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"...while the band is plenty noisy, ostensibly drug-fueled, experimental, they also typically ground their stuff with a nasty dub bass line and a backbeat that you can’t lose. Not to be confused with a ‘90s metal band by the same name (except by All Music Guide), I Love You is supposedly the translation of the same phrase in Russian, which we can’t give you here because it’s in Cyrillic. You might confuse them for, say, Six Finger Satellite or even Joyful Noise labelmate Jookabox, but only if you’re not listening close."
Nuvo

"They craft haphazard, spiraling towers of primitive electronic groove noise and dayglo-gothic mantras... goddamn they're fucking good."
Ink 19

"I Love You offers up a wild amalgamation of dub, noise, punk and African pop with its latest album, Bell Ord Forrest (Joyful Noise). Opening single “The Colloquialism Is Simply ‘Gas’” hypnotizes listeners with an infectious bass line and pulsating drums only to disintegrate into mountains of fuzz, dissonant skronks and manic shouts in the end. I Love You’s toe-tapping grooves, combined with untamed noise, will guarantee to make any listener get out on the dance floor or just ingest a large pile of drugs."
Magnet Magazine

"The album cover says it all. The rise of electronic rock that claims is danceable party music but is purposefully not is evident here. Avant-garde art punk electronic rock is the only way to describe this album, which is better than most of the other commonplace anti-dance dance music out there. After a few listens, it does start to grow and sound better. That being said, there is little innovation. The lyrics are annoying, inedible and don’t matter, but that’s probably the point. Thankfully the vocals are not in excess. If you’re a fan of this kind of music, you’ll like it, if not, steer clear. It’s weird, it’s pretentious, it’s a splash of color, and it will not go away."
WRUV

"Bell Ord Forrest is the latest release from Kansas City indie rockers I Love You. Hints of '80s New Wave mingle with dub, pop, and noise rock for a listen that is eclectic but never difficult to grasp. Certainly an interesting album for art rock fans, but also accessible for those interested in a more mainstream style."
Lexington Music Examiner

"Dub and DIY punk are gaining in momentum, a natural progression of the fuzzed out pop that’s been inundating the indie airwaves. The new album, Bell Ord Forrest, by Kansas City dub-noise duo I Love You fits this classification. With an angst-generating array of synth melodies and tripped-out production, the album opens with an undeniable pinnacle, “The Colloquialism Is Simply ‘Gas’”... There’s a chaos in the music they make, an unquestionable avant noise; but it’s backed by a consistency and an organization that assembles a makeshift order like the Fibonacci sequence in nature. This is a band that builds upon structure, as heard in the final two tracks, “Pillow Talk” and “Sorry I Drank Your Soda”, and they’re not about taking that order and fucking it up a bit. It’s a quality every single great experimental noise band possesses, and it’s one that I Love You has mastered... I’ve heard several great albums from the Joyful Noise family over the past two years, and Bell Ord Forrest is the unequivocal favorite. "
FensePost

"It's a little surprising to realize that things like the Load Records coterie and Andrew W.K. have been around long enough to become influences on later bands, but I Love You -- no relation to the failed hair-metallish band of the early '90s -- demonstrate this readily enough in both their sweat-soaked scraggly-haired image, and in their rough-sounding party music that's more electronic than rock & roll, per se, though guitars and feedback are present nonetheless. (At one point it almost results in something that could have been a lost Batcave club track from London 1983, thanks to the early U2-isms crossed with near Sex Gang Children-level wailing.) The semi-sneer/semi-chant vocals are mostly incomprehensible by design, but as the music takes precedence throughout, it all seems to make sense on that front."
All Music Guide

"The boys bring the raucous art-punk, with swirling atonality and generalized noisification. Further, non-sequiturs in the title always catch my eye. The press release for I Love You describes the band’s sound as DIY punk crossed with dub bass. That’s a weird combo, but it works completely. You’ll be tapping your toes while this one plays. While the poultice seeps into my hell-ravaged dome, it’s a nice distraction... It’s perfect music if you’re banishing any evil spirits from your person and/or home."
Citizen Dick

"Bell Ord Forrest is a strange spin indeed. Instead of treading in one genre of music, these guys create wildly inventive stuff that goes all over the map and back. We can hear traces of a variety of artists here including (but not limited to) Brian Eno, Nine Inch Nails, Ultravox, and The Flaming Lips. Plenty of electronic experimentation going on...and yet many of the songs are surprisingly listener friendly and accessible. Crazy cuts include "The Colloquialism Is Simply Gas," "Cliff Drive Nights," and "Sorry I Drank Your Soda." Goofy and unpredictable...with slight hints of subtle insanity."
babysue

"Not for tender ears... I Love You is a primal blast, a sonic gut punch that's weird and wild and wonderfully art-punk with thumping dub bass and herky-jerky beats. "
Present Magazine

"If you miss Death From Above 1979 half as much as we do, we bet you’ll eat this one up."
The Indiepit Blog

"I Love You throws an improvisational mentality into some of the groovier laptop pop hooks I've heard in a while. And then things really get weird. A most refreshing set."
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