THE PASSPORT LABEL's initial release (VISA001) was a limited 7" vinyl pressing of No Way Out by Melbourne-based LOVE OF DIAGRAMS. The single gained radio play from Radio 1/6Music's Steve Lamacq and XFM's John Kennedy. Having supported the 7" release with a week of well received London shows, LOVE OF DIAGRAMS headed off to Chicago to record a new album with Bob Weston.
With their first live shows in early 2001, Love Of Diagrams made an immediate impact on the Australian music scene. Combining the experimentation of New York No Wave, with the immediacy and tunefulness of classic English Post Punk, Love Of Diagrams arrived with their own fully formed sound based on these passions.
As a result of the innate musical affinity between the three players: the incredible driving beats of drummer Monika Fikerle, the intertwining, angular, tag-team guitar/bass lines of Luke Horton and Antonia Sellbach, and the passionate, immediate, call-and-response vocal delivery of all three, the band has quickly become a hugely popular live sensation as well as a critical favourite.
They've been busy too. In 2003, Love Of Diagrams released their debut record, The Target is You in Australia, to much acclaim and radio support. They followed this with an extensive tour of Europe and Japan.
Along the way, the band has played with an impressive roll call of renowned acts such as Death Cab For Cutie, Stereolab, The Faint, Les Savy Fav, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Dresden Dolls, Moving Units, The Rogers Sisters and Electrelane.
They embarked on their first tour of America this year, and will be playing their first UK shows in November. Love Of Diagrams return to the US in December to record their sophomore album with Bob Weston (Shellac) at Electric Audio Studios in Chicago.
