heartbeeps is a solo musical project that started in Pontefract, West Yorkshire in 2004. It has since been based in Derby (UK), Guangzhou (China), Wroclaw (Poland) and is currently based in Cambridge (UK).
Pavement,
The Unicorns,
Yo La Tengo,
Times New Viking,
Why?,
M.I.A.,
The Microphones,
Architecture in Helsinki,
Islands,
of Montreal,
Silver Jews,
Sonic Youth,
Xiu Xiu,
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone,
Dinosaur Jr.,
Carsick cars,
Guided by Voices,
Animal Collective,
The Beatles,
Cass McCombs,
Mo*Ho*Bish*O*Pi,
Momus,
Jon Brion
Sounds Like
FEAR OF A WACK PLANET 06/2009 // Brainlove Records compilation CD // £5 // msg me to pre-order
There is a lovely drone-iness to [Heartbeeps'] music, which is a happy marriage of super lo-fi and super-melodic. Glacial Valleys is probably their best song, clunkily lo-fi, vaguely Beta Band-ish, whilst Tramwajs is a symphony on toy instruments, nicely strained vocals and a male voice choir singing through paper cups. Heartbeeps sound homemade and unfocused, but in the very best kind of way, like a child's telescope made out of toilet rolls. A NEW AND A DAY (UK)
For fans of Pavement or running The Unicorns through a tin processor, the UK's heartbeeps will fit your measuring cup. With substance to spare. The songs instantly glean your favorite smile-inducing sounds, creating round-two-minute gems that pop and hiss and could very well destroy. THE CULTURE OF ME (US)
Times New Viking fans should look this way, as there's much the same no budget ideas overflow in miniatures going on here, only with a cheap-sounding keyboard. SWEEPING THE NATION (UK)
2-minuters lo-fi-pop med uppenbara influenser från Casiotone For The Painfully Alone ... Fyra fina låtar är det i alla fall och det är väl bara en tidsfråga innan något creddigt bolag plockar upp en sådan här talang. LET'S PRETEND WE'RE BUNNY RABBITS (Sweden)
Heartbeeps est anglais et pratique seul dans sa chambre (ou dans un amphi) une électro-pop lo-fi où se mêlent guitares brutes et rythmique glaciale (Glacial Valleys), où se battent boîte à rythmes et synthés vs. banjo (sur le pur ovni sonore Light Leaks, comme si Beirut ou Sufjan Stevens reprenait Young Marble Giants). THE MAN OF RENNES STEALS OUR HEARTS (France)
Heartbeeps' laptoptronica veers from abrasive Pavement-esque riffs to Beirut-inspired ukelele pop. There is an element of dream pop to Heartbeeps too, especially on the enchanting 'Hats & Gloves & Scarf'. KEEP HOPE INSIDE (UK)
...un jovencito británico, que muy al estilo de The Unicorns, Times New Viking, The Microphones, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone y Cass McCombs, reúne 4 melancólicos temas llenos de magia y crudeza emotiva que componen su segundo trabajo-toda una joya- llamada “Canton EP”. PLAYGROUND (Spain)
hey cheers for the add im really like the intro to glacial valleys really cool....keep an eye out for us as tunes will be rolling up onto the myspaz soon
