Empty Hearts ...

uwe · September 09, 2015, 05:04:58 AM

I wasn't aware of them until recently, guess they are a power pop supergroup with ex-Cars, -Blondie and -Romantics members - plus a guy from Rochester, of all places! Really dig their CD, I always thought Elliot Easton's solos were the icing on The Car's cake.

leftybass · September 09, 2015, 07:24:56 AM

There was quite a lot of build-up on Facebook before their CD was released. I bought about 6 months ago. Good stuff.
Been a fan of Andy and the Chesterfield Kings for many years. He wrote the Beatles and Stones gear books, and runs a fantastic guitar shop.

Granny Gremlin · September 09, 2015, 08:43:21 AM

Why's the drummer holding a guitar in that cover snap.

Also, you could make the argument that they have an ex-Ramone in the lineup as well (Clem Burke was in the Ramones for about 1 month, sacked before he gigged tho IIRC; aka Elvis Ramone).

The sound of these guys, and I should have taken the foreshadowing from Clem's shirt there, is very 60s Brit Invasion revival, right down to the subject mater/song titles. Rather unexpected considering the membership... some more modern classic rock influence in there too; that first riff in the first vid is total ACDC (down to the SG, even though a lefty).

uwe · September 09, 2015, 09:31:19 AM

They even have a song lyric that includes "no stop sign, speed limit", but I'm sure that is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the band that named itself after the chord progression of one of their songs (TNT: A C D C).

godofthunder · September 09, 2015, 11:52:58 AM

Yep a Andy Babuik ex Chesterfield Kings bass player. I have known him for years. We are both House of Guitars alumni. I even got a mention in the liner notes.

uwe · September 10, 2015, 04:51:56 AM

I'll have to look and check!!!

godofthunder · September 12, 2015, 04:26:30 PM

So how's that going?

uwe · September 13, 2015, 03:18:37 AM

Well, a certain Scott "The Saw" Dasson is named in the Special Thanks right between "Tony Carbone" and "Perry Margouleff".

Could that be you?

godofthunder · September 13, 2015, 09:20:03 AM

LO there is only one Scott Dasson

uwe · September 14, 2015, 05:44:16 AM

The more I hear that CD the more I like it. While they are obviously 60ies influenced, they are quite varied in their approach. Not too garagy and not too watered down. With a production that - thankfully - does not pretend to be cheaper than it is which is so en vogue this days (listening to, say, the Alabama Shakes' two CDs is aural pain for me, there is no necessity in this day and age for distortedly recorded vocals, and since The Strokes and The Kings of Leon it's nothing groundbreakingly new either).