Cue the pyrotechnics. From their website, it says: “The three first encountered in 2002 after Berk’s near-fatal van explosion while on tour with an earlier incarnation of the band.” How cool is that? It’s like an origin story for a super hero trio. And within the feminist community maybe Lovers is just that. They write songs that let you cry your heart out or might just inspire you to dance through it or drunk dial your girlfriend. Carolyn Berk, singer, and the mainstay in the band, since its inception, writes most of their material. This current version of the Lovers has seen its way to making two records. Their newest release on Badman records, “A Friend In The World,” is a seasoned second for the trio. Emily Kingan and Kerby Ferris make up the rest of the band. Berk and Ferris met in San Paulo, and it would seem may have been influenced by Argentine Wave, since their music can have a palpable pulsing trance quality to it. Berk calls Portland home, but made Somerville her home once, so come out and support the peeps from the hood. Whether you call it “heartfelt bedroom-pop” as Pitchfork has called it, or “queer synth-rock” as The New Gay has called it, the music is a well produced, professional and worth a listen.

Catch them on tour this fall supporting their new release “A Friend In The World.”

http://www.loversarelovers.com/store/music/a-friend-in-the-world/

Sat Oct 5, 2013
Seaside OR @ EDEN PNW
Fri Oct 18, 2013
Pittsburgh, PA @ BrilloBox (Operation Sappho)
Sat Oct 19, 2013
Buffalo, NY @ Ambush! (Duke’s Bohemian Groove Bar)
Sun Oct 20, 2013
Providence, RI @ Machine with Magnets
Mon Oct 21, 2013
Boston @ the Middle East
Tue Oct 22, 2013
Burlington VT @ Nectars
Wed Oct 23, 2013
Philadelphia PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
Thu Oct 24, 2013
Richmond, VA @ The Camel
Fri Oct 25, 2013
Durham NC @ Pinhook
Sat Oct 26, 2013
Baltimore, MD @ Club K
Sun Oct 27, 2013
Brooklyn NY @ Glasslands
Thu Oct 31, 2013
Berlin Germany @ Südblock [www.suedblock.org]
Fri Nov 1, 2013
Copenhagen DK @ TBA
Sat Nov 2, 2013
Stockholm Sweden @ we need help!
Sun Nov 3, 2013
Oslo Norway @ Café Mir [www.lufthavna.no/cafe-mir]
Mon Nov 4, 2013
Göteborg Sweden @ TBA
Tue Nov 5, 2013
Malmö – SE @ STPLN [http://stpln.se/]
Thu Nov 7, 2013
Hamburg Germany @ Centro Sociale [http://www.centrosociale.de]
Fri Nov 8, 2013
Bremen, German @ Die Friese [http://diefriese.de/]
Sat Nov 9, 2013
Amsterdam, Netherlands @ OCCII [www.theopenseries.wordpress.com]
Sun Nov 10, 2013
Brussels, Belgium @ TBA
Tue Nov 12, 2013Who: LOVERS
Cologne -DE @ AZ [http://az-koeln.org/]
Wed Nov 13, 2013
Stuttgart – DE @ Contain’t e.V.
Thu Nov 14, 2013
Paris FR @ TBA
Fri Nov 15, 2013
Paris France @ TBA
Sat Nov 16, 2013
Nantes, France @ Queerdrome [www.queerodrome.com/]
Sun Nov 17, 2013
Toulouse France @ TBA
Mon Nov 18, 2013
San Sebastian Spain @ TBA
Tue Nov 19, 2013
Bilbao Spain @ TBA
Wed Nov 20, 2013
Madrid Spain @ TBA
Thu Nov 21, 2013
Barcelona Spain @ TBA
Sat Nov 23, 2013
Grenoble, France @ TBA
Sun Nov 24, 2013
Bern Switzerland @ Flurstrasse 14a [Sonntags Brunch mit LOVERS]
Mon Nov 25, 2013
Zurich Switzerland @ Autonomer Beautysalon [http://autonomerbeautysalon.wordpress.com/]
Tue Nov 26, 2013
Innsbruck, Austria @ Café DeCentral
Wed Nov 27, 2013
Graz – A @ Postgarage
Thu Nov 28, 2013
Munich, Germany @ Kafé Kult [http://www.kafekult.de]
Fri Nov 29, 2013
Leipzig Germany @ Connewitz
Sat Nov 30, 2013
Berlin, German @ ://about blank
Wed Dec 11, 2013
San Francisco @ Bottom of the Hill
Thu Dec 12, 2013
Los Angeles @ TBA
Fri Dec 13, 2013
Long Beach, CA @ Que Sera
Sat Dec 14, 2013
Superior, AZ @ Magma
Sun Dec 15, 2013
Tucson @ Solar Culture
Mon Dec 16, 2013
Las Vegas @ Artifice (http://artificebar.com + https://www.facebook.com/ArtificeBar).
Tue Dec 17, 2013
San Diego @ Tin Can
Wed Dec 18, 2013
Los Angeles @ The Smell
Thu Dec 19, 2013
Oakland @ TBA
Fri Dec 20, 2013
Sacramento @ Bows & Arrows