New York-based singer-songwriter Phil Sutton has some pretty good music to his name with Pale Lights (we wrote about their Waverly Place LP earlier this year), but he has also played in Comet Gain, Velocette, Kicker, Cinema Red and Blue, and a few other bands. With his solo project Love, Burns he now releases mini-album Blue—seven delicious tracks of melancholic indie pop—with memorable jangly guitar melodies, stirring sun-kissed vocals and flowing, realistic lyrics. Contrary to what you might expect based on the title, the sound is just as colorful as the cover art, and really easy to embrace.

Blue, recorded and mixed by Gary Olson, is out tomorrow on CD through Calico Cat Records, and on vinyl LP through Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten and Jigsaw Records. Also featuring Kyle Forester, Gary Olson and Hampus Öhman-Frölund, with Beth Arzy, Ben Phillipson, Suzanne Nienaber, Alex Curtin and Kenny Wachtel on select tracks.

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