Two of their demo tracks (“Mediterranea” and “Forgo”) were featured on the From Across this Grey Land 3 compilation, garnering international attention from fans and critics alike, and sparking their career as one of Projekt Records’ most successful artists to date.Over their 8 year history, Love Spirals Downwards released four 10,000+ selling albums; Idylls (1992), Ardor (1994), Ever (1996), and Flux (1998), plus 1 single, Sideways Forest (1996), and 1 retrospective collectionTemporal: A Collection of Music Past & Present (2000), incorporating the styles of Ethereal, Shoegazer, Folk, World, Ambient, and Electronica to create a Dream Pop sound uniquely their own.

Primarily a studio recording project, the duo performed live only rarely — generally in conjunction with Projekt Festivals — and almost always acoustically. Love Spirals Downwards’ last live show was in 1998, in support of their final studio album, Flux.

In 1999, Lum began working with new collaborator, Anji Bee, under the shortened moniker ofLovespirals. You can read more about Lovespirals in the Current Musical Projects section.

In 2002 Perry formed a new group called Melodyguild with Matt Gleason and John West of the The Von Trapps and Nicholas Pallos of The Battle of Lake Erie. You can read more about Melodyguild in theCurrent Musical Projects section. Perry has also contributed vocals to several songs by Falling Youincluded on albums released in 2006 and 2008, including the NAR award-winning album, Human.

In late 2007 Projekt released Love Spirals Downwards’ out-of-print debut album, Idylls, and follow-up,Ardor. These beautifully redesigned digipac CDs have been completely remastered from the original DAT masters along with extra material including live recordings, compilation-only tracks, and out-takes from the original album recording sessions selected and assembled by Lum.

2008 marked the 10 year anniversary of the duo’s final studio album, Flux. Watch for remastered reissues of Flux and Ever on Projekt in the near future.