New Von Bondies LP Due In Feb.

You love ‘em, you hate ‘em... who knows!

By Blurt Staff

Jack White's second favorite Detroit band the Von Bondies have just announced their third studio album (and their debut for Majordomo/Shout! Factory), expansively titled Love, Hate and Then There's You. It's due Feb. 3 and is described by the band's handlers as picking up "from the tighter, more nuanced sound of the Von Bondies' huge 2004 hit single "C'mon C'mon"... 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."

Yup.

According to VB leader Jason Stollsteimer, who, along with drummer Don Blum, is one of two remaining founding members (a new bassist, Leann Banks, recently signed on), "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." The album was produced by song doctor Butch Walker along with Rick Parker (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club).

The group devoted most of this year to touring in support of their We Are Kamikazes EP. They inked a deal with Majordomo after appearing at SXSW in Austin and also put a good deal of time into fine-tuning new material. Explains Stollsteimer, "The songs are kind of sinister-sounding but there's this overall lift feeling to them," he says. "There's always going to be bad days but hopefully you're not going to have a cynical person that only remembers the bad. And you need bad days to realize what's good in life. I try to put that in lyrics."

Incidentally, you can preview a number of the newer songs at the band's MySpace page....

Track Listing:

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

[Photo Credit: Kevin Knight]