Rough Trade
The debut 5 track CD E.P. from Love Ends Disaster! has the same listening sensation we got when we heard the first Bloc Party 7". It's 5 sharp 3 minute bursts of post punk that recall the jangling guitars of the Postcard-era / The Wedding Present, the vocals of Pete Murphy from bauhaus, the melodies of the Psychedelic Furs and in track 5 they have the new 'Killing an Arab' for this generation. Within the year this band will be massive. We've not been wrong before.


Drowned in Sound
Ladies and gentlemen let me give you the first GREAT single of 2005....

Twelve months is a short time in the history of a rock'n'roll group. This time last year Loughborough quintet Love Ends Disaster! were playing the sort of venues that would be ranked as being a step down from toilet status while the words 'tenacious', 'rabid' and 'potential' were being thrown about with scarce abandon.

Since that time they've hooked up with one-time Bloc Party producer Warren Bassett and the results are astounding. Live favourites 'TV' and 'Sendai' haven't just moved on from thier scratchy, Talking Heads chaffed beginnings, they've been smeared in Andy Gill's sweat and polished off with the thumbprints of 'Ladytron' - era Eno that proves boys in 2005 aren't just satisfied with plugging in and thrashing away, they actually want to dance as well, and even make you dance with them.

'Warning: Robots' has an eerie fairground slant reminiscent of Clinic while 'Ginko Disco' shows LED at thier most discordant, combining stringent riff chopping with the sweetest of 'ooh ooh' coos that'll make Jake Shears' hair curl.

In fact, every song on the E.P. could quite easily stand up as a single in its own right, and since Oasis' halcyon days of the mid-90s not many artists can claim to have matched quantity with quality. 4.5/5
DOM GORLAY

Sounds XP
Working with Warren Bassett, who has previously worked with The Fall and Bloc Party, Love Ends Disaster have created a piece of work which will surely not be rivalled this year. Surely the band's two previous demos could not have been this good?

"TV" takes up where British Sea Power left off on their last album; Epic guitars and pulsating rythms leaving no stone unturned in their path. "Ginko Disco" is the track pulling in the plaudits if other reviews are anything to go by. However it's not even in "Sendai"'s class which is Interpol on acid and sears it's way past anything the NYC band have produced. The band tone it down for the Radiohead inspired "Little Lost Cause" and finish with the Gang Of Four/Postcard style "Warning: Robots".

To be honest any of these tracks could have been a lead single. It therefore makes me shudder to wonder what the band could bring out next. Move over Franz Ferdinand. Your boat has come in.
TOM B

The Stereo Effect
The excellently named Love Ends Disaster! give us their excellent debut EP "Stories for the Dislocated" EP (Denial Records), their sound seems to be all over the place through the five tracks here but what stands out the most is “TV” which starts as an urgent and shaking take on Interpol before dissolving into a squall of post-punk guitar mayhem. They also get our vote for best new band name of the year so far. Pure quality we say.
WILL DAVIDSON

Music-Dash
“TV” and “Ginko Disco” provide two cutting, guitar sliced bites of modern, spikey alt.rock. In the same way that bands like Editors take retro spiked indie and darken it with deep vocals and spiked riffs, Love Ends Disaster make it ever so more exciting. When you get to “Sendai”, you’re hooked, swimming in the brilliant jangles and odd feedback squeals .”Warning : Robots” is a concise dose of rock and roll that slams in twangy values with an oddly epic series of middle eights. Love Ends .. are a complelling act and it’s odd (but not surprising) that far less capable bands are being put in front of our faces. LED seem to refuse to wear suits or dress like Steptoe & Son (cue the Kaisers) or shop at Top Man - and it’s this lack of conformism that maybe seems to frustrate blinkered A&R men. Fact is, this is some of the best contemporary indie music out there.

Distort Records
I'm struggling for words today, and even Love Ends Disaster! with their inspired peaks of choppy brilliance can't untwist my tongue. Hints of an elderly Larry The Lamb are never far away on the vocal side, but the slanted, often brooding backing pulls them back in the right direction, with Interpol being their most obvious suitors. A debut of undoubted quality.
IAN

Shadowplay
Love Ends Disaster! are straight out of my home town of Nottingham and what a pleasure it is to welcome them from my district into my home. Taking the Interpol route town the current angular post-punk chique this, unlike so many (including Bloc Party) they manage to carry this off with an air of originality and passion of their own music. Most notable is the fantastic 'Sendai' which blends warped and disturbed vocals (*I thought I'd killed you in my sleep*) with an more weird and more disturbed breakdown which I hope to experience live soon. Good to see a talented band coming out of the Nottingham scene which is more accustomed to hosting other people's talented the harbouring burgeoning wonders of their own.
ALEX LAWSON

Losing Today
As if that list of must have records isn't bulging enough here's another colossal debut with which to terrify the bejeezus out of your hi-fi with. 'Stories for the Dislocated' is the five-track debut from Nottingham based Love Ends Disaster and when we say that this mother is the best thing we've heard of this ilk since The Playwrights then you know it's the business.

