"Strange Kind of Love" (The Lovelines song)

Brother and sister duo The Lovelines’ debut single “Strange Kind of Love” loops that title as a lyric throughout the song with a touch of different takes on the delivery creating an almost hypnotic rhythm. The layered percussion sounds both like a drum machine and like an organic drum sample while strings drop in to cast a nostalgic tenor toward the end of the song as the whimsical, slightly distorted guitar lead that came in early on the song to trace the melody set by the resonating bell tones. The image for the single looks like a 1960s designer’s idea of the near future and makes one wonder what this strange kind of love might be and with whom the woman pictured (the whole image looks like a very well imagined collage, adding to a surreal quality to the presentation of the song) might be discussing the details of such. It’s a simple pop song in just over two minutes and it sounds like music one might hear in a montage shot in a film set during the era of Mad Men and as such suggests there’s more than seems obvious on initial exposure. Listen to “Strange Kind of Love” on Spotify and follow The Lovelines at any of the links on their LinkTree below.