''Whatever, My Love'' is a studio album by the Juliana Hatfield Three, consisting of Hatfield, drummer Todd Philips and bassist Dean Fisher. The album marks the band's first release in twenty two years, since their LP '' Become What You Are'' in 1993.

Production

In 2014, the Juliana Hatfield Three was reformed after two decades of hiatus, and vocalist

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, drummer Todd Philips, and bassist Dean Fisher began practicing new material for an album. The album marked the band's first release in twenty two years, since their LP '' Become What You Are'' in 1993. Stated Hatfield about the new album, "We haven’t totally reinvented the wheel or anything," and that the tracks exhibit the "stuff I am sort of known for, I guess. But I am a lot more confident now than I was then with the first album. And I had more fun recording this one." The twelve tracks for ''Whatever, My Love'' were recorded at Nuthouse Recording in

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, with Tom Beaujour and Hatfield co-producing the project. The album is "based on new single 'If I Could', a reworking of a catchy old demo from years past," according to ''Consequence of Sound''.

Release

The lead single from the album, "If I Could", was released in December 2014, and was premiered in publications such as ''

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''. That month the album was made available for pre-order on American Laundromat Records, with an announced release date for ''Whatever, My Love'' on February 17, 2015. The album's single "Ordinary Guy" premiered on ''

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'' on January 14, 2015. The band announced they would tour the United States in support of the album throughout February, as well as venues such as the

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in New York City and

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in late March.

Reception

In late December 2014, ''

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'' named the album "one of their most anticipated albums of 2015," and on January 4, 2015, ''

'' named it "one of the 50 most anticipated albums of 2015." On January 9, 2015, Juliana Hatfield was featured on Nylon.com, who wrote that the upcoming album came off as "unforced, and with its sly lyrics and mega-hooky coffeehouse-

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aesthetic." When the album's single "Ordinary Guy" premiered on ''Consequence of Sound'' on January 14, 2015, the review stated "through distorted guitars and ferocious screams, Hatfield recalls all of the troubles that come with dating an addict. Though there’s no semblance of a happy ending to be found, Hatfield's honesty and poignancy are deeply romantic in their own right."

Track listing

All songs written by

, except where noted.

Personnel

*Juliana Hatfield - guitars, vocals, keyboards, percussion, production, writing *Todd Philips - drums *Dean Fisher - bass *Tom Beaujour - production, engineering (at Nuthouse Recording, Hoboken, NJ)

Release dates

References

External links

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