There's quite a buzz going on in the underground press about Lovvers, there also seems to be quite a bit of consternation going on about them in the mainstream as well. After negotiating the intentional smoke and mirrors act put forth by the PR blurb that accompanied this release, hint: its not enigmatic to state that the band are "based nowhere and residing pretty much everywhere" (They're from Nottinghamshire) and that "Lovvers is comprised of four ambitious nobodies",  it just denies people the basic facts to write a review. But with that off my chest, onto the music.  

Thankfully when it does come down to what the band can do to/for your ears, Lovvers really deliver and let their music do the talking. And don't think that just because the seven tracks here rattle past in less than thirteen minutes that they don't have much to say. Over the course of those seven tracks this band have redefined punk rock for the 21st century.  That's a bold statement to make for sure, and I'm sure there will be many of you that scoff, but no band since the Ramones has distilled rock down to raw bursts of ragged melodic energy like Lovvers. They may not have the New Yorkers melodic nous yet but they do have the same primal energy in abundance.  

The sound here is raw, painfully so at times, but even from a sterile digital format like a CD you can feel the sweat and attitude coming from these guys. A couple of the tracks suffer from the energy rush but in the likes of the mid paced, bass led "Teenage Shutdown" and the Undertones evoking "Wasted Youth" Lovvers are truly a band to watch out for as they deserve to be huge.

John Lewins