Love Spirals Downwards were a Dream Pop duo from California. It consisted of Ryan Lum and then-girlfriend Suzanne Perry. Although they never achieved commercial success, their cult following for their first two studio albums, Idylls (1992) and Ardor (1994) have gained them an audience. Later on in the duo's existence, they focused more on Electronica experimentation, which some people argue is either better or worse than their original sound. They split in 1999 as Lum and Perry's relationship was souring. Love Spirals Downwards contains examples of the following tropes: