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Track Listings
| 1. Liar, My Dear |
| 2. Delay, Delay |
| 3. Hand On Heart |
| 4. Winter Gardens |
| 5. Remorseful |
| 6. Jealous, Don't You Know |
| 7. Gorgeous |
| 8. Polly |
| 9. Save Our Souls |
| 10. I Didn't Think It Would Hurt To Think Of You |
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After three years together this is their debut album, and it comes with the robust confidence that dues earned supporting Morrissey, The Killers and other solid pop-rock names will bring. The four of them claim a love of Motown and Northern Soul and a shared yen for romance – in short, anything that will separate them from the herd. But away from the impeccable box-ticking influences it's their zest and gift for melody that make The Heartbreaks stand out.
Babyshambles and Holloways producer Tristan Ivemy takes the reins but he's dealing with tighter, brighter charges here. In an album that rattles by, 10 songs in a compact 34 minutes, there's barely a suggestion of slack as each track comes bounding out, hook intact, delivery committed. Singer Matthew Whitehouse is a particular revelation, a slip of a lad who sounds like Elvis Costello with an extra pair of lungs, or Roddy Frame at Somewhere in My Heart full-throttle.
The Scots postcard indie of Aztec Camera and their old labelmates is a fair reference. On Remorseful, for one, Edwyn Collins and Orange Juice loom large in the keening vocals and scratchy white-boy funk. And then you find out Collins is on additional production duties. He's even there when he's not there, first in the flying licks and dry wit of Liar, My Dear and later on the fantastic, skyscraping Polly, where Collins jangle meets Coxon spark.
But the guitarist here is Ryan Wallace. Remember the name – he slides effortlessly from Johnny Marr crystalline jangle on Delay, Delay to John Squire riffage on Jealous, Don't You Know, covering all points in between in a sustained performance that never lets the album drag. All forces joined, The Heartbreaks are a formidable proposition.
--Matthew Horton
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The whole album is full of hooks - tracks such as Delay, Delay and Remorseful have brief, one or two line verses, preferring to save their energy for big, singalong choruses. It's a style that works well. They have a pretty nifty way with a lyric too - "When I'm feeling wistful, I will head down to the shore," croons vocalist Matt Whitehouse on Delay, Delay, "And dwell on things I know I shouldn't care for any more". Whitehouse's voice is another strength, switching from Lloyd Cole-esque baritone to a lively higher register seamlessly.
Stand out tracks for me are the aforementioned Delay, Delay and Remorseful, as well as Polly and I Didn't Think It Would Hurt To Think Of You, but the whole album is a delight. Welcome back, early 90s, I've missed you. Fun times indeed.
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