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Love Songs for Losers is the fifth studio album by American folk rock trio the Lone Bellow. It was released on November 4, 2022, by Dualtone Records. The album was produced by the band themselves, a significant departure from their previous efforts which were produced by outside producers.
On June 9, 2023, a deluxe edition of the album was released with four new songs that did not make the original track listing, including a reworked version of "The Restless", a song the Lone Bellow first released in 2018 from their EP of the same title.
Background
Love Songs for Losers was first conceived at a church in Nashville, Tennessee, and was recorded at the former residence of Roy Orbison over an eight-week time period. Of the album's title, band member Zachary Williams opined in a press release that "I've always seen myself as a loser in love never been able to get it completely right".
Singles
The album's lead single, "Gold", was released on July 21, 2022. The song examines the real-life effects that have stemmed from the opioid crisis. The second single, "Honey", was released simultaneously with the album announcement on September 14, 2022. The third single, "Homesick", was released on September 28, 2022. The fourth single, "Unicorn", was released on October 19, 2022.
Upon release, Love Songs for Losers received positive acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream publications, the album has a mean score of 80 based on four reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
