Franklin Bruno -- voice, guitar, keyboards, and so forth. On Civics: Jean Cook (Anti-Social Music, Ida, Jon Langford) -- violins // Mark Greenberg (The Coctails, Archer Prewitt, 11th Dream Day) -- drums, marimba, Wurlitzer sideman // Mike Lyons (Violins, Clyde Federal) -- bass, accordion // and special guest Kelly Hogan -- singin'. Live in LA and/or NYC: Kyle Brodie (Nothing Painted Blue, WCKR SPGT) -- drums // Daniel Brodo (Refrigerator) -- double bass // Rick Brown (Run On, Les Batteries) -- drums, chaos pad // Sue Garner (Run On, The Shams) -- singin' // Michael Krassner (Boxhead Ensemble, The Lofty Pillars) -- guitar // Ted Reichman (My Ears Are Bent, Bad Stravinsky) -- accordion.
The Human Hearts is a flexible branding medium for the realization and dissemination of songs (and other musical work, but let's face it, it's gonna mostly be songs) by Franklin Bruno, also known as 1/3 of the Southern California power trio Nothing Painted Blue, 1/2 of The Extra Glenns, and as a solo artist in his own right. The most recent incarnation of The Human Hearts existed for a fleeting few days in Chicago, in Spring 2006: the resulting recordings form the core of Civics (Tight Ship Records), the debut release under the HH name.
Hey! We’re coming all the way from Australia to play Japan, U.K Spain and The U.S. We’d love to see you at a show or two! Power Pop for fans of Weezer, Fountains of Wayne, Elvis Costello & Cheap Trick.
Hey, you guys sound great! I am glad I looked more closely at you picture, because otherwise I would not have noticed that that was my old schoolmate from Kansas City standing there: Mark Greenberg! Check out our humble musical efforts when you have a chance.
I'm really looking forward to the new album - I have to order a copy posthaste, unless Amoeba's got it. FB projects never fail to deliver the goods...I'm still sad that The Employee Picnic never saw an official release!
Congrats on the house band gig, BTW! I'll be in NYC in May, so hopefully I'll have a chance to hit up the Bowery.
