Heartbreak Engines – One Hour Hero

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.

Links:

Heartbreak Engines Myspace
Heartbreak Engines Official