Jaguar Love

Matador’s rusty brains brain trust were amongst the lucky throng observing the kick-off of Jaguar Love’s U.S. tour in Pomona, CA this past Sunday night. We’re still trying to figure out how to repair the synapses that were snapped like twigs. The new Jaguar Love quintet are already so scary-good this early in their existence, venues oughta bar patrons from entering during the final 30 minutes of the performance. That’s the only William Castle gimmick we’ll suggest this time — - no 3D lenses are necessary when this band is on stage. They’ve got dimensions to spare.

Wednesday, May 28 San Diego, CA Beauty Bar
Thursday, May 29 San Francisco, CA Popscene
Friday, May 30 Modesto, CA Fat Cat
Saturday, May 31 Eugene The Indigo District
Monday, June 02 Vancouver, BC Richards on Richards
Tuesday, June 03 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
Wednesday, June 04 Seattle, WA Neumos
Thursday, June 12 Hultsfred, Sweden Hultsfred Festival
Saturday, June 14 Interlake, Switzerland Greenfield Festival
Sunday, June 15 Brugenland, Austria Nova Rock Festival
Tuesday June 17 Wiesbaden, Germany Schlachof
Wednesday, June 18 Cologne, Germany Luxor
Thursday, June 19 Paris, France La Moroquenerie
Saturday, June 21 Neuhausen, Germany Southside Festival
Sunday, June 22 Schesse, Germany Hurricane Festival
Monday, June 23 Berlin, Germany Lido
Wednesday, June 25 Copenhagen, Denmark Loppen
Friday, June 26 Arendal, Norway Hove Festival

Jaguar Love - “Bats Over The Pacific Ocean” (mp3)
June 3 - Jaguar Love CD EP (preorders shipping now)
August 19 - Take Me To The Sea LP/CD

Take Me To The Sea, the debut full length CD/LP from Jaguar Love will be available in stores and digital outlets on August 19. However, we’re previewing one of our favorite tracks from the album starting today (see above). In addition a self-titled CDEP featuring Highways Of Gold and two additional songs (one from album, one exclusive) will be available on June 3.

MP3: Bats Over The Pacific Ocean

Consisting of Johnny Whitney (vocals, piano) and Cody Votolato (guitar, bass) — both formerly of the Blood Brothers — and our dear friend J Clark (drums, bass, keyboards, formerly the guitar wiz in the recently split Pretty Girls Make Graves), Jaguar Love bear some stylistic similarities to the trio’s old outfits but based on early live evidence, something totally new and ferocious is in the works. We’re never quite sure where the art/punk/pop divide lies in 2008, but from what we’ve seen from Jaguar Love (both on their own and supporting Queens Of The Stoneage), we’re also not sure it really matters that much, either.

The band are currently finishing their debut album at Seattle’s Two Sticks Audio with J producing and engineering. Much like everything else in life, the LP/CD’s release date is to be determined but early Summer 2008 is certainly a possibility.

Jaguar Love will touring the globe this Summer and Autumn.

hello friends, just wanted to say hi and let everyone know that we are working hard on writing music and that we appreciate the support we’ve gotton so far. no plans for any shows or tours at the moment though we will be touring at some point. hopefully we will have another song or two up in the coming days for yall to check out. we will eventually have a record out but no definite date for now. we’ll try and get the lyrics up soon as well. keep a lookout and thanks again.
xo
 cody