Feel the dark vibes with God of Love's new video, premiering today via Spill

VIDEO PREMIERE

The video for "Take You Seriously" by God of Love has got some dark vibes. Thanks to Spill Magazine for the premiere! According to James Burnett, “I always imagine God Of Love arrives where he is going with purpose and intensity and this video represents not only that deliberate preparation but also the sort of insanity it takes to make music and to perform. So there is a sort of romantic madness involved…”

Fair Shakes and Just Desserts compares God of Love's new single to Leonard Cohen and Phil Spector

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Who knew sociopathy could sound so good? According to Fair Shake and Just Desserts, “perky percussion and stabby synths aside, … there's definitely an endemic level of sociopathology going on behind that turbulent mix that can't even be concealed behind the catchy hook [of God of Love’s ‘Take You Seriously.’] … It may not be a total shock to learn that the first song that came to my mind when spinning ‘Take You Seriously’ was a similarly noisy number that sprung forth from two pretty dark genius minds, Leonard Cohen and Phil Spector.”


Single available now via Red Zeppelin. In Dallas on July 30? See God of Love with Abbreviations and Bayleigh Cheek at The Double Wide.

Stereo Embers premieres "Take You Seriously," the new single from God of Love and “one of the catchiest songs of the summer.”

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“Take You Seriously,” the new single from God of Love, is today’s Track of The Day at Stereo Embers as well as “one of the catchiest songs of the summer.” Link in bio.

Alex Green always manages to speak about my artists in a way that helps me understand them better. He calls this song “a delicious blend of swirling new wave and dreamy pop... backed by an infectious synth groove... [with] vocals summoning Wayne Hussey of The Mission UK and Sisters Of Mercy’s Andrew Eldritch. Filled with a dark and twitchy backbeat that builds to a fuzzy crescendo, 'Take You Seriously' rocks with an undeniably earnest swagger." Thanks for the coverage and the insight, friend!

Hear it everywhere this Friday via Red Zeppelin Records.

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.