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Joe Symes and the Loving Kind have released their new video for the song titled ‘A Place To Call Our Own’. Animated by Jonathan Dolan, we get a perfectly matched blend of originality and stylized branding with this video. Creating a snarky visualizer for an already catchy song, ‘A Place To Call Our Own’ becomes a heartwarming catch of a hook-laden track that encapsulates the viewer and gives them something to carry with them for the rest of the day.

It took me a while to write about my decent observation/reaction about this new EP but I will soldier on. I am talking about the A Place to Call Our Own by Liverpool’s Joe Symes and the Loving Kind. So the music was just sitting there waiting for its time to be heard. And the surprise was all worth it. Remember, I wrote something about them a few years ago. I was struck by their sense of melody, harmony and that unique vibe that they can call their own. Is the title a nod to their native place? Perhaps it is. Or maybe it is up to the listeners to create their own story based on the imagery of each song.

The subjects deal about everyday life, relationships, nostalgia, and how life moves on in the midst of chaos and resolution. I notice a hint of Teenage Fan Club and Travis there but perhaps this is normal ion a band that is known to record memorable melodic songs. Their musical career spans a few years and they have grown better with each release. Even Joe’s singing has attained that depth of expression which is sweet, ironic and also sad at times. But if there is one word that defines this release it’s FUN. Yes! With somewhere around half an hour, you have songs that make you get off your feet, smile and supercharge your day. The energy and optimism is all over the second track Follow You. I love how the drums roll with such insistent glee.

Other songs are worth your ears if you are a big fan of Oasis, The Beatles and even The Smiths. There is that spoonful of Johnny Marr in It’s All Make Believe. There is no dull moment in A place To Call Our Own. When you find yourself struggling on a bad day, I suggest you pop this up and see how the mood changes. Music is there to uplift us when we are down. This is something that Joey Symes and the Loving Kind always deliver!

Joe Symes & The Loving Kind

A Place To Call Our Own

Truly Independent Records

CD | DL available now here

Three piece rock band from Liverpool, Joe Symes & The Loving Kind are making waves on the scene at the moment with their own brand of Scouseadelia. This new EP shows that they mean the business after their second album Phase II got the attention of the likes of Alan McGee, Janice Long and a certain Noel Gallagher. Wayne AF Carey lets guest writer Karl Hildebrandt take over to explain…

“Ladies and gentlefolk, I’d like to introduce you to Joe Symes And The Loving Kind. I received the advance copy of this a bit back. It’s been on repeat. Literally on repeat. Something inherently Scouse about the four tracks on this EP. Yet, global. Global in the sense that you can hear the melody from a mile off and the band are tight as cramp. Like a fresh pair of socks or that feeling you get when you turn your pillow over in the middle of the night; a gorgeous lilting cacophony of straight forward balls out Scouseadelica. All four tracks scream with melody and that nagging feeling you are familiar with it; from somewhere. Somewhere that draws you in to the tune. And it does.

I’ve known of the band for a few years and always enjoyed their stuff. Yet this EP lifts them up to another level. Title track screams it’s influences in a whisper. Follow You does what it
says on the tin. All Make Believe has that feeling you’ve heard it before; yet fresher than a Covid positive test without the symptoms and closing track Say You’re Gonna Be Mine just stamps Liverpool all over itself. Music, to me, is all about those little tickles of influence.
Those shadowy corners that create melody that are in corners of your brain and manifest themselves when they all fall in to place as a song. This EP highlights a band on a trajectory of grooves and words that we all know and adore, yet they are daisy fresh and I for one am looking forward to what ever else they are currently creating. Find out more about the band here and buy the EP. Catch them whilst you can. Proper. x

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Foreword by Wayne Carey, Reviews Editor for Louder Than War. His author profile is here

Wayne Carey

I’m a music nut from North Manchester residing in Northwich. If it’s good I’m on it. Most genres covered but mainly alternative post punk indie with a love for all things psych. A big supporter of the grass roots scene and tiny venues.

Joe Symes and the Loving Kind have released their new album titled ‘A Place To Call Our Own’. Joe and the boys have always been consummate songwriters to my ears but, with this latest and all too long awaited outing, we get more of an experienced and weathered band. What I mean by this is that the songs are almost ahead of the crowd, in a good way. We get that signature songwriting and construction, but with more experience, reflection, and just plain more of everything. Is this what happens when a monster of a band takes too long of a break? Guess we’ll have to find out next time. Cool thing is, there will be a next time.

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Joe Symes and the Loving Kind are a three-piece rock band based in Liverpool, UK.

The band has not long finished a two-and-a-half-year tour, playing major venues across the UK and parts of Europe, supporting major acts such as The Christians, Dodgy, XTC, Republica, Bloc Party, Starsailor, and Steve Cradock (Ocean Colour Scene/Paul Weller), as well as headlining Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds After-show Party on the main stage of the Liverpool 02 Academy 1 twice; all in promotion of their critically acclaimed second album Phase II: an album that has gained airplay on radio stations all over the UK – primarily being a six week feature on BBC Introducing – and the rest of the world, as well as reviews, magazine interviews, and endorsements by celebrities from the world of show business such as Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice, Batman, Jackie Brown), Robin Weigert (Deadwood, Sons of Anarchy), Michael Shiflett (Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, Evan Almighty), Matthew Modine (Birdy, Full Metal Jacket, Pacific Heights), Andy Moore (Emmerdale), and John McArdle (Brookside, Emmerdale, And the Beat Goes On), to name a few.

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https://joesymesandthelovingkind.co.uk
https://twitter.com/JoeSymesandTLK
https://www.facebook.com/joesymesandthelovingkindUK
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCza-xfDuCsWphAK782F4AiQ
https://www.instagram.com/joesymesandthelovingkind
https://www.reverbnation.com/1joesymes
https://soundcloud.com/joesymesandthelovingkind