Lovedrug - Everything Starts Where It Ends

On multiple levels, the second album from Ohio quartet Lovedrug captures the sense of standing at the edge of something grand. Seamlessly moving from perceptive and penetrating rock songs (“Happy Apple Poison,” “Pushing the Shine”) to dynamic ballads with larger than life hooks (“Thieving,” the title track), the band musically expresses the substance of what it is to be young and searching. The group’s epic arrangements and creative spark also give the sense they are on the verge of greatness, evoking an experience similar to absorbing the early albums of of an important band. While Lovedrug may never achieve the level of a U2 or Radiohead, they marry Brit-rock sensibilities with the passionate drive of groups like Mae and Copeland in a way that is both pleasantly familiar and uniquely theirs. If there is any justice, this album will be enough to propel Lovedrug into the collective consciousness of the rock and roll world. [www.lovedrugmusic.com]