Dark themes akin to Updike, Bukowski, Dostoyevsky mix with musical influences of Radiohead, Townes Van Zandt, PJ Harvey. Introducing: Dallas-based God of Love.

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James Burnett, the man behind God of Love, took up the piano at 14-years-old just so he could join his older brother’s band.

“We had a small following in Dallas but by my senior year we were ready to split up,” he says.

Break-ups and make-ups, Burnett spent the next four or five years in and out of various bands with his brother and friends, recording two albums and moving to Los Angeles for a spell to pursue the dream.

However, he ultimately decided that he was his own best band mate.

“I had always wanted to take my own solo project seriously, so I decided to take advantage and focus on my own writing which takes on a more dark and brooding tone.”

Dark and brooding it is.

Propulsive and gripping, with influences ranging from Radiohead and The National to Townes Van Zandt and PJ Harvey, the upcoming single “Take You Seriously” by Burnett’s solo outing God of Love is out July 2nd on Red Zeppelin Records.