TEMPLE OF LOVE

“The thing about Temple of Love is that they should not sound like they do. The band’s name is a surprise, too, considering where they come from. The quartet’s music seduces the romanticism of ‘80 and ’90s bands, those chorus pedals, flangers, otherworldly shimmering sounds and driving bass lines that landed in the USA via the UK. But there’s something different about TOL. New Noise
Magazine heard it too: “The band has the dark moodiness of goth, but unlike most goth bands, their song is full of big, powerful, dizzying, bluesy guitar solos. It definitely puts the ‘rock’ in ‘goth rock’”¦
their psychedelic music brings out a sense of adventure on the open road.”’ The Temple of Love are Suzy Bravo (vocals), Steve Colca (guitar), Patrick “Scooch” Pascucci (drums), and Omega Unloved
(bass). They are members or exes of doom, metal, and punk cornerstones such as Witchcryer,
Destroyer of Light, Duel, and the So Unloved. Groups who are the opposite of “Temple” ( a place of healing, tribute, revelation, sanctuary) and “of Love” ( literally, the opposite, of “Unloved”). Those
unsuspected contraries are why Temple of Love stands out. TOL writes ethereal, melody driven rock that would make Siouxsie stand up and the Sisters of Mercy pay attention.