Release date: 17-09-2007, Label: People Like You Records
By: Nina Mende
Starting up in late 2002 by clashing some ideas in a dirty old rehearsal room
somewhere in Germany, quickly first songs shaped up, a band name was found and
stages entered. Half a year later their debut “Good Drinks, Good Butts,
Good Fellows” sold out in a rush and the band’s reputation quickly raised
from the insider underground hottie to a decent act. Gaining a lot of experience,
song writing and musical skills within the following two years, it was in 2005
when the acclaimed “Love Murder Blues” striked and marked the bands
next level. This album enabled the Heartbreak Engines to hop on a couple of
tours and festivals, also the Bad Boys For Life festival tour was now up on
their live schedule. Conquering loads of new hearts on a headline run and supporting
genre leaders, made the band to take another two years to face the studio again.
The result was the album “One Hour Hero” which I am the owner of now.
This album is very powerful and energetic, the music is punky and fast. One
thing I realized right after I pressed play: the band has a stand-up bass which
gives the songs a special touch and is also a typical instrument for a psychobilly
band. Really nice. I can imagine that there is a lot of moshing going on during
their gigs, with many big guys in the audience.
“Give It Up” is a perfect song to shout along. The song “God’s
Black Day” is nice to sing and dance along. “Bad Job Jesus” is
a very outstanding song because of the melody, the vocals, the guitar, and simply
everything in this song. It is definitely my favorite of all. It somehow reminds
of blues music from back in the day. “Not My War” is a quite aggressive
song. The last song on the album “Gunwitch” sums the album up very
nicely with the soft vocals and the aggressive backing vocals, the guitar and
the melody.
A great album for an evening out or in with friends and beer.
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1. One Hour Hero 2. Love’s A Dagger 3. Black Gold Rebel 4. Give It Up 5. God’s Black Days 6. Invisible Wounds 7. Morning Star 8. Bad Job Jesus 9. Mountain Of Madness 10. Not My War 11. Gunwitch |
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