#kyle forrester

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5/8/26.

I learned a couple of weeks ago that Love, Burns - Phil Sutton's full-time band now that Pale Lights has been retired - is set to release their 3rd full length album in May 29th via Spinout Nugget Records (UK), and Jigsaw Records (US). Currently, only one song is available, but the band has apparently also re-recorded "Dear Carol" which was released on 7" last year.

Sutton (Brooklyn, New York) is kind of a big deal. Did you know he is a librarian at the New York Public Library? It's kind of funny to think that for most people that IS what he is known for. But after a lifetime in the music industry, he can get some real indie heavyweights to work with him as evidenced by his band and guests on "Pavement Drawings": Kyle Forrester (Crystal Stilts), Hannes Muller (The BVs), Jo Roman, Alicia Hyman (Jeanines), Gary Olson (Ladybug Transistor), Jed Smith (My Teenage Stride, Jeanines, Mick Trouble, Creative Writing).

Bonus throw in. Thanks to Ned Norland, I was also listening to The Love Variants "Life of Riley" cassette as I was writing this. I was loving it and thinking of Phil's voice a little bit. Give it a listen if you're so moved.

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8/9/25.

My love for the music of Phil Sutton has been well documented here over the years whether with The Pale Lights, The Soft City, or Love, Burns. Now that The Pale Lights has gone on permanent hiatus, we are left with Love, Burns as the main vehicle for Sutton's music.

"Dear Carol/Drawn Together" is the first single since Love, Burns has taken over pole position of Sutton's bands. He is joined by Kyle Forrester (Crystal Stilts), Hannes Müller (The BV's) and Rachel Evans (Comet Gain).

This is being released by UK label Spinout Nuggets although Sutton has about 20 copies on his own Love, Burns (Brooklyn, New York) Bandcamp page for sale.

[xllamallamahardcore-blog]

I picked a color long ago to suit my tawdry tales of woe

and now it doesn't fit

my friend who's a fan of shades, travelled to the everglades 

and asked if I'd come with

there's no one I would rather see,

she's a special friend to me

but I feel like I'd be leaving you behind

that's the game of love and war

choose a side you're fighting for 

see if there's a white flag to be waved

I know it's not a fair assessment 

but I can't be asked to wrestle with the colors of who you've now become

cause you and I are not the same

and neither can be held to blame 

it's just the way the story has to end

being here and being there

there's no space for being where

I feel I should be

loneliness is like a drink,

you think your on the verge of sinking

when you tame the sea 

interims are good for suckers feeling like their down on luck

and I'm not gonna drown in my own tears

I can't ask you anymore to be the one that I adore

only when the time is right for me

so let's just be