- Lovers Electric
Infobox musical artist
Name = Lovers Electric
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Origin =Adelaide ,Australia
Genre = Electronic, Pop
Years_active = 2005 – present
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URL = [http://www.loverselectric.com/ Official Website]
[http://www.myspace.com/loverselectric/ Official MySpace]
Current_members = David Turley
Eden BoucherLovers Electric is an electro pop band from
Adelaide , Australia. Band members David Turley and Eden Boucher founded the group whilst in London in 2006.On December 4, 2006, they recorded the "Bedroom recordings" in their mobile home studio, flitting between London & the North of England. Drummer
Fuzz Townshend collaborated with them on the record. MTV used a number of their songs, including "Closer" in the hit TV series The Hills. [ cite video | year=2007 | url=http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1553557 | title="The Hills: Full Episode (Ep. 8)" | medium=Television series | location=Los Angeles, US | publisher=MTV]At the beginning of 2007, they toured in the United States, playing residencies in New York, Los Angeles and Nashville. A writer reviewing a live show of theirs in Nashville said, "Lovers Electric deliver 80s influenced alternative dance pop." [cite web |url=http://www.listennashville.com/february62007.html |title=February 6th, 2007 @ The Basement—LOVERS ELECTRIC |accessdate=2007-03-11 |work=listen!nashville.com ]
After touring the United States, they toured Europe from May-July 2007 as support for re-formed 80s band
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) playing to sold-out venues and developing "Synth Fever", widely accepted as a serious issue in electro pop circles.Within a week of this tour finishing they began recording in Sheffield UK with producer
Eliot Kennedy and finished their shiny new debut album "Whatever you want".In March 2008 Lovers Electric signed with Sony BMG Australia, and released their debut album on the 23rd of August. Basing themselves in Sydney, they toured in and around Australia.
Lovers Electric performed for free at the
Apple Store Sydney on the 13 of September 2008.The band is supporting Colbie Caillat on her Australian tour in September 2008, along side Kate Miller-Heidki.
The
internet radio stationKGRL featured the band as their “ [http://www.kgrl.fm/fpa/loverselectric.php Flower-Powered Artist] ” for April 2007. [ [http://www.kgrl.fm/fpa/loverselectric.php "Flower-Powered Artist - April 2007] ". "KGRL ". April 2007. Retrieved1 April 2007 .] The feature includes an [http://www.kgrl.fm/fpa/loverselectricinterview.php exclusive interview,] [http://www.kgrl.fm/fpa/loverselectric.php#lecd CD Review,] and an [http://www.kgrl.fm/fpa/loverselectric.php#videos on-demand video stream of their acoustic set] in [http://www.airconditionedbar.com Air Conditioned Lounge - Venice] last February 2007.External links
* [http://www.loverselectric.com/ Official Lovers Electric site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/loverselectric/ Lovers Electric Myspace]
* [http://www.loverselectricforum.com/ Lovers Electric Message Board]
* [http://www.kgrl.fm/fpa/loverselectric.php Lovers Electric's Flower-powered Artist page @ KGRL.fm]References
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