THE LOVESONG started in 1999 as personal side project by Ben Tse. At the time he was unable to find any permanent members, so he enlisted the help of some old friends for the occasional show, including Whence He Came guitarist Ephraim Bano. Without a solid line up, Ben decided to focus his time on his band Uncle Joe instead, but still writing material for THE LOVESONG on the side.

2005 saw the independent release of THE LOVESONG’s first EP, a collection of songs that Ben had written between 1999 and 2005, recorded at the studio where he worked as a part-time engineer. Originally limited to 50 copies, the EP was met with much enthusiasm and support, selling out in a matter of days without any promotion or performances. To Ben’s surprise, it even managed to get raving reviews from a number of popular local magazines, such as BC and Esquire.

In reponse to the interest, and the selling out of numerous reprints of the EP, Ben decided to try to make THE LOVESONG a live band again, especially since his brother Nic (Unwed Sailor, the spirit that guides us, Mika Bomb) and vocalist/guitarist of the legendary Think Up A Clear Sky Suhail Stephen had both returned from overseas. With Nic on bass and Suhail on drums, the band finally had a solid line up.

They played their first show in October 2005, and have been hard at work ever since, playing to different crowds across Hong Kong, as well as being involved with both a 3" CD series (released by Lona Records - limited to 50 copies) and a Chinese compilation CD entitled ’Emo Rocks China’, which features bands from Beijing, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Xian and Hunan.