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Love Coma | |
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| Origin | San Antonio, U.S. |
| Genres | Christian rock |
| Labels | R.E.X. |
Love Coma is a Christian rock/alternative group in the early 1990s based in the San Antonio area of Texas. [1] The group disbanded in 1997 [2] following the bankruptcy of its record label. [3]
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Critics have compared the band's sound to that of Simple Minds and The Mission UK, and band members cite other influences such as The Waterboys and The 77s. [1] The Dallas Morning News , reviewing the album Language of Fools, wrote that the music is "[s]mart and subtle, seductive even." [4]
Lead singer Chris Taylor later undertook a solo career. Hewon the grand prize in a Dove soap jingle contest in 1997 with a song he called Lather Up which was written to the Rolling Stones tune Start Me Up. [5] Taylor's 2000 album, Worthless Pursuit of Things on the Earth, was nominated as Rock Album of the Year for the 2001 Dove Awards. [6] Chris Taylor and Dave Stewart have co-written a song called "Here and Gone (But Everlasting)".[ citation needed ]
In 2019, the band reformed to begin work on their first album in over two decades. The result, Love Coma, was released on October 26, 2020.
