Return to Love LVL UP SKU: SP1166 Barcode: SP1166 17.00 £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop Released Date: 23rd September 2016 Buying Format: 1LP Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info “Hidden Driver,” the opening track of LVL UP’s third album and Sub Pop debut Return to Love, never stops moving. What starts with unassuming guitars and vocals adds new lines, depths, and intensity, until its unrestrained, triumphant finish. “God is peeking, softly speaking,” repeats the chorus, working through the relationship between spirituality and creative inspiration, and introducing a band that is always pushing further. LVL UP – guitarists Mike Caridi and Dave Benton, bassist Nick Corbo, and drummer Greg Rutkin – is a true collaboration, a band that takes the stylistically distinct ideas of four members and brings them togeth- er into something new. Caridi, Benton, and Corbo write and sing equally, bringing their work to the group to be fully realized, resulting in an album built on different perspectives but a common drive. “We have very different inspirations across the board,” says Benton, noting his own admiration for the writer and documentarian Astra Taylor, Corbo’s interest in the mystical and the occult, and Caridi’s attention to personal storytelling. The music itself grows from a shared melodic and experimental sensibility, as well as a nod to iconic influences like Neutral Milk Hotel and Mount Eerie. LVL UP was formed in 2011 at SUNY Purchase as a recording project between Caridi, Benton, and their friend Ben Smith, with the original intention of releasing a split cassette with Corbo’s then-solo material. They instead released that album, Space Brothers, as one band, and Rutkin joined shortly afterwards for the group’s first show. Smith left the band for personal reasons just before the release of second album Hoodwink’d, a joint release on Caridi and Benton’s label Double Double Whammy and Exploding in Sound. DDW also put out records from other artists in the tight-knit community that launched the band. Also part of that university community was Return to Love’s producer Mike Ditrio, who mixed LVL UP’s previous records and “was basically a fifth member of the band,” says Corbo. “He played a huge role in developing the sound, without butting in too much. He also navigated our personal dynamic really nicely.” Artist LVL UP Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Sub Pop Buying Options 1LP Includes Download Code Format 1LP , Includes Download Code Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Hidden Driver Blur She Sustains Us Spirit Was Pain Play The Closing Door Five Men on the Ridge Cut from the Vine I Naked in the River with the Creator Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from LVL UP and more from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View LVL UP Return to Love (Loser Edition) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sub Pop | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 20th September 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders LVL UP Return to Love (Loser Edition) £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop SKU: SP1166X Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 20th September 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Paddy Hanna Frankly, I Mutate Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Strange Brew Rekkids | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 6th July 2018 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paddy Hanna Frankly, I Mutate £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Strange Brew Rekkids SKU: SBR006LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 6th July 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pine Pillow Talk Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | No Sleep Records | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 23rd June 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pine Pillow Talk £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: No Sleep Records SKU: NSR175LP Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 23rd June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Modest Mouse Night On The Sun Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Glacial Pace | 1LP, EP/Mini Album Released 29th July 2016 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Modest Mouse Night On The Sun £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Glacial Pace SKU: GPLP017 Formats: 1LP, EP/Mini Album Released Date: 29th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pennywise From The Ashes Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Epitaph | 1LP Released 28th July 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Pennywise From The Ashes £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Epitaph SKU: 266641 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th July 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ex, The 27 Passports Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | The Ex | 1LP Released 23rd March 2018 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ex, The 27 Passports £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: The Ex SKU: EX147LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 23rd March 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hot Snakes Jericho Sirens Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sub Pop | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 13th March 2018 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hot Snakes Jericho Sirens £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop SKU: SP1224 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 13th March 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Graham's picks View Product Quick View Hamell On Trial Choochtown (20th Anniversary Edition) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | New West | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 12th July 2019 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hamell On Trial Choochtown (20th Anniversary Edition) £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: New West SKU: NW5320LP Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 12th July 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Pixies Doggerel Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | BMG | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 30th September 2022 £23.00 Select options Pixies Doggerel £23.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: BMG Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 30th September 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View R. 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