{"id":14697,"date":"2025-08-05T09:23:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=14697"},"modified":"2025-08-05T09:23:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:23:52","slug":"la-dreamwave-duo-luckyandlove-releases-i-am-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=14697","title":{"rendered":"LA dreamwave duo LUCKYANDLOVE releases ‘I Am Human’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

“Spectral synths expand into the void while a peppering percussive churn keeps the dazed-dreamy feeling from totally disappearing into the ether”<\/em> ~ The Big Takeover Magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Soulful, Synthesized Sound”<\/em>  ~ LA Weekly <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“An aural landscape of throbbing, intense percussion and gritty, distorted synthesizers. Fascinating and brilliant… conjuring a dreamy, synth-heavy atmosphere alongside a moody, nocturnal electronic vibe. The result is an uncompromising and inventive sonic experiment” ~ <\/em>The Spill Magazine <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe oscillation between the asphalt synth streets & interstellar outer realms feels closer than ever, as LUCKYANDLOVE ride out their Ryan Gosling film fantasies like a science fiction rocket of building emotions out to outer reaches of our galaxy & minds\u201d<\/em> ~ Impose Magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LA-based electronic duo LUCKYANDLOVE<\/strong><\/a> returns with their banging anti-tech angst anthem <\/strong>\u2018I Am Human\u2019<\/strong><\/a>, delicately fused together with pulsating molten kicks, abrasive fuzz-laden analog synths and confident sensual vocals. Calling out to make our own choices and take back our lives, this song underlines the need to reconnect with being Human before its too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evoking a brand new art school originality, LUCKYANDLOVE is the raw sonic experiment of Loren Luck <\/strong>and April Love<\/strong>, whose live analog synth beats, Moog instrumentation and beautiful, harmonic vocals trigger an immediate download of fuzzy sunset synthgaze, blue-black neon darkwave, and tigerprint electro punk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘I Am Human’ previews the duo’s third album ‘Humaura’<\/strong> <\/a>(hu \u2022 mau \u2022 ra), which the duo define as  the atmosphere that emanates from the feelings of the human spirit void of technological control. This album was recorded, mixed and mastered for digital release by Grammy award-winning engineer Be Hussey<\/a> (Modern English, Swervedriver, The Church, Alcest, Twin Tribes, Boy Harsher, Luna, Kim Deal)<\/strong> <\/strong>at Balboa Studio<\/strong> <\/a>and Catwater<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>for the digital music, and mastered for vinyl and lathe cut by Grammy-nominated engineer Nicholas Townsend<\/strong><\/a> (Cheap Trick, Weezer, Garbage, Dr. Dre, 2Pac, Grimes, Iron Maiden)<\/strong> at Townsend Mastering<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“To me, ‘I Am Human’ is a sci-fi track. It\u2019s call to arms for screen zombies to disconnect. I read Martin Heidegger\u2019s ‘The Question Concerning Technology’<\/em> in grad school and I like when he says that we shall have questions concerning technology and, in so doing, we should like to prepare a free relationship with it,” says April.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loren <\/strong>adds, “I think there are a lot of people that actually hate technology, but would never have the guts to say it. Personally with this song, we are breaking the chains, going back to a simpler time of human creativity and free thinking,”.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transcending genres in a league of their own, LUCKYANDLOVE\u2019s visceral, urgently-present dark electro-pop appeal continues to stretch through time and space. Their ‘Lucky + Love’<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>and ‘Transitions’<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>albums earned them a global fan following and led to US and UK tours, while their tracks ‘It’s a Mistake’, ‘Animal’ <\/strong>and ‘Summertime Frolic’<\/strong> featured in the indie hit <\/em>‘Tiger Within’<\/em><\/a>,<\/strong> featuring Ed Asner’s final film performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This salty-sweet duo blend raw analog synth sounds with driving punctuated percussion and punchy analog bass, complemented by enchanting lyrics that emit a range of emotions from melancholy and sorrowful glom to a state of blissful trance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LUCKYANDLOVE’s influences absorb the resonant specters of last century\u2019s darkwave gods \u2014Siouxsie and The Banshees, Cocteau Twins, and Bauhaus, looming large from where industrial galaxies formed as the needle hit the vinyl groove urging all Doc Martens to march to basement dance floors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of August 5, ‘I Am Human’ is available from fine music platforms, including Spotify<\/strong><\/a>, Apple Music<\/strong><\/a> and Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/strong> The full ‘Humaura’ album, slated for release on October 3 via SRD – Southern Record Distributors<\/strong><\/a>, can be pre-ordered from either Bandcamp<\/a> <\/strong>or the LUCKYANDLOVE Store<\/strong><\/a>. On October 11, LUCKYANDLOVE will hold their record release party<\/strong><\/a> at The Slipper Clutch in Downtown Los Angeles via Deathrecordzz Presents with appearances by Warsaw Pact, Amore De Paris, No Exits, and a DJ set by Echolust. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep up with LUCKYANDLOVE<\/strong>
Website<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Store<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Bandcamp<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Soundcloud<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Apple Music<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0BandsInTown<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n