Fawns of Love
FAWNS OF LOVE | PERMANENT | TEST PATTERN RECORDS | JAN. 18TH, 2019
Bio:
“For the past year, my life has been in a complete flux,” says Jenny Andreotti, one half of the Bakersfield, California-based dreampop duo Fawns of Love. “People have moved away, relationships have changed, and this has challenged my belief that people’s love for you is permanent.”
Along with Joseph Andreotti, Jenny has made her realization a theme of Permanent, the second Fawns of Love full-length, and first since signing to Test Pattern Records. Permanent is scheduled for release on Jan. 18th, 2019.
Permanent follow-up the band’s recently issued EP documenting its session for L.A.-based radio show Part Time Punks. The EP also includes a cover of “Rocket Science” by one of Fawns of Love’s biggest influences, The Chills.
“Being such a huge fan of The Chills comes from this belief that they have one of the most eclectic and exciting back catalogs, and are also making contemporary music that is not only amazing but socially and politically significant as well,” Jenny says.
Both full-time educators – Joseph teaches middle school, Jenny is a full-time instructor at CSU-Bakersfield – the Andreottis have been performing together for 16 years, and recording, touring and releasing music throughout that time under various names and labels. In 2013, they began a break when Jenny enrolled in a history graduate program, but by 2017, it was time to begin being a band again, including choosing a new name.
Songs that inspired Permanent by Fawns of Love
“One of our favorite records is Hounds of Love by Kate Bush,” Joseph says. “We wanted a name that would pay homage to that.”
In addition to The Chills and Kate Bush, additional influences on Fawns of Love include familiar names such as Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Blur, Pulp, Slowdive, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and Sparks.
Fawns of Love takes all of these legendary sounds, which some might think of as cold or aloof, and makes them pop with overtones of The Smiths, New Order, and the warmth that comes from the Andreotti’s many years of making music together.
In the short time that Fawns of Love have been releasing music, a steady stream of praise has met the heartfelt work which Jenny and Joseph record at home using vintage equipment.
Paste proclaimed the band “a dreampop gem,” FLOOD called the debut album Who Cares About Tomorrow “perfectly woozy,” evoking “the soft gauze of Cocteau Twins and Slowdive,” MAGNET said it “drifts along dreamily,” and The Big Takeover noted the “obsessive joy in Fawns of Love’s take on shoegaze.”
Permanent, the second full-length by Fawns of Love, is scheduled for release on Jan. 18th, 2019 by Test Pattern Records, preceded by the single “Someday,” scheduled for release on Oct. 5th, 2018.
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Press Quotes:
“A dreampop gem.”
“A kind of sentimental coldness... Fawns Of Love would fit right in at David Lynch’s Roadhouse”
“The soft gauze of Cocteau Twins and Slowdive. Perfectly woozy.”
“Built upon the shoulders of the Cure and Slowdive with its swimming guitar lines and washes of hazy, bright synths. Fawns of Love have perhaps unlocked the best supergroup combination with their own return.”
“Joseph creates gorgeous swathes of moody, melancholic music — one layer on another, all designed to swim through the consciousness while also framing the beautifully understated vocals of Jenny.”
“Bathed in all manner of sublime synth and guitar-murmuring dreaminess.”
“Chiming Cure-ish guitars, echoing drums, and singer Jenny Andreotti’s haunting and ghost-like vocals. This is not quite dreampop, rather hauntpop.”
“A great New Order groove combined with dreamy synths and those staccato guitars that remind me of something off of ‘Bloodletting’ by Concrete Blonde.”
“Delightfully ethereal in the spirit of the golden era of dream pop.”
“Captures turmoil through impenetrable sonic textures and emotionally thick lyrics.”
“There is obsessive joy in the Fawns of Love’s take on shoegaze.”
“Gorgeously layered tracks full of weightless guitar effects and blissful melodies.”
“Psychedelic dream pop.”
“Chill airiness.”
“Dream pop perfection. ”
“A crisp and clear dreamy vision.”
“A celestial siren-like rock show.”
“Takes you right back to the shoegaze classics of past decades.”
“Pairing Jenny’s floating vocals with nostalgic instrumentals is a recipe for success.”
“Could become your favorite band.”
“A blissful thrill ride through layers of dreamy, lo-fi, shoegaze laden dream-pop.”
TOUR DATES:
01/16/2020: Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon (w/ Cold Showers, Fearing)
PRESS RELEASES:
01/18/2019: “Perfectly woozy” (FLOOD) “dreampop gem” (PASTE) duo Fawns of Love drops sophomore album “Permanent” today.
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Fawns of Love (L-R): Joseph Andreotti, Jenny Andreotti. Photo credit: Jenny Andreotti. Click for hi-res.
Fawns of Love (L-R): Joseph Andreotti, Jenny Andreotti. Photo credit: Jenny Andreotti. Click for hi-res.
Fawns of Love (L-R): Joseph Andreotti, Jenny Andreotti. Photo credit: Jenny Andreotti. Click for hi-res.
Permanent cover art. Click for hi-res.
"Someday" single cover art. Click for hi-res.