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Love Story in Blood Red

New Album.

About Me

LOVE STORY IN BLOOD RED, the stripped-down project of former Means front man Jason Frederick, is one of the best bands in Chicago right now. If Jonathan Richman had continued to milk the Velvets-inflected world-weariness of the Modern Lovers’ debut instead of putting his heart on his sleeve, he might have come up with something like the pair of self-titled albums this band has put out. But Frederick’s writing is its own beast: he’s bitter in a literary and passionate way, and his vocals are stretched across a framework of spindly but grand and gritty rock... --Monica Kendrick (December 7, 2006 issue of the Chicago Reader)

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Member Since: 8/25/2005
Band Website: lovestoryinbloodred.com
Band Members: Jason Frederick, Kris Poulin, Jim Duffy, Nick Meiers, Casey Meehan
Record Label: Backward Masking, Nodak
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Time’s Up

Our new record is no longer available for free download. Thanks to all who grabbed a copy! We hope to have it released on a legitimate format in the near future.
Posted by Love Story in Blood Red on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:43:00 PST

New album - Free Download!

Hello friends.Love Story in Blood Red would like to announce the completion of our third LP!And... We are offering it as a free download at www.lovestoryinbloodred.com/lp3.htm , where it will be avail...
Posted by Love Story in Blood Red on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:42:00 PST

New Record!

The new record, tentatively entitled (get this) Love Story in Blood Red, is done and mixed. All recording was done in some basement somewhere, with a few overdubs done at a fancy joint called Semapho...
Posted by Love Story in Blood Red on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:41:00 PST

West Coast Tour!

Yeah, we're headed out west to do some shows with Mr. Tube and The Flying Objects, which is the new band featuring Pall Jenkins of Black Heart Procession. Here's the itinerary:Sat Aug 11 at the Casba...
Posted by Love Story in Blood Red on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:41:00 PST

LP3

Aw yeah, we're making a new record. All hits this time. Questions? Comments? Concerns?
Posted by Love Story in Blood Red on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:05:00 PST

The Ringmaster

We somehow managed to squeeze a long weekend into 2 days. Day 1: Schubas, Chicago, IL on December 8, 2006Submarine Races kicked ass and David Vandervelde & the Moonstation House Band kicked out the ...
Posted by Love Story in Blood Red on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:49:00 PST

Rave 'Rriting in the Reader

From the December 7 issue of the Chicago Reader:LOVE STORY IN BLOOD RED, the stripped-down project of former Means front man Jason Frederick, is one of the best bands in Chicago right now. If Jonathan...
Posted by Love Story in Blood Red on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:11:00 PST

A taste of Ireland - tour video 2006

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Posted by Love Story in Blood Red on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 09:22:00 PST

New VIDEO for MINING

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Posted by Love Story in Blood Red on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:38:00 PST

Ireland - Day 7 - Hanging Over & Out in Dublin

Wrecked. Lazy day for most, slowly awaking over many hours. Most hung at Mark's (our hero) place watching Ireland kick Wales' ass in a Six Nations rugby match. Kris went off to Dudley's to record s...
Posted by Love Story in Blood Red on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 07:17:00 PST