Squalling spidery leads and hooks brazenly lifted from the hallowed resources of Andy Gill, Love Ends Disaster play a frenetic fusion of ausere angular art pop vs. post punk/new wavethat house subtle traces of math rock. From the quick tempo rifle like staccato guitar treatments that herald the arrival of the opening 'TV' your submerged immediately in an impenetrable wall of scathing riffs, thunderous bass lines and unflinching regimental drumming that rather than sounding like Gang of Four comes accross like a seriously pissed off Dinosaur JNR being fucked over by an early incarnation of Moose wanting to be Sonic Youth but instead not quite getting it finely tuned and instead appearing likea tamed but groovy Fugazi.

Pick of the bunch the eye watering bludgeon core 'Ginko Disco' is a caustic Saturday night floor filler with serios death disco undertones replete with an end of evening fist fight between Fire Engines and Josef K and deserves to be heard if only for its unadulterated and shameless Scars like searing hot to touch run out, killer stuff.

'Sendai' in any well ordered society is the sound of 2005, spiked and Spartan, up and at you wrestling menacingly with pnematic riffs that don't so much get under your skin but rather more peel it away under their searing target sights - think demonic Chameleons.

'Little Lost Causes' gives brief pause to draw breath for a spot of darkening Radiohead like intimacy while the rumble-tastic 'Warning: Robots' is a spine tingling all you need to know about Dale/Astro Man and Link Wray replete with a spanking spacey groove that at times veers towards the Jam's 'Strange Town'.

Preciously punishing stuff and a must for any record collection considering itself cool. Deputy single of the missive.

Unpeeled
Love Ends Disaster! “Stories For The Dislocated” (Denial Records) There are both curly hair and a Gibson SG involved, but apart from that this is one that goes off rather nicely. From the smartly moddish double back beat of “T.V” to the kind of Shadows go to Funky Town via The Clash ‘s own Westway. Between these stylish, if noisy bookends you get three other bits of sonic spiffery, “Ginko Disco” being one of them with it’s odd and watery computer vox n drums being attacked by a shoe-cleaning machine un the run from a nicely argumentative guitar and a bass line written with stalking in mind, it all ends up in a bit of frenzied fun and why not. They live, quietly and at peace in cyberspace at this address www.loveendsdisaster.co.uk visit as soon as you get a minute.

Tasty Fanzine
You just can't stop the rock. A car crash, a rather unfortunate incident with a mailing list which seemed to upset most of the music press and even our own postal service could not stop this gem eventually reaching tasty towers. Weirdo disembodied vocals and a sound like British Sea Power gone through a liquidiser. Then, at a moments notice, the tender change of pace that is 'Little Lost Causes'. Hold on - then there is the rockabilly synth madness of 'Warning: Robots' which definitely doffs a cap to Nottingham's Hellset Orchestra. There must be something in the water in the East Midlands at the moment but it sure is making things sound good.
SHANE BLANCHARD

Left Lion
Continuing the great tradition of intriguing punctuation in pop (c.f. Therapy?, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Hear’Say) are Nottingham’s very own Love Ends Disaster! They claim in their press release to have “possibly the most varied range of influences known to man”, and whilst that’s a laudable aim, this debut EP suffers at times from trying to show them all at once. That’s not to say it’s bad though – in fact, someone should start a Campaign For Real Indie so we get more of this sort of thing and less dour rubbish from the likes of Doves and Coldplay. Love Ends Disaster! also win the prize for best track name with ‘Warning: Robots’, although the best song here is probably ‘Sendai’, a lovely little piece of squally New Wave exuberance about killing someone in your sleep.
NATHAN MILLER

