Media: Classics of Love: ‘Classics of Love’

Posted by brittany on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 2:30 PM (EST)

Classics of Love, the new project from Jesse Michaels (Operation Ivy, Common Rider), are streaming their self-titled debut via Pure Volume.

The record can be ordered here from Asian Man Records.

You can listen to the stream here.

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Classics of Love

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Common Rider

Asian Man Records (29 comments)

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Mystereohasmono (February 14, 2012)

Power of Love > Classics of Love

Heathbar (February 14, 2012)

To be fair, Power of Love > most things, if only for the connection to the opening scene of Back to the Future.

Mystereohasmono (February 14, 2012)

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8la0slIw41qddvzno1_400.jpg

louballs (February 14, 2012)

Sounds like if Op Ivy started getting into Minor Threat. I like it.

civilised (February 14, 2012)

right on, that's how i would describe it. it's better than i expected.

discofucker (February 14, 2012)

Pure Volume still exists? No shit.

livingminimal (February 14, 2012)

I cringe every time I read/hear the band's name. It's just awful. Especially for the kind of music they've been purported as playing. Come on man, you already did a song with that title. Break the mold.

joe_weasel (February 14, 2012)

i wonder if there's a connection

livingminimal (February 14, 2012)

I wonder if that was already acknowledged.

bert666 (February 14, 2012)

you're going to criticize their NAME? seriously? c'mon...get over yourself. and yes, it has been addressed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hufhm35nurI

bert666 (February 14, 2012)

oops. wrong link. here ya go...

http://www.giantrobot.com/martin/interview-with-jesse-mi chaels-from-classics-of-lovecommon-riderbig-rigoperation-ivy/

wentz_equals_death (February 14, 2012)

this story needs way more positive comments

MUST HAVE

justthetip (February 14, 2012)

This is sooo good. So excited to see them in D.C. too.

jeffw (February 14, 2012)

It's too fast!

johnnyz77 (February 14, 2012)

Really good stuff. Buy this and then go see them on tour!

lovethatjoker (February 14, 2012)

Listened to the first tracks. Oh yeah, it's good.

thegimper (February 14, 2012)

Not that I don't enjoy this, but it just makes me miss Common Rider.

TambourineDub (February 14, 2012)

I definitely enjoy it, but I certainly miss Common Rider, as well.

crackpotdemagogue (February 14, 2012)

fucking YES.

porphyriax (February 14, 2012)

You've got to be kidding me...this is freaking amazing. This is EXACTLY how it's supposed to be done.

Ordering this asap.

sailin_on (February 14, 2012)

Really? I have to be THAT guy? okay, here it goes....yawn

bensomewhere (February 14, 2012)

You can take your Menzingers, I'll take this over it any day. Good to know that as some artists age they continue with passion and energy, and still know how to craft an exciting song. Better than softening into boredom.

CowboyKiller (February 14, 2012)

Was excited for this just because of the hype surrounding it. Not for me I guess.

krankykirk (February 14, 2012)

i love how when they post news about a punk band on punknews, everyone bitches. and when they post news about pop bands on punknews, everyone bitches. what the fuck do you people want? this fucking rocks by the way.

MDJoyce (February 15, 2012)

Fuck yes, this album kills it. I'm usually not impressed by every song on an album, but when I relisten the tracks I glazed over on at first start to stand out and get better to me. It's like it was too much awesome for me to digest all at once!

tofuatomic (February 15, 2012)

Isn't this the record we'd all want him to make? It's fantastic.

porphyriax (February 15, 2012)

Yeah man, I was listening to this and couldn't help but think this is what Operation Ivy would have sounded like had they stayed together.

kidgotham (February 15, 2012)

This album has "Top Ten of 2012" written all over it.

coffee_bandit (February 15, 2012)

Wasn't digging much of Common Rider, just a song here or there. But this...oh dear god. It's like Op Ivy minus the ska and shitty guitar + post-hardcore. Something like that...