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The Dark Romantics‘ Heartbreaker was released yesterday, September 9th. The band took their name after a literary sub-genre of the 19th century (Edgar Allen Poe and Emily Dickinson were considered part of this genre), because apparently their sense of humor falls in line with death and darkness – as their music reflect such darkness.
From reading about their debut album, Some Midnight Kissin’, it would seem that the theme and sound from that album is geared for a dance nightclub. I don’t think they were trying to achieve that with Heartbreaker, because I felt these songs are kind of moody. Like a Gothic New Romantics, a little bit of a post-punk/new wave 80s vibe. In fact, the danciest song on here is probably “Never Been Loved”, with its “I want to love
you like you’ve never been loved.” chorus at the end,
but I wouldn’t call this album dance, underground or
otherwise.
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The theme to this album seems to fall into one of two categories: love or heartbreak, although you can argue some songs falls in both. I felt that the album kind of build up to their epic song “Heartbreaker”, because they had sprinkled bits and pieces of this song earlier in the album. By the time “Heartbreaker”, I was already familiar with this song.
Don’t miss this band if you like mysterious dark pop, they are about to set on a long tour:
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09/12/08 Murray Hill Theatre *all ages Jacksonville, Florida
09/18/08Camp Fire USA *CD RELEASE SHOW* all ages – house party show! Lakeland, Florida
09/19/08 Backbooth *CD RELEASE SHOW ages 18+ Orlando, Florida
09/20/08 New World Brewery *CD RELEASE SHOW ages 21+ Ybor City, Florida
09/25/08 Sluggos w/ DIGNAN & MOUSE FIRE Pensacola, Florida
09/26/08 Blue Wisp – Midpoint Music Festival Cincinnati, Ohio
09/27/08 Brick House/Noize Collective w/ DIGNAN & MOUSE FIRE Loiusville, Kentucky
09/28/08 The Drunken Unicorn w/ DIGNAN & MOUSE FIRE Atlanta, Georgia
10/16/08 Tin Roof Charleston, South Carolina
10/17/08 New French Bar w/ LOOK MEXICO Asheville, North Carolina
10/18/08 Lunch Box Records w/ LOOK MEXICO Charlotte, North Carolina
10/29/08 The Vagabond **GEN ART presents REVERB** Miami, Florida
10/30/08 Respectable Street Cafe w/ TV CLUB & MOUSE FIRE West Palm Beach, Florida
11/06/08 Swayze’s w/ THE WINTER SOUNDS *all ages* Marietta, Georgia
11/07/08 Flicker Theatre w/ THE WINTER SOUNDS Athens, Georgia
11/08/08 Soho w/ THE WINTER SOUNDS Columbus, Georgia
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