bass, keyboards
Hampus Öhman-Frölund, drums and percussion
Gary Olson, harmonies

Recorded by Gary Olson at Marlborough Farms, and the homes of the band members.

Mixed by Gary Olson, except, She Will Leave, mixed by Phil Sutton.

Calico Cat Records CAL013

Cover star, Pier Angeli

Packed his bags and drove
Across the bridge
To where she waits by the garden gates
On the porch with a lemonade
By the cherry trees, won't she be pleased?
'Cause when the call of Hollywood comes
You know it's time
To come home to where you know
That you've grown

David Christian, "Pier Angeli."

Reviews

Love, Burns is the solo project of Phil Sutton (Pale Lights, Cinema Red and Blue, The Soft City, Kicker, Comet Gain) a man so inextricably linked to a genre that he could stomp through a corridor full of balloons, throwing glass bottles with abandon and banging a big bass drum like a demented clown…and the noise ommitted would primarily be stunning jangle-pop.

Thankfully prolific, this is the projects’ fourth release since April 2020 and sees the jangle quotient maintained with the formation/involvement of something of a jangly indie-pop supergroup.

As such we hear Ben Phillipson (his bandmate with Comet Gain) provides the jangly riffs on a title track, that drifts Sutton‘s gorgeous croon through a laconic tempo that harks back to the sense of sumptuous that was heard on the b-side to the Gate and the Ghost / It’s a Shame debut single, that Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten released on 7″ vinyl, back in October 2020.

Similarly, Kyle Forrester add his considerable jangle reputation to proceedings, taking the lead guitar on Say What You Mean with it’s vibrant, overtly melodic, Pale Lights feel and also providing the subtle chiming riffs on The Push and the Pull of The Great Outdoors, which is the genuine stand out of the release, despite the stiffest of competition.

You never really know where and with what old and/or new project, Sutton will turn his considerable talents to next. However, hopefully the sheer frequency of therecent releases with Love,Burns might signal that he is currently content enough with this one to let it run…and long may it continue !
Jangle Pophub
janglepophub.home.blog/2021/07/07/ep-review-she-will-leave-unless-by-love-burns-2021-calico-cat/

I have it on good authority that Love, Burns, the solo project of Phil Sutton (Pale Lights) has a full length ready to go. But, in the meantime, he’s teasing his fans with three non-album tunes, and personally, if these are the non-LP tunes, can you imagine how great a record this will be? “She Will Leave, Unless,” feels like a lesson on the bygone days of pop, that innocent sunshine in the window as you make breakfast to set off on your day, starring softened jangles. “Say What You Mean” seeps in with a little more swagger, sort of that late 60s almost pscyh where the whole band is wearing cliche black sunglasses, but with better songwriting.

Still, the 3 new songs don’t peak, for me, until you get to “The Push and Pull of the Great Outdoors.” I love how stark and naked the tune feels, mostly Phil and guitar until a bit of tambourine shimmies near the 2 minute mark. Man, you better love eat this up pop fans!
Austin Town Hall
austintownhall.com/2021/07/07/love-burns-shares-new-tunes/

Love, Burns: it burns. Missing the 7″ burns. now there are three new songs by Phil’s band but this time around they are only available digitally. These are “She Will Leave, Unless”, “Say What You Mean” and “The Push and Pull of the Great Outdoors”. All are terrific as usual. I really hope I can catch him and his band live soon!
Cloudberry Cake Proselytism
www.cloudberryrecords.com/blog/?p=11464