Kevin Bronson on June 6th, 2012

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IO Echo – the long-incubating project of Ioanna Gika and Leopold Ross, who first burst onto the L.A. scene in 2007 – will release its debut album “Ministry of Love” on Sept. 11 via L.A.-based IAMSOUND Records. Long known for their mesmerizing mix of ’90s shoegazing and Gothic post-punk (they were first embraced by Indie 103.1 in summer of ’07 and an early song appears on now-defunct station’s “Check One Two” mix of February 2008), the duo have been a hot live commodity off and on (and in the U.S. and the U.K.) for years, supporting the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Florence + the Machine, La Roux and the Big Pink (for whom Ross plays bass). Few bands have sustained such a buzz over a long period of time without having released an album, and now the many tastemakers who have championed the band have a document. It won’t disappoint. Last December we posted “When the Lilies Die” – now the finished album version is available.

||| Download: “When the Lillies Die”

Photo from IO Echo’s April show at the Echo supporting the Big Pink.