Love In Prague – The Same Place (Album – Off World Music)
Genre/Influences: Wave-Pop, Dream-Pop.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Love In Prague has already been active for a while but doesn’t exactly release new albums on a regular basis. This is their fourth opus featuring ten songs.
The album is their third for the French label Off World Music. Their 2015 album “Fallen Angels” had appeared on Unknown Pleasures Records, the French label that called it quits after 7 years in 2020.
Content: Love In Prague held on their familiar sound formula which is moving in between Dream-Pop, Wave-Pop and elements of Dark-Wave. I also noticed cinematic passages. Core member Benoit Gérard’s way of singing sounds as a perfect match with the band’s melancholia.
+ + + : Their previous album “Two” (2018) didn’t totally convince me but “The Same Place” reveal a global improvement. They remain faithful to their beloved melancholic expression but especially the debut part of the work reveals cool songs. The title song even sounds to me as the best cut they’ve ever composed; sweet melancholia carried by a strong chorus. I also like the subtle electronic arrangements on top of the composition which also features harder guitar parts.
– – – : The second half of the album is less convincing. It feels like they’re falling back to less passionate compositions without any apotheosis.
Conclusion: “The Same Place” is the album I would recommend to discover first by listeners who aren’t familiar with Love In Prague.
Best songs: “The Same Place”, “Before The End”, “Insight”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: https://loveinprague.fr / www.facebook.com/loveinprague
Label: www.facebook.com/offwmusic
About Love In Prague
Love In Prague is a French post-punk duo formed in 2007 by Benoit Gérard and Chloé Praha. The pair mixes post-punk, dream pop and wave, with Gérard handling the vocals.
The duo self-released its first EP, “Lost Days”, on limited CD in 2008, followed by the digital EP “Ice Ages” in 2011. The debut album “Ghost Note” appeared on the German label Kalinkaland Records in 2013 as a CD digipak. “Fallen Angels” followed on Unknown Pleasures Records in 2015 and exists in nine listed versions on Discogs.
From the third album on, Love In Prague worked with Off World Music: “Two” arrived on CD in 2018, “The Same Place” in 2022 and “In My World” in 2025. A separate self-released digital single, the Stephen Hague mix of the album track “Insight”, also appeared in 2022 alongside the album reviewed here.
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