Love Willows 'Hey Hey' album

On March 17th, The Love Willows will mark their major label debut with the release Hey! Hey! on Decca Records. The twosome, featuring singer Hope Partlow & guitarist/vocalist Ryan Wilson wrote and recorded the entire album in Wilson’s attic in Atlanta. Together they created an infectious collection of cheerful tunes filled with contemporary power pop sounds.

Hey! Hey! features 13 electrifying tracks that explode with an edgy upbeat sound. With romantic narratives like the sweet “Gotta Make You Mine” and the punchy rock tune “Mary Jane” the group shares the happiness and struggles of their road to stardom with their audience.

Partlow is no stranger to the pop music world having released her first solo album through Virgin Records at sixteen years old and headlining a tour with The Jonas Brothers. Wilson grew up in Atlanta, playing in local bands until he auditioned as a guitarist for Partlow’s touring band a few years back. They immediately realized their shared passion for the 60’s style and mainstream contemporary pop music and with that The Love Willows were born. Five months after the pair finished their first album they landed a recording contract with Decca Records. Hey Hey! is an amalgam of high energy pop beats and retro sounds that the band describes as “happy music.”

The Love Willows’ momentum is building already with Partlow featured in the “Girls Who Rock” section of the February issue of Seventeen Magazine. The duo also has key song placements in hit TV shows like The Hills and The Real World. “Strut MyStuff” will be heard in the upcoming episode of America’s Funniest Home Videos airing on January 18th. This past fall they did an extended promotional trip across the country visiting key “Hot AC” radio stations as an introduction to the new music and the first single “Falling Faster.” The duo is planning a nationwide tour in 2009 and will soon announce the line-up of North American dates.

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The Beach Boys harmonized about having “Fun, Fun, Fun.” Cyndi Lauper insisted that “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.” Now an Atlanta duo wants audiences to climb into that giant colorful teacup at the park and take a spin through Hey! Hey! (Decca), the unabashedly upbeat debut album of The Love Willows - a.k.a. singer Hope Partlow and guitarist/vocalist Ryan Wilson - due for release October 28.

Hey! Hey!, with all of its tracks written by Partlow and Wilson, produced and engineered by Wilson, and recorded in the attic studio of Wilson’s parents’ home outside of Atlanta, is an emotional chronicle of their relationship told through a pop/rockabilly sound. “It’s all about fetishes, love and hate,” says Partlow. “It’s a product of what we’ve gone through as a couple, the battles and the glories, everything that’s happened in the past few years.”

The tunes are brightly colored, like Hope Partlow and Ryan Wilson when they perform live, yet their accessibility belies a sense of inventiveness and, oftentimes, subtle sophistication. The first single, “Falling Faster,” is mid-tempo romantic narrative, while “A Day in My Life” reveals their sly complexity, with Hope’s enthusiastic vocals layered over sonic themes which embrace pop conventions as they tip a hat to both Irving Berlin and Brian Setzer. “Strut My Stuff,” featured on the season finale of “The Real World: Hollywood,” is a quirky tune with a music-box riff throughout, while “Shoes,” a tribute to soul over soles, is equal pop and polka. Other tracks are more straight-ahead, from the punchy “Gotta Make You Mine” to the encouragement of “Keep Your Head Up.”

Memphis native Hope Partlow released her first solo album through Virgin Records at sixteen and toured with the likes of Jesse McCartney. Ryan Wilson grew up in Atlanta, playing in local bands until auditioning as a guitarist for Partlow’s touring band in 2005. They currently live, write and record together in Atlanta.

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