Island Of Love Share New Single “Fed Rock”
London-based trio Island of Love recently announced their self-titled debut album, out May 12th on Third Man Records London. The band, who put on such an impressive live show that Third Man signed them on-the-spot after seeing them perform live. Today, following the previously released “Grow” / “Blues 2000”, Island of Love share a new single off of the forthcoming album entitled “Fed Rock”.
While “Grow” / “Blues 2000” featured Karim Newble on lead vocals, “Fed Rock” highlights co-frontman Linus Munch on vocals, highlighting the way the band seamlessly shares both songwriting, guitar and vocal duties. The track find the band doubling down on the energy brought by the previous tracks, showcasing dueling guitars and the riotous spirit that the band brings to their incredible live shows. And speaking of, the band has a bunch of those coming up. See below to find a show near you in the UK/Europe this Spring.
“We wrote this song about a lot of the bands we were seeing around us when we first started gigging in London. It was one of the first songs written for the album and has always been a highlight of our set, and I think the faster pace of the song reflects the time it was written – the summer when we played our very first shows,” explains Munch. “We were moving from Ben’s studio (Fuzzbrain in London) to small venues for the first time and our set was still heavily weighted on the side of stoned jams like ‘Tall Boots’ (from 2020 EP Promo Tape) and ‘Head Case’ (from 2022 EP Songs of Love). We all felt this new creeping influence of bands like Thin Lizzy and Ramones which gave Fed Rock a different energy, while having a song in the set that said what we felt about certain bands we played alongside always made playing with them that little bit more bearable. The video was shot around Fuzzbrain with a small group of friends and family on a sunny day in February. The camera is shaky and the narrative is loose, but the spectacle of Dan’s Rambo-style blaze of glory at the mercy of two banana-wielding monkey detectives is alone worth the price of admission.”
Tour dates
March 16th – The Lubber Fiend – Newcastle, UK
March 17th – Delicious Clam – Sheffield, UK
March 18th – Outpost – Liverpool. UK
March 19th – Aatma – Manchester, UK
March 30th – Clermont Fest – Clermont FR
April 13th – VOL – Barcelona, ES
April 14th – Le Ravelin – Toulouse, FR
April 15th – Chinastraat – Ghent, BE
April 16th – Le Rigoletto – Paris, FR
April 17th – Music City – Antwerp, BE
April 18th – Vera – Groningen, NL
April 19th – Cineto – Amsterdam, NL
April 20th – Autobahn – Berlin, DE
April 21st – Ada – Warsaw, PL
April 23rd – Underdogs – Prague, CZ
April 24th – Venster 99 – Vienna, AT
April 25th – Cafe XXE – Fribourg, CH
April 26th – Monami – Brescia, IT
April 27th – L’Intermediaire – Marseille, FR
May 13th – Rough Trade East – London, UK
