Louis XIV - Find Out True Love Is Blind

What this video is

Released in 2005 as the lead single from 'The Best Little Secrets Are Kept' on Atlantic Records, 'Finding Out True Love Is Blind' was the song that broke Louis XIV nationally after West Coast radio stations — including San Diego's XETRA-FM — began playing an early version from the band's website, directly leading to their major-label signing. The track arrived at the crest of the mid-2000s garage-glam revival, when…

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A defining artifact of the mid-2000s sleaze-glam revival on US alternative radio. The track fused T. Rex glitter-stomp, Rolling Stones swagger, and garage-punk primitivism into a hook-driven format palatable to Atlantic Records' commercial infrastructure while retaining underground credibility via…