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When it comes to amorous types and their amorous undertakings, there's no better place to be than Louisville, Kentucky. At least, that's what the folks behind the Louisville Is for Lovers website and compilation series keep trying to tell us. Weird, since all those Slint and Rodan records I've played for my significant others have only scared them away. Maybe I should have been rocking the My Morning Jacket?

Or how about the Will Oldham? Oldham, in his Bonnie "Prince" Billy guise, features on the latest Louisville Is for Lovers comp, Vol. 8. He's joined by the Phantom Family Halo (which includes Michael McMahan of David Pajo's Dead Child), and, well, a lot of bands non-locals may not know so well. But hey, that's what love's about, right? Taking chances? Embracing the unknown? Sure it is.

LIFL Vol. 8 is available now via several Louisville shops and Louisvilleisforlovers.com, so you have plenty of time to snatch up a copy before Valentine's Day. While you're there, why not check out the previously mentioned Louisville Babylon Halloween comps as well?

Thanks to Zach Willenbrink for the tip.

Louisville Is for Lovers Vol. 8:

01 Axel: "Bulldozer"
02 Chemic: "Master's House"
03 Surplus Elks: "If You Never Show"
04 Tamara Dearing: "Give It Away"
05 Love Cartel: "You Belong to Me"
06 The Mack: "A Lover for the Night"
07 Warlock, Head and Gristle: "That's How It Goes (When All Your Friends Are Crows)"
08 One Small Step: "Thanksgiving (No Ware)"
09 Whistle Peak: "Souvenir"
10 Saredren Wells: "Why Didn't Someone Tell Me?"
11 Bonnie "Prince" Billy: "Get Your Hands Dirty"
12 Pure Dirt: "Life of a Rose"
13 Big Time Band: "Part Time Preacher"
14 Phantom Family Halo: "Young Lovers and People Who Die"
15 Gallery Singers: "Jets and Sunshine"
16 Boundless and Starstruck: "Letting Out Is Letting In"