Behind The Tracks: YOUR HETEROSEXUAL VIOLENCE - Love Will (Single) (2025)

Brian O’Brien (frontman): I was listening to the radio and this terrible, slushy John Lennon song came on with pathetic lyrics like ‘Love is real, Love is living, Love is love’ and ‘Love is free’ and so on. I couldn't be arsed to get off the couch to switch it off, but it got me thinking about all those Love Will Conquer All/Power of Love type of songs, and suddenly, even though those records are usually the absolute pits, I was inspired to try and write one of my own.

 

Remit 1 was that it had to reach new levels of absurdity, hence lines like ‘Love will stop the rain, Love will keep us sane’ right up to ‘Love will end all wars’ by which time we're kind of back to John Lennon again. Remit 2 was that it had to be a bit uplifting and full of energ,y rather than the dreary false emotion crap that one usually associates with songs of this nature.