Tuff Love

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TUFF LOVE are Julie Eisenstein (guitar, vocals) and Suse Bear (bass, vocals), two close-knit pals living in Glasgow, Scotland - creators of hyper-infectious, fuzzed-up, lo-fi pop music that the city is so famous for. Writing together in Suse’s bedroom, and recording everything by themselves, their musical partnership has produced a flurry of addictive, perfectly formed songs - tied together by heart-wrenching harmonies, swoon-inducing lyrics, and sun-soaked dreamy melodies.

2014 was a busy one. Following the release of their debut, Junk E.P., in May - on 10” white vinyl, via Scottish independent label Lost Map Records - the band embarked on tours of the UK and mainland-Europe, as well as enjoying an endless summer of festivals, with performances at Glastonbury, T in the Park, Wickerman, Coconut Festival (France), Howlin' Fling, Cloudspotting and Long Division. Over this time they have built up a sturdy live reputation, opening for sell-out crowds with Real Estate, Perfect Pussy, Joanna Gruesome, Honeyblood, and PAWS.

Adored by radio - and championed immediately by the likes of Lauren Laverne, Steve Lamacq, Rob Da Bank, Huw Stephens, Gideon Coe, Vic Galloway, among many others - Tuff Love were filmed in session for BBC Introducing, and also performed as part of the BBC Academy series. The press have been equally smitten; there’s been features with The Guardian (“a band to fall in love with”), a 2 page interview in DIVA (“our new favourite indie band”), profiles in NME Radar (“great college rock”), Metro and Daily Record, amongst other national publications, and with the Junk E.P.receiving glowing praise across the board - both online and in print.

Tuff Love are now getting ready for their next record release - Dross E.P - on 9th February 2015. The first single from it - the shimmering, flirtatious ‘Slammer’ - was released on November 24th, winning the BBC 6Music Rebel Playlist by 86% of the vote, and upgrading to the B-List. Second single, ‘That’s Right’, was released 20th January 2015, and was placed immediately on the 6Music B-List.



“GLASWEGIAN TRIO GRAB C86 FUZZ POP BY THE SCRUFF OF THE NECK AND GIVE IT A DAMN GOOD RUFFING UP ROUND THE BACK OF THE SWEET SHOP. DELICIOUS.” – THE GUARDIAN

“THE MAKINGS OF A VERY SPECIAL BAND” – DIY MAG

“PERFECT POP MUSIC” – VIC GALLOWAY, BBC RADIO SCOTLAND

"AS CATCHY AS ANYTHING YOU'LL HEAR THIS YEAR” – THE SUNDAY HERALD

"GREAT COLLEGE ROCK ... THEY LOOK SET TO HAVE A BRIGHT SUMMER” – NME

“GLORIOUS SURF POP... YOUR NEW FAVOURITE BAND” – DAILY RECORD

“THEY’RE HEADED FOR THE BIG TIME” – METRO

“MAKING WAVES AND BREAKING HEARTS” – THE SKINNY

“OUR NEW FAVOURITE INDIE BAND” – DIVA

“DERANGED, STUTTERING ALT ROCK WITH A HEART OF GOLD” – CLASH MUSIC

“BRILLIANTLY INFECTIOUS” – GOLDFLAKEPAINT