You're Awful I Love You

Product Description Ludo is a Power-Pop Rock band from St. Louis, Missouri that is known for harmony-driven tunes with strong lyrics and an extensive touring schedule that has developed a solid fan base (known as Ninjas). This is Ludo's second full-length album and it was recorded in Los Angeles with Island Records and producer Marc McClusky. Ludo (the name of the giant muppet in the movie Labyrinth) has gone through a number of changes over the years. It started as a duo of lead vocalist and guitarist Andrew Volpe and guitarist Tim Ferrell, but has expanded to a five-piece group with Tim Convy on moog, bassist Marshall Fanciullo and drummer Matt Palermo. The band started out "armed with a van, two ferrets and a DIY three-song demo" in 2003. 12 tracks. About the Artist After four years of insane hard work, coast-to-coast survival touring, and endless trips back home to St. Louis, Island Records group Ludo claws their way to the top of the heap with "Love Me Dead," the first single and video from their major label album debut, YOU'RE AWFUL, I LOVE YOU, to be released on February 26th. The day before, on February 25th, Ludo kicks off the release with a morning sit-down on St. Louis radio 105.7/The Point. The next day, three hours of "clerk" duty at Vintage Vinyl (3-6:00 p.m.) climaxes with an 8:00 live acoustic performance broadcast by The Point. It's the prelude to a month-long 18-city coast-to-coast road trip that opens with first-week retail CD release events in Kansas City (The Record Bar), Chicago (Reggie's, with Q101 radio support), St. Charles, MO (Slackers), St. Louis (The Pageant), and Columbia, (Slackers, KBBM radio support). Ludo hits the SXSW Conference on March 13th. The second half of March, Ludo will open shows for Presidents of the United States of America. (Please see complete tour below.) It only takes one listen to catch the infectious "Love Me Dead," a cancerously parasitic love song to a romantic dead-end (with the first-verse throwaway line, "you're awful, I love you!"). The song has grabbed Modern Rock radio by the throat since it shipped one month ago today. Following its impact date this week, "Love Me Dead" jumped to #3-bullet (from #6) on the FMQB SubModern Specialty chart.Next week, the clip is part of mtvU's "freshmen 5" (where the winning video, as picked by viewers, receives an automatic add on mtvU). Vigilante bushwhacke