I don't usually check out the bands that spam me on MySpace. But when I got an e-mail from Love In October frontman Erik Widman, I was kind of intrigued. Why, you ask? He told me I have nice hair. So I checked them out, and wham! I fell in love with their sound. A few days later, I was interviewing them for Alloy. Find out what went down when Erik and I took our convo offline! (Click here to hear some Love in October tunage .)

Why did you title the album Pontus, The Devil, and Me?
Pontus is actually a common Swedish name. The title reflects the songs on the CD -- some songs are a story about whatever, and then there are dark songs, and then there are personal songs. I thought [the title] reflected [the album] pretty well.

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