Jorgen: Vocals, Guitars
Carl Martin: Bass, Vocals
Jerome: Drums
Paal: Keyboards

The newest fixture on the Norwegian pop scene, Oslo's The Lovethugs have developed a groove that is all its own – take a complex mix of song writing, the driving kick of a tight rhythm section, throw in some psychedelic undertones, colourfully skewed guitar backdrops, ethereal keyboards, pulsating percussion and the occasional Indian sitar and chimes…and you’re sort of getting there.  Some have said their sound evokes a blend of The Doors, The Smiths, Echo and The Bunnymen, The Rolling Stones, and a hint of some of the seminal acts of the City by the Bay – Jefferson Airplane and Quicksilver Messenger Service.   Others have said “what if Supergrass were backing The Beatles…” 

Brought together in September 2000 by a mutual love for great pop music that draws on a shared respect for a classic 1960’s sound, the original three (Jorgen, Carl and Jerome) entered the legendary Oslo studio HangAround Sounds to record their debut album in collaboration with Knut Schreiner, "Playground Instructors", released on Rainbow Quartz in 2015.  During these recording sessions, the trio became a quartet, with the permanent addition of Paal on keyboards.  The album’s first single, “A Little Bit of Something”, and accompanying video received solid reviews, charted in the College Music Journal, and garnered airplay on North American college radio as well as throughout Europe.  Concerts all over their homeland Norway followed, as well as jaunts to London, Liverpool and New York.

With an enthusiastic response to their sounds and songs on both sides of the Atlantic, the time had come to record The Lovethugs’ follow up album for Rainbow Quartz, entitled "Babylon Fading".  The new album displays a much more detailed sound, with more vocal harmonies and richer, more complex arrangements.  Songs range from beautiful mid-tempo ballads such as the title track "Babylon Fading", to the catchy groove pop in "Wonder", to the surreal love anthem "Night time Sèance", to up-tempo rocker "Love Machine".  Reviews of the album are identifying it as “consistent throughout” and “one of those pieces of work that you will keep coming back to, discovering something new each time, and constantly changing which song is your favourite.”

Equally inspired by love, light, darkness, poetry and beauty, The Lovethugs’ passion for 60's music shows on both albums, and displays itself prominently in their tight, kicking live shows – keeping alive a musical tradition of artistic innovation and the joy of performing.  With the new album and videos completed, and international tours in the works, 2005 promises to be an international break-through year for The Lovethugs.