A Brief History of Love by Big Pink

A Brief History of Love, the debut from London's the Big Pink, came out on 4AD on 14 September 2009, capping a year in which the band signed to the label, collected the NME Philip Hall Radar Award for best new act and got tipped by the BBC as a likely breakout. Then a duo, they produced it themselves at Electric Lady Studios in New York, with Rich Costey mixing everything except "Velvet", which went to Alan Moulder.

This is electronic rock with its heart on its sleeve and its amps in the red: fuzzed-out walls of noise wrapped around big, aching pop tunes. The title is honest, every track some angle on love, good and bad. "Dominos", with its stomping, chant-along hook, was the first proper single and reached No. 27 in the UK, and the album also carries new versions of early singles "Too Young to Love" and "Crystal Visions". It reached No. 56 on the UK albums chart.

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