Island of Love become the first signing to Third Man Records London

Third Man London - the newest location for Third Man Records, which opened last year - has announced its first signing, Island of Love. The teen indie-rock types will release an EP, 'Songs of Love', on 18th March 2022 digitally. A vinyl 7" version will then follow in a limited edition run from 1st July. Alongside the news, comes the collection's title track - you can check that out, alongside a live performance of the track at Third Man London, below.

Originally called Love Island until band member "Linus didn't make the audition process so we jumbled it around" - and not at all because that would be a legal minefield - Island of Love were apparently offered a deal immediately after they played the opening weekend of Third Man's new Soho location by label co-founder and owner Ben Swank.

Ben explains: "I grew up a working class kid in Ohio, coming of age in the early 90s… did Island of Love's songs immediately strike a note of familiarity to the heart strings of this former teenaged lo-fi obsessed anglophile? Yes they did. But it was no mere nostalgia (a ridiculous concept if ever there was one…).

IOL delighted and excited me from the second their corpse paint began to drip in the cold Brighton sun. They write killer songs and back them up with an exuberant stage show, ridiculous solos and harmonies acquired only through hours sat alone in one's room, staring at Kinks 7"s revolving around the Dansette for hours."