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The Lackloves have officially signed a contract with Rainbow Quartz Records of New York City!! Rainbow Quartz specializes in 60's influenced pop music and distributes it throughout most of the world. The label, run by Jim McGarry, is filled with an impressive roster of pop heavyweights including The Shazam, Cotton Mather and Myracle Brah. Rainbow Quartz distributes their products throughout Europe, Australia, the United States and Japan with bands regularly touring England to support their releases.
The Lackloves will be recording tracks at Walls Have Ears in Milwaukee with Bill Stace over the next month and a half. The CD will be initially released in Europe with domestic distribution to follow later in the year. The band will include three songs from "As Far As You Know" in addition to seven or eight new Jarvis compositions.
Similar Artists
The Beatles,The Kinks,Squeeze,Oasis
Influences
John Lennon,Ray Davies,Pete Townshend,Glenn Tilbrook
Bio
The Lackloves are a band built upon the solid melodic foundation laid by Lennon's Beatles, Davies' Kinks and Townshend's Who. They are not a retro band by any means, but they interpret the classic pop sound of this era with their own signature flavor and energy.
Formed by Mike Jarvis and Bob Eickhoff after the demise of 90's super pop band, The Blow Pops, the Lackloves are all about the big chorus, the catchy melody, soaring harmony and the sweet, yet inventive guitar lick.
Mike Jarvis' distinctive lead vocals and spin on 1960's pop songwriting create the basis for the Lackloves sound. Mr. Eickhoff's influences on guitar are evident on the Lackloves disc. His guitar licks are mighty indeed, but the subtle textures he adds to songs push the "pop" envelope to a new level.
By recently adding two new players the Lackloves have raised the level of performance within the band. Bassist Jack Rice, formerly Jarvis' band mate in the Blow Pops, was added in late 1999. Jack brings a rock steady foundation and an energetic personality to the act, while adding the high harmonies that are a Lackloves trademark.
In May of 2000, Jarvis, Eickhoff and Rice added Nick Verban as their drummer. Verban's style of attacking the drums takes the live sound of the Lackloves in a new direction. Simply put...they rock. The Lackloves new sound has taken on more of this "power", while still retaining the sweet "pop" sound.