If you buy 5 button badges for $6, order a pre-release copy of the new album for only $15, or the EP 'O Tempora! O Mores!' for $7.50 (all prices inc. postage), you are helping us release the album on schedule AND you get an 'Executive Producer' credit in the CD booklet. *Please note the album will be out until 2010.
That and you'll be buying our undying gratitude!
You can pay by PayPal below, or email Teddy - Teddy@heartbreakclub.org - for cash instructions.
Pictures of the button badges are below!
PRE-RELEASE COPIES AND BUTTONS
'O TEMPORA! O MORES!' EP $7.50
If you choose to buy 5 button or a pre-release copy of the new album, you will be sent a certificate to show you are officially an Executive Producer of the new album. Once the album is pressed, you will receive a copy about a week before it hits stores.
We have 5 new button-badges. Uplifting designs include 'Shit at Life', 'Mutant Kitten - Chin Up', 'Pidgeon Crapping on Kid - Chin Up' and 'HBC 09'
BIO
What has become of Heartbreak Club (HBC)?
Once a straight-up parody of angst-ridden pop, HBC are rapidly becoming Australia's beacon of hope for Geek Rock; spearheading a new wave of 1990's inspired intelligent, ironic and self-deprecating punk-infused tunes.
In doing so, HBC have recorded a new, darker and grittier album that is 'unapologetically melodic; adopting a brutally honest, confessional and grungier tone' than previous efforts, with the band noting their admiration for Weezer's 'Pinkerton', Regurgitator's 'Unit' and Nirvana's 'In Utero'.
US Producer Ed Rose (Motion City Soundtrack, The Get Up Kids) and Aussie engineer Matt Voigt (The Killers, Midnight Oil, The Living End) were locked in Melbourne's Sing Sing Studios with HBC over February and March 2009 recording the aforementioned album.
It is expected that new tracks will make their way into the public domain in the latter half of 2009, in conjunction with two HBC tours. The first 4-week tour will be of metro/capital city dates, followed by a 5-week all-regional and rural based tour.
The as-yet untitled album is due to be released in March 2010, co-ordinating a release and tour schedule in Australia, the USA and Japan.
Since forming in early 2006, Heartbreak Club have extensively toured Australia and the USA; had their debut EP ...lamecore played on 300+ college and specialty-commercial radio stations in the US, Australia and Canada; had Bethanie featured on ABC-TV's Rage; and played alongside Faker, The Sleepy Jackson, Jonah Matranga, Bodyjar and Karnivool.
HBC had bunkered down with Ed Rose in 2008 to belt out O Tempora! O Mores! which was recorded hot on the heels of HBC's first tour of the USA, and combined chunky riffs, sing-along choruses and punchy synth lines to create a veritable bevy of audible delicacies that drip with irony and are coated with sincerity; recommended for fans of Weezer, Motion City Soundtrack, The Pixies and The Get Up Kids.
HBC are a band that can take their music seriously but not themselves; a band that walks a tightrope between satire and sympathy as they critique the murky waters of male narcissism, lust, lost-love, alienation, cultural inferiority, obsession and, err... impotence?
PRESS
HBC “channel the sounds of The Get Up Kids, Saves the Day and Weezer into one hell of an impressive powerpop effort. Whilst avoiding ripping off the aforementioned bands Heartbreak Club have their own take on things, which is refreshing to hear... 8/10” - BLUNT (Feb 09)
“O Tempora! O Mores! 8/10. With catchy guitar riffs and sing-along choruses, 'O Tempora' makes for a fantastic listen” - Tsunami Mag (December 08)
“With their new release O Tempora! O Mores! Heartbreak Club have created one of the most addictive EP's I've heard in a long time. The five songs are the perfect blend of punk, pop and rock music. The tunes are accessible, but the clever lyrics ensure these tunes stay left of the mainstream” - Oz Music Scene (Nov. 08)
“Australia has a long and proud history of satire and self-deprecation, with names like Chris Lilley, Barry Humphries and the boys from ABC's Chaser series famed for bringing larrikin humour to the stage. Now a group of musical “neo-punks” are preparing to follow in the footsteps of their comedic countrymen with a new manner of making music” - Katherine Feeney, Brisbane Times (Oct 08)
“These songs are on par with the best in the genre, and their take on it puts them accross as being smarter and more approachable than most” - Jeff Walker, Merredin Wheatbelt Mercury
Finally! You can order us online at JB Hi-Fi! Woooot!
Super Request is triple j's music request program presented by Rosie Beaton! You can make a request on this linked website, send a text message to this number: 1975 7 555 or call 1300 0555 36.
Request Heartbreak Club on Triple J!
1300 0555 36
Super Request is triple j's music request program presented by Rosie Beaton! You can make a request on this linked website, send a text message to this number: 1975 7 555 or call 1300 0555 36.
Official 'Bethanie' video clip from '...lamecore' EP
Sunset and the Raging Sea - Live in-store appearance @ Fist2Face
Full Live Set @ The Annandale Hotel
Sure, it's a little rough around the edges. This was our Annandale Hotel show on the 'O Tempora! O Mores! Tour' that went around Australia from October 8 to December 6, 2008. If the link doesn't work, just search for Heartbreak Club in the top right-hand corner.
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