ABOUT

++++Since forming in 2005, NORMAL LOVE has stood firmly in the zone between feral intensity and strategic rigor; bypassing existing standards and inhabiting a strobing black-lit world where apocalyptic decadence meets the iron fist of Draconian law. Members are currently based in Brooklyn and Philadelphia.

Taking cues from a number of influences, NL drew from the vast well of pioneering artists transcending the confines of no wave, industrial, contemporary composition, extreme metal, noise, outsider pop, oddball punk, musique concrète, and free improvisation. At times, Normal Love has even invoked the creative talents of a select few of their unsung contemporaries, challenging them to write compositions of immense depth and complexity for the band.

After a brief hiatus, as well as several alterations in personnel and instrumentation, the group’s heightened internal focus has both sharpened and unified their approach– distilling their efforts into a potently severe and aesthetically viscous gestalt (in regard to both sound as well as presentation). Their upcoming LP, Survival Tricks, is planned for release this Spring (on Public Eyesore/UgEXPLODE). Subsequent US and European tours will follow.++++

NORMAL LOVE is:

Rachel Bell – voice/sampler
Jessica Pavone – amplified violin
Amnon Freidlin – guitar/electronics
Evan Lipson – bass
Eli Litwin – drums

Discography (see releases page):

-s/t LP (High Two Recordings), November, 2007.
-Peel 7” (High Two Recordings), August, 2009.
-Whore Paint/Normal Love split tour cassette (Linear B Tapes), September, 2010.
-Survival Tricks (Public Eyesore/ugEXPLODE), May, 2012.

Related projects:

Satanized, The Anthony Braxton Sextet and Twelvetet, Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone, Weasel Walter Trio, Intensus, Dynamite Club, and Personal Heat.

Members have also worked with:

Glenna Branca, Dirty Projectors, Ruins, Pauline Oliveros, Col. Bruce Hampton, Zs, Dr. Dog, Elliott Sharp, William Parker, David Grubbs, Nate Wooley, Peter Evans, Mike Pride, Weasel Walter, and more.

NORMAL LOVE has performed alongside:

The Sun Ra Arkestra, Matmos, Daughters, Behold… The Arctopus, Mick Barr, Ruins, Maps & Atlases, Sightings, Tim Berne, Nautical Almanac, Zs, Genghis Tron, Chinese Stars, Fat Worm of Error, People, Aa (BIG A little a), Dysrhythmia, James Plotkin, Psyopus, and countless others.

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Selected Press:

“…this Philadelphia band is the future of music. Buckle up and get ready.”
-Music Meridian

“Normal Love don’t simply fuse noise, skronk, live electronics, fire-breathing and new music for the sake of genre-killing or academic posturing, but aim to build majestic, well fortified sound-castles for the post-nihilist movement of emerging experimentalists to dwell.” -Philadelphia Weekly

“Segments of acidic beauty and transcendent force… As their recently released self-titled [debut] CD on Philly’s High Two shows, Normal Love makes brutally intricate music, aggressive and perfectionist. If the Warriors had scratched past the Orphans and the Baseball Furies only to chance upon a shiv-wielding chamber ensemble, Normal Love would be perfectly cast.”
-Signal To Noise

“Your future favorite bands will almost certainly be influenced by the almost endless aspects of Normal Love’s debut album never heard or attempted before. For fans of the ultra-experimental, one cannot ask for much more than Normal Love gives on just their debut album.”
-decoymusic.com

To purchase recordings, please visit:

www.publiceyesore.com
www.ugexplode.com
www.hightwo.com

http://linearbtapes.bigcartel.com/

Past members:
Merissa Martignoni – vocals/sampler
Alex Nagle – guitar
Carlos Santiago – violin

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