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What draws one into music? Most would probably attest to it being the vocals: claiming there to be nothing better than a voice Maybe others would say musicianship.. how effectively someone has technical control over their instrument. Recently, I decided to pick up guitar and was going along fine teaching myself on my own.. but thought it would be best to have a bit of a nudge in the correct direction with lessons. Tried it for about three weeks and couldn't follow through with it. My teacher who gave me the lessons would probably answer the posed question with, "the solos draw people in" and while he could be correct on popular opinion, it didn't sit well with me. There's much more to music than just that, and My Bloody Valentine's
Loveless exemplifies it gorgeously, yet somehow doesn't really possess the strengths any one of the three answers look for. To most, it's likely be turned off after half the album's length, deemed as just noise - and it can be at first. But if there's one thing that rewards the most in music it's persistence in it's audience. And
Loveless' spoils to those with the trait is similar to Nicolas Cage's in the final scenes of National Treasure.
Personally,
Loveless is the closest my musical journey has ever ventured to the sense of love itself. To many, that may sound far fetched or a bit cliche - but the evidence is definitely here.. it's just concealed under all the distortion, drum loops, synths and tremolo. The androgynous vocals are what truly make this album though, creating a very free, positive and ventilated atmosphere. Strangely, this album breathes even when bogged down with the great amount of ideas being played out. On paper, things like this would normally kill an album, but here the formula is balanced just right and the result shines beautifully creating it's very own stamp in the sound of music. Songs are so sexually charged yet somehow hold this innocent charm with such a great sense of assurance and bliss. Very warm and buzzed, like the feeling of getting under your favorite blanket on the coldest days of winter while laying next to a heater, or telling your first crush (who you've been best friends with for the longest time) how you truly feel about them.
Loveless cloaks a quality of music that can't be found in your normal album and by doing so, let's their audience discover it for themselves.
All of this has probably led you on to the looming question of: what's with the title? The album's name has been a mystery to myself and others for quite some time due to the fact that when thinking on how to describe the album's feeling it pretty much tacks on something that trails in the opposite direction. At first glance one may even deem it as lazy or unjustified, especially considering how sincere the sounds here produced are. However, a hunch tells me this album was designed for those who may never found love yet or are out of it - the true loveless. Whether it be the absence of a relationship with the same or opposite sex, not yet discovering an aspiration in something they truly want to succeed in, or a having no strong forms of trust between any other individual. Although true love may or not be as strong as the feelings evoked within this album, it at least hints at the concept and notion of it and gives those listeners hope to one day stray off in those passionate and thrilling emotions. And for those who are already familiar with love, it reminds us of how to appreciate and not disregard the things in life that strike us with such deep and intense affection.
