Lost of Love, Found Again
Infamous outfit Lost of Love formed in early 2006 after James O’Brien (The Boat People), Jackie Marshall, and Edward Guglielmino decided that Brisbane needed a band that went out of its way to piss off punters.
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Performances of exclusively improvised, never to be repeated material, made Lost of Love instantly, awkwardly legendary.
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Resplendent tales of bar room brawling in loved local venues of yonder, public protests in prominent music precincts highly tolerant of even urine soaked balladeers, and front page mainstream media outcries dogged Lost of Love from the outset. Scoffing in the face of avant-garde, this is considered their proudly presented curriculum vitae.
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Doomed for self-implosion, the turgid assembly lived and ultimately died in early 2008 by their self-coined ‘Freeguardist’ ideals, inspired by a quote in Richard Flanagan’s ‘Gould’s Book of Fish’ –
“Rough work with a soul will always be open to all, including condemnation and reviling, while fine work housing emptiness is closed to all insults and is easily ivied over with paid praises.”
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Today, with no band of term-coining brothers to huddle amongst, poor representation of music related public derision in the mainstream press, though mostly due to the massive LoL-shaped holes in their hearts, Lost of Love have decided to beat as one again.
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Spurning equal measures of seething opposition and intense affection from punters and music industry boffins alike, Lost of Love may be the band you love to hate, or hate to love; either way don’t throw away the opportunity to cast pithy review alongside the rest of Brisbane’s cool kids when they take to the Troubadour stage once more.
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