Lovers Under Pressure - The Elvis Years (1988)

Lovers Under Pressure is presumably, a trio from the Minneapolis/St. Paul vicinity.

As there isn’t a shred to be rustled up regarding this cold case. A trio, presumably from the Minneapolis/St. Paul vicinity, LUP would have been a perfect fit for the more pop addled end of the Homestead Records roster, nudging elbows with the likes of Big Dipper and Agitpop.
The Elvis Years is quintessential left-of-the-dial fare with jangly, hard strummed tendencies a la Peter Buck and a pinch of D. Boon and Johnny Marr.
The album’s most sophisticated and prodigious moment arrives at the end of side one via “Epitaph,” a Yankee distillation of five years worth of Smiths records…minus the pout thank you very much. Hot damn. The other side of the coin yields additional treasures, specifically “The Plans Went Wrong” and “Something Stayed.” Apparently a second Lovers Under Pressure album followed.

01.  No Train  (3:39)
02.  Leather Glove  (4:20)
03.  The Collision  (4:56)
04.  Epitaph  (4:22)
05.  The Plans Went Wrong  (5:35)
06.  Naked Fields  (3:22)
07.  Dear Saturday  (3:44)
08.  Something Stayed  (4:45)

Lovers Under Pressure

Jeff Becker
Chris Bolla
Larry Ward

Credits

Produced-By: Kevin Glynn, Mike Owens And Lovers Under Pressure
Engineered-By: Kevin Glynn And Mike Owens
Artwork: Natalie Ready

Notes

Released: 1988
Recorded At: Blackberry Way Studios, 1988
Genre: Pop, Punk
Length: 34:48
© 1988

Label – Stand Up Records