Feature Friday: The Ruse - Love Sex Confusion

For the past ten days or so, JamLegend has been unveiling new songs by The Ruse from their brand new album Love Sex Confusion, released on March 23. To date, The Ruse have about one million plays total, which is an impressive feat. We certainly feel your love for the band, and we're absolutely stoked that they chose JamLegend as the venue to premiere their songs so we asked Jim from the band to tell us a little more about the new record.

Aside from the well-crafted songs, what catches your attention is the title: Love Sex Confusion. What could it mean? Jim tells us: "Title comes from Twitter actually--we put out a tweet that asked our fans to help us name the album. We told them that the themes of the album were 'Love, Sex, Confusion, and Los Angeles.' There was a response from a few different people that we should just go with the themes as the title. So, we dropped the 'Los Angeles' part and rolled with 'Love Sex Confusion.' And we love it."

The Ruse spent about 2 months, from start to finish, working on Love Sex Confusion, which they recorded with producer Jorge Vivo. "This was the easiest album we've ever made. We tracked it all ourselves over four days in a studio in Los Angeles. No pressure, no producers looking over our shoulder. Just us and our ideas," Jim says. The tracks were mixed by Jorge, a friend of the band, who "added his own special sauce" to the magic contained within. Jim continues, "We think you can hear the joy and ease on the finished product." We agree that the new songs crackle with a sense of excitement and the band's love for writing and performing their music.

Asked if there are any particular songs from Love Sex Confusion that they are especially proud of, The Ruse picked "The Sweetness"--though, it must have been difficult to single out just one out of many stellar songs (it would be impossible for us!). Jim explains that they absolutely love playing "The Sweetness" live: "It has a great dance vibe and the audience really connects. That song opened up a new direction for us--groove based songs that help the drums and bass shine." The song served as a cornerstone for Love Sex Confusion. "We followed that lead for the rest of the songs on the album--each one has a great bassline and groove that sets the tone."

So, out of all the music sites out there, why choose JamLegend as a venue to unveil the new album one song at a time? With one million plays for their songs, The Ruse certainly feels the love from JamLegend players. "JamLegend has been amazing for us," says Jim, "We get tweets all day long about people playing our songs. Some people even upload their 'wins' on YouTube. All in all, it helps expose our music to an entirely new audience--one that is worldwide. So it was a natural idea for us to work with Jamlegend on the debut."

Finally, we asked if The Ruse have a message for their fans on JamLegend. Of course, they do!:

"THANK YOU!!!! Keep playing and keep spreading the word!!! We love you guys- Jim, John, Mark and Jason"

The new album from The Ruse, Love Sex Confusion, is available now directly from the band, via iTunes, at online retailers like Amazon, and in stores. The Ruse just began their US tour in support of the album. Go see them live and tell them JamLegend sent you! Play "The Sweetness" from the new album below, but make sure to check out the rest of the songs available to play on JamLegend.

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Feature Friday: The Ruse - Love Sex Confusion