Eat Your Heart Out
The Breakups
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Breaking Up | The Breakups | 0:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Day In the Sun | The Breakups | 2:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Tissue Sample | The Breakups | 2:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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After the Fact | The Breakups | 4:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Let's See What Happens | The Breakups | 3:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Feed | The Breakups | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Winding Down | The Breakups | 3:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Hanging Up | The Breakups | 1:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 8 Songs |
Customer Reviews
A brilliant and shining debut!
the concept, songwriting, production, mixing and musicianship on this EP is nothing short of spectacular. It is the perfect length that when it ends it just leaves you wanting more. Thank God for the repeat feature on CD players. The opening track, 'Day In The Sun' sets the tone and momentum for the rest of the albums pop songs. It's driving beat and guitars really get things moving. Then you have a bit of a slow down in 'Tissue Sample' where it seems they call on the influces of Elliot Smith and Jon Brion while still making it all their own. Followed by that we have 'After The Fact' which I am certain should most definitely be the hit single from the EP. This song with it's synth intro to the hook in the chorus is just brilliant. Next we head into a slight disco groove with ' Let's See What Happens'. Now normally I am not a avid supporter of the disco genre, but once again the breakups somehow manage to take something and make it all their own. In this case they take what could've been a cheesy disco song and put just enough of that groove mixed in with some all out pop rock and make it a masterpice. Following that you have 'Feed' which I would say is probably the weekest track on the album but even that doesn't mean it's bad becasue this EP has such high quality songs. It still packs punch and gets you singing along in no time. I would actually argue that 'Feed' Is probably the most rocking track on the EP. Finally, after all that rock and loaded arrangements the band brings you to a pleasing and suitable end to the EP with aptly named, quite mellow, 'Winding Down'. Just like a fine wine to end a perfect evening or better yet the most amazing desert to end the perfect meal, "Winding Down' fits the bill for a perfect closer to a flawless EP. I look forward to hearing more from this band and am excited to see what the future holds in store for them.
LA isn't like Detroit, Australia & London.
I love the word "pop". Growing up it was something you got out of a machine at a gas station to cure 'cotton mouth' after sneaking down the alley with your boombox to go smoke. On the boombox was the Stevie Wonder & the AC/DC with those Sex Pistols...maybe even the guy with the mustache...uhm Zappa, Steely Dan the Van Halen, or little Mikey Jackson's Off The Wall. Like Vans gym shoes. Roller skates with cement wheels man! Oh yeah...the review... There's a palpable amount of perspiration from what I'd call the "Largo Contingent" in the work of The Breakups, putting the roots in the 90's and early 2000's. A heavy dose of the Jon Brion, little Elliot Smith, tall Aimee Mann, and a good bit of those clever pop-by-numbers tricksters "Fountains of Wayne". It's there. You just can't deny it. You just have to buy it. And while it's mostly really good stuff that will make you smile, ocassionally it's a bit much and it will make you cry ("Tissue Sample" and it's overt debt to Elliot Smith, even at a slim bit over 2 minutes had me reaching for a tissue. Elsewhere, the great middle 8 section of "Let's See What Happens" outweighs the rest of the jam, which in execution comes off like a bad disco demo that could cause food reviewers other than Boris Kenton to play the race card.) The highlights of the candy heart debut EP are "After The Fact" and "Winding Down" (which should grace more than a few mix tapes along side with ZZ Top). The keyboard bridges thrown into songs, in place of stock guitar solos or extra words that don't need to be there are quite charming. The female vocal octave doubling is great in the chorus of "Day in The Sun", and Boris asbestosly loves the cloudy-day keyboards in the middle. The overall pacing of mood, tempo, and flow from track to track are really well worn & thought out. There are a lot of great subtle (and big) production touches. I think my review copy has got a problem on the last track...there's a lot of silence and then this chorus of Snagglepusses shouts something out, and then more mumbling. I have bought the track 3 times now on ITunes and it keeps doing the same thing. These Breakups need to fix this.
solid album
I found out about this band completely accidentally, as the best are usually found, and was totally impressed! As so many other bands, this one definitely deserves more attention, and hopefully once their new album comes out shortly they'll get that. Super fresh sound and beat; my favorite songs being After the Fact and Winding Down. Buy this!
Top Albums and Songs By The Breakups
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I Don't Want to Know | I Don't Want to Know (single) | 3:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Let's See What Happens | Eat Your Heart Out | 3:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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After the Fact | Eat Your Heart Out | 4:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Tissue Sample | Eat Your Heart Out | 2:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Day In the Sun | Eat Your Heart Out | 2:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Winding Down | Eat Your Heart Out | 3:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Feed | Eat Your Heart Out | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Mary Lynn | I Don't Want to Know (single) | 4:16 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Breaking Up | Eat Your Heart Out | 0:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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the Casualty | I Don't Want to Know (single) | 6:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