Indieville
Whoa. Love Ends Disaster! have recently been racking up good press by the boatload, drawing comparisons to The Fall and scenemates Bloc Party. While Stores for the Dislocated only offers a five song glimpse of the band, everything certainly seems to be in working order. This is exciting, angular, absolutely intense indie rock/post-punk stuff, taking major cues from Gang of Four. The songs are complex but incredibly melodic, making for a hip, cutting-edge sound. "Warning: Robots" introduces a certain epic feel that really works well for the band - I notice some Interpol in the vocals, as well. The tense energy of "TV" is a perfect example of what Love Ends Disaster! is about, though I prefer the spasmodic tunefulness of "Ginko Disco," which reminds me subtly of the French Kicks. Overall, I've found Stories for the Dislocated to be an extremely impressive EP from a bunch of guys I had never heard of before. If Love Ends Disaster! have the chops to create something like this, I can't imagine how incredible their debut album will be. 87%
MATT SHIMMER

Organ Art
SINGLE OF THE WEEK - In this week of secret Gang Of Four pub gigs here comes some more angular abrasive gang-ness – jaggedly pushing out of Nottingham and sounding like a not quite so hard boiled version of the mighty Schultz/Eriksson at times (how ahead of their time were they?). Five delightfully bendy spiky Fall/Gang of Four flavoured things that let you think you have them worked out nicely before they hit you with an obtusely melodic Bobby Conn moment or two – a spiky spunky awkward set of delights

Raw Nerve Promotions
Love Ends Disaster! return with a new EP that opens with the jangling 'TV' which is a cross between At The Drive In, Mercury Rev (of their older more noisy era), early Muse and the poppy side of Radiohead.

'Ginko Disco' bares a lot of similarities to Talking Heads with the addition of Sonic Youth in the feedback and discord, before 'Sendai' takes us on a nice psychedelic, reverb drenched Undertones meets Bauhaus journey.

More of the Radiohead style quiet atmospheres feature in the beautiful 'Little Lost Causes' before the 70's surf rock style 'Warning: Robots' finished it off ala Squeeze meeting Man....or Astro Man? I's a shame the production isn't consistent throughout through as this is a pretty varied and decent EP.

Comfort Comes
The E.P was produced by Warren Bassett of Bloc Party and Fall fame. Here we have 5 tracks, each one is unique and quite impressive. "TV" starts off with some epic guitar riffs that remind us of British Sea Powers more rockier moments. "Ginko Disco" one of the highlights here, this track really gets me excited. It's got a bit of a groove to it and the vocals are very dark but not to over the top. It's very catchy and its got a great epic feel. This song should, and will be huge. "Little Lost Causes" shows a different side to the band. It's a much slower and more atmospheric affair. "Warning Robots" (any song called that I already like!), it's shows a bit of their more experimental side. There are not many times when you can find this much quality on one EP. 8/10

High Voltage
Nottingham based indie rockers Love Ends Disaster! have an amazing sound which is catchy and uplifting, and wholly original. Recording with Warren Bassett (The Fall, Bloc Party) seems to have helped bring out the bands more tense and abrasive moments, though one suspects that Love Ends Disaster! are soley responsible for thier intoxicating sound.

Opening track 'TV' is raw and passionate, full of attitude, charisma and monstrous guitar parts. 'Ginko Disco' brings out the bands Interpol influences, largely through the deep cutting bass lines and the brooding vocal delivery, though, with more huge guitar parts the band display enough of thier own ideas to make this an incredible track. If this was a live show Love Ends Disaster! would've completely won us over by now. Though this would discount the jangly indie-pop of amazingness 'Sendai' and the riff-tastic 'Warning: Robots'.

2005 looks set to be a fantastic year for Love Ends Disaster! Not only do they have a killer bunch of influences but they implant thier own ideas and make themselves sound truley fantastic. 4/5
RICH

Artrocker
In the wake of angulist art-pop like Interpol and, reaching further into the 80's, Bloc Party and recent sonic soundsters Longcut, Love Ends Disaster have obviously heard Psychedelic Furs, Bauhaus and even a Morrissey record or two in their time and it shows vocally. The twin guitars on their debut EP "Stories for the Dislocated" (on Denial Records) however are spectacular in their dissonant no-wave attack that at times would veer on the art-prog of Mars Volta were it not for the punkiness of their attack. Already causing a stir amongst interested labels and picking up a fan with Xfm's John Kennedy they form, along with Kalev, a new kind of sonic artrock.

Alternative Malta
Now this band has something great about them! Nottingham’s Love Ends Disaster! are fresh on the scene (well since 2004) and this is their debut release, and trust me it shows that this is a band of many capabilities. Grooving basslines, angular guitars, bursts of noise, electronic blips and bloops, a melodica solo and fine melodies. Lyrically they do come up with some good quotes (I thought I killed you in my sleep 'Sendai'). The EP is produced by Warren Bassett (The Fall, Bloc Party) who undoubtedly brought the best out of them. The great thing is that the band is capable of slow songs too, 'Little Lost Causes' being the best example.
With this first EP LED! have shown what they’re capable of. Now lets see if they can continue with this high standard.

