Alongside ITALICs great affinity for electronic dance music in its multitude of forms, from techno to house to disco, they have always harboured a love for pop (attitudes), as exemplified by the likes of PREFAB SPROUT, STEELY DAN, ORANGE JUICE, SCRITTI POLITTI, JAPAN, PULP or SCOTT WALKER. The fourth Coloma album is a song cycle with recurring harmonic and rhythmic themes. Lyrically, Loves Recurring Dream is a narrative chronicling the phases of a romance, which symbolically runs over the course of a year. In the twelve songs, singer Rob Taylor follows the progress of the seasons from spring, summer and autumn to winter, with the implicit promise that a new spring will follow. In its entirety, Loves Recurring Dream is a modern concept album featuring classic song writing and bold production, combined to create profound popular music