Currents Magazine Fall 2013

Wenhold said.
The worst, Straubel says, is when everyone puts too
much into one song causing them to have a surplus of
ideas. They then have to write bridges or verses for other
songs.
Love & Thanks has released two tracks, “Summer’s
End” and “Feel My (Hands around you),” which can be
found on YouTube and other social media sites.
Currently, the band is in the process of recording their
EP, which is yet to be named. Straubel hints that most of
the songs have to do with the weather or the seasons.
The EP is expected to be available by early Spring 2014.
It will have five to six tracks on it, excluding one of the
two already released singles.
Love & Thanks’ most successful song is “Summer’s
“I know I’ll come to see you
before the summer’s end,
but I don’t, no I don’t
want to wait that long.”
End”. Straubel’s folky voice croons over the main chorus:
In Fielder’s words, the band made a cool “short film” to
go along with the song. It was filmed by one of the band
member’s old friends, Brecht Vanthof.
Straubel, Enstrom and Fielder are all still Pepperdine
students, but Smith and Wenhold both graduated from
Pepperdine last year.
Smith and Wenhold both now live in Santa Monica,
however, the band meets at least twice a week on Thursdays
and Sundays in Los Angeles for rehearsals in the
studio.
They have a great relationship with their producer who
is from a Christian-music-based background. He won a
Grammy for a soundtrack that he worked on several years
prior.
The band is excited for what the future holds for them.
Small time business and music executives have been interested
in picking up their music.
Future plans also consist of them touring Europe and
other foreign countries since they have small fan bases in
countries like Denmark and Japan.
You can hear Love & Thanks play live at Pepperdine’s
annual “Battle of the Bands” concert coming up this
spring.
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