Planet Sound (Teletext) - New Singles 28/3/05
It won't be long before L.E.D! follow gig partners New Rhodes into the charts. They fall somewhere between Interpol and The Departure. But B-Side 'Little Lost Causes' is OK Computer-era Radiohead. 4/5
JOHN EARLS

Do Something Pretty
Nottingham based Love Ends Disaster! have been recieving plenty of plaudits recently and judging by this five-track E.P. it's not hard to see why. It's difficult to pigeonhole L.E.D! as their influences are vast. On every track you kind of think you recognise a sound but then it spins off in another direction and your moment is lost - until another nugget of recognition comes along and you find yourself struggling to nail it down again. My favourite bit was on the third track Sendai, where I suddenly had a flash of "my word, those vocals sound like the Psychedelic Furs!" before it suddenly all went Interpol on me. Neither of these was a bad thing by the way.

The first three tracks are all excellent post-punk guitar tracks with swirling guitars and a nice heavy bass, that will have you tapping your feet happily and making comparisons with Bloc Party et al. Track four was the obligatory slow track, which is by no means poor but seemed to dampen the mood a little. Track 5, however, opened with a raucous introduction that reminded me of The Yeah Yeah Yeah's and finished the E.P. on a high note. Recorded with Warren Bassett who has worked with The Fall and Bloc Party, Love Ends Disaster! are definitely a band to watch out for.
JANE WRIGHT

Glassswerk
This EP is a fascinating listen, the influences and range of music is far reaching. It contains elements that are reminiscent of Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Smiths, The Cure, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Radiohead and Muse. Perhaps the best description is that the music is an experimental/quirky/80's-ish rock.

Listening to the album I can envisage the direction the band is trying to take and at times the elements combine in such a way to make the music very exciting. At the same time I feel that they never quite reach that goal. The music often becomes lost in the excessive distortion and inharmonics. Most significantly I feel it is the production and mixing on this album, which really lets it down.
GUY SIVIOUR

Sandman
In a world dominated by the slick slush pushed by what pass for 'indie' bands these days, it's quite delightful to hear something as ragged as Love Ends Disaster. If any band can take the Nottingham scene by the scruff of the neck and drag it kicking and screaming into the 21st Centuary, then it could well be Love Ends Disaster. Stories for the Dislocated is five tracks of powerful, skewed indie rock that brings to mind Seamonsters-era Wedding Present in places and is yet oddly gothic in others. I always knew that Gedge bloke like The Rosetta Stone.

Thats not to say that Love Ends Disaster can't be big softies when they want to be. Little Lost Causes is in some ways a love song, but not in the conventional sense, I hope you understand.

But they revert to type on closer, Warning: Robots which is wiry and tense. Great on record, one is left to marvel at just how great this band are live. Marvellous.
SAM METCALF

Is This Music?
As Bloc Party and Futureheads will testify, tunes aren't the be-all and end-all. With 'attitude' and 'style', a good old racket can go a long way... thus, LED! offer jangling Wedding Present guitar with a Josef K edge and nasal mumbly vocals reminiscent of the Psychedelic Furs, all buried in a wall of noise. Hardly the future of rock, but I'd rather my 80s revival was being stage managed by these guys than by The Bravery.
BERNHARD BLESSING

BBC Collectives
rock'n'roll gems from Nottingham
When you first heard the name of the band, Love ends disaster, you can ask serious questions about how you can describe the sound of the band. The Nottingham based 5-piece gave us a refreshing EP then, Stories for the Dislocated is opening with 'tv' a track with full of Joy division-esque vocal influences and really good guitar melodies. It goes then with a kind of new wave track, with disco beats at the beginning of it called obviously...'Ginko Disco'. 'Sendai' and 'Warning Robots' are trashy, with very good garage guitars melodies. Then they have a more quiet song on it. The track is called 'Little Lost causes' and remembers the likes or early Radiohead, some old Blur in the 'This is a low' era...That's a must to your cd collection.
Indiebrit_dj 4 1/2 out of 5

Nottingham five-piece Love Ends Disaster are the latest to join the current post-punk revival, an area currently saturated with bands of varying quality. Interpol and Bloc Party already do the sound so well, so is there really room for another band of similar ilk? Well, after hearing this frankly outstanding EP, the answer is most definitely a YES.

The opening track 'TV' at first seems almost shambolic and manic, but soon settles down as the baritone vocals find their place among the morbid, angular guitars.

