Antte Johansson - Vocals & Guitar, Robin Reuter Bass & Vocals, Affo Kullberg - Drums
Influences
Madcap, the Briggs, Social Distortion, the Bronx, the Briefs, Against Me!, Rancid, Bombshell Rocks, Dropkick Murphys, Swinging Utters...
Sounds Like
INSPIRATION (Back from the Dead)
2008 Mitstrick Records
2009 Rookie Records
2009 BossTunage
2007 ECHO ROAD EP
2005 S/T EP
KERRANG! 4/5:
PRECOCIOUS FINS INDULGE THEIR LOVE FOR OLDSKOOL PUNK ROCK
ESCHEWING THE clean-cut, piss-weak. pop-punk sound - that's sadly ever more popular with so-called punks of today, in favor of gnarly three-chord oi! is a choise that comes up trumps for Finland's Heartbreak Stereo on this impressive introductory full-lenght. Redolent of Rancid or Social Distortion with a gentle nod to the wistful sonwriting of the Gaslight Anthem this record that not only bounces along at a frenetic pace with catchy tunes in spades but also resonates with an honestly and passion often woefully lacking. If you only buy one Finnish punk album this year...
-MARK GRIFFITHS
BIG CHEESE 4/5:
"...their sound could quite easily fit into the Hellcat roster (no doubt pissing all over a few of them) but they simply play power pop punk in a way that anyone who likes the genre is going to love. It's all great sing-along, snotty fun that conjures up images of Californian sunshine. What more can you ask for?"
-Simon Nott
NO FRONT TEETH
I still listen to last year's 'Echo Road' EP a lot so I was looking forward to this full-length from Finland's HEARTBREAK STEREO who have a great sound that's faster-paced, urgent and melodic blending elements of WASTED, RANCID, RANDY, BOMBSHELL ROCKS and THE SWINGIN' UTTERS. It's that great blend of contemporary American and European punk rock with a really full-sound and some killer hooks and back-up vocals. They have a touch of the early TKO sound too which is now quite hard to come by. This is really fucking solid – and I knew it would be…they have just found the perfect blend of power and melody because this would certainly appeal to fans of streetpunk and Oi! as much as it would to fans of melodic punk rock…it's a really good record with a lot of mileage because they haven't followed any particular formula, they're not obsessed with aggression or any shit like that, this is just an honest punk rock record with some fantastic song writing.
Punk Rock, Hardcore and Ska Recource & Review
punk rock beth
Finland's Heartbreak Stereo packs in the punch with 2008's "Inspiration(Back from the Dead)", if these guys were dead well i don't see it or hear it for all that matter with songs "swallow" that focus's on everyday life to small town life in the song"small town rats",these guys bleed the clash,street dogs and of course the great dropkick murphys,the music,lyrics and all around record itself is tight sounding and ready to rip through the local punk rock pub near you.get ready set GO cause here come the heartbreak stereo,so come on over and pick up a copy of their record and have a beer on me while listening although i don't drink this album puts me in that pub setting.they aren't back from the dead like the album title says but it seems they have only just begun CHEERS BOYS!
Record Label
Mitstrick Records,City-Rat (booking),Rookie,Boss T
Heartbreak Stereo is an energetic punk rock sing-along trio from the Southwest of Finland. These Finnish fellas have played numerous shows around Europe since late 2004. Having played in various bands for the past 10 year there is no doubt this three-piece knows, and loves what they are doing.
Their first release was in 2005 with a self-released s/t 5 track EP (sold out) and the followup EP, Echo Road, was released by Fast Freddie Productions in 2007.
In 2008 HEARTBREAK STEREO released their first full-lenght record "Inspiration (Back from the Dead)" on Mitstrick Records in Finland in the end of September followed by a three week tour playing 18 shows in six European countries.
On March 13th 2009 the debut album will be released in Europe by Rookie Records and in England & Japan through BossTunage followed by a 23 show tour through Europe.
With influences of bands like Social Distortion, Madcap, the Bronx, the Briefs, Bombshell Rocks, Against Me! Rancid, The Briggs among others, HEARTBREAK STEREO has shared the stage around Europe with bands like: BORN TO LOSE (USA), RAT CITY RIOT (US), MAD CADDIES (USA), HARD-ONS (AU), HARDCORE SUPERSTAR (SWE), SPLITSIDE (SWE), HUDSON FALCONS(US), NO SHAME, THE CONFESSION (SWE), SEEIN RED (NL), HEARTATTACK RADIO (BE) ...etc...
See you at the shows!
Listen to Batching It's debut album "Homage" in it's entirety before it is released! CD out in January 2010! Featuring songs by NOFX, Skankin' Pickle, Swingin' Utters, Pearl Jam, Rancid, Lagwagon, Metallica, Sublime, No Use For a Name, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, No Doubt, The Descendents, Less Than Jake and Operation Ivy!
15/10: CCO - Villeurbanne (69) + Mass Hysteria + Kiemsa 22/10: Festival des 20 ans du ZELIG - Lausanne (Suisse)
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