Ginko Disko, arguably the strongest track on the EP, is littered with sci-fi effects and Ok Computer style prog weirdness. The song gradually gathers momentum eventually finishing in loud thrashy, but entirely enjoyable mess. That being said, the drums remain tight throughout and never let any of the songs descend into something unlistenable.

Sendai, another outstanding track, finds the vocals sounding at their most 'Curtis' like. "I thought I killed you in my sleep" repeats itself like a nagging thought, a very sombre line in a generally up-beat sounding song.

'Little Lost Causes', brings the whole thing down to a halt. A very downtempo, brooding and atmospheric piece. It's all very Radiohead sounding, particularly in the vocals. Once this track ends, it leaves you expecting a somewhat weaker track to follow. Surely there must be some filler somewhere? What you actually get it, is a complete stormer of a song.

'Warning: Robots' comes crashing in with an absolute belter of an intro, and keeps the fast pace going throughout the songs entirety. Another of the 5 tracks that could easily be single material.

It's hard to think of a stronger EP that I've heard over the last few years. It's just as excellent as the first Bloc Party EP. This is an exciting band, who if can keep this kind of quality going, appear to have a promising future ahead of them.
Thom_Evans 5 out of 5

Rock Feeback
Band names including exclamation marks are always an encouraging sign. They suggest breathless, giddy excitement! Impulsive recklessness! And that sort of thing. Love Ends Disaster! don’t disappoint; a torrent of British Sea Power, Cooper Temple Clause, and early Idlewild topped off with some Ian Curtis-esque lyrical creepiness – ‘You can never go home’ proclaims ‘Ginko Disco’- and another 2005 homegrown success story in the making.
MATT TOMIAK

Penny Black Music
New Nottingham-based four piece Love Ends Disaster have delivered a strong 5 tracker with 'Stories for the Dislocated', their debut EP.

It opens with 'TV' which has tinny guitar and shambolic vocals in the style of Ian Curtis. The rhythm section is, however, very tight and together and by the end it sounds like Bloc Party.

'Ginko Disco' has dance beats and recalls Interpol, but also is reminiscent of P.I.L. As 'Like Scratches' progresses, its new wave punk chords become increasingly dramatic. 'Sendai' meanwhile is thrashy and has very direct bass lines. Its vocals sounds initially like those of Paul Banks from Interpol and then by the end like Pete Murphy from Bauhaus.

'Little Lost Causes' is much slower, and is very atmospheric. Its vocals this time recall those of Thom Yorke from Radiohead. It is direct and to the point.

'Warning:Robots' is scratchy and fast, and has a late 70's new wave feel. It starts sounding like a punkier version of Squeeze, but then goes into Kitchens of Distinction vibe.
ANTHONY STRUTT

Indie Disco
Somewhere between Interpol and Pavement lies the musical purview of Love Ends Disaster, whose new EP rocks like a distorted mother. Although Stories for the Dislocated was released as a limited edition (only 1000 copies pressed), it seems rightly destined for wider distribution. These guys are really good!

There seem to be four of them, and at least one of them plays a mean guitar. In the midst of the distortion and the wailing vocals, there are actual songs too. I especially like, well, all of them, but extra-especially ‘Ginkgo Disco,‘ which completely dissolves into noise at the end and still doesn’t lose the thread.

Love Ends Disaster is based in Loughborough, England, wherever that is, but methinks they will be known beyond its borders soon enough, if they aren’t already. For more information and downloadable mp3s (including the killer ‘Gingko Disco’ track), visit their web site

Lost Music
After reading about and enjoying the MP3's linked to on Indie MP3 - I finally managed to get my hands on the debut Love Ends Disaster EP on Denial Records. Produced by Warren Bassett who has worked with The Fall and Bloc Party. This EP is a treasure trove of sounds and ideas.

Dark, brooding and menacing. These are just three words I could use to describe Love Ends Disaster. The EP comes stuffed to the gills with 5 songs that swing between beat driven rawkus romps and fragile (kinda like Radiohead) ballads.

The band take on a wide variety of sounds and styles and for the most part, they succeed. Giving the varied feel of this EP - the overall impression is still of one band. One band that is, that has more tricks than your average new band. I can hear a little of Clinic in this EP - but unlike Clinic the band are prepared to mix and match their styles.

Highlights? TV. and Ginko Disco. and the whole of the EP really. Love Ends Disaster are not the finished article yet. This EP shows more than enough to hope they've got more of the same or better stuff to come. If you head over to their website - you can download some songs - including Ginko Disco, which features on this EP.