Heavy Heart consist of four boys and a girl from Southeast London, formed in 2014. Their sound has been described as “dreamy, guitar-led indie rock with lush melodies”. They’ve recently played shows in London, Barcelona and New York (evidently we just missed them at CMJ) and are releasing a new song a month in 2016.
Take “Pretty Thing” for example which belongs in a Sofia Coppola movie. Fantastically laid back, raw and noisy, The track is everything that guitar rock should be, and delivers a hypnotic vocal melody as sweet as \the swagger of The Cardigan‘s Nina Persson and possessing the balls of Chrissie Hynde. I haven’t heard a song like this in a long while and damn I’ve missed it.
Elsewhere “What Became Of Laura R?” comes across with the ferocity of the Pixies early on before settling into a a superb dirty indie pop verse that lulls you before introducing a chorus that will follow you for months.
Recent release “Fruitfly” is the 7th release in the series and the band have yet to run out of the steam. The track is another driving indie number that sounds both new and instantly familiar with vocalist Anna Vincent dueling excellently with some fantastic guitar lines.
Do yourself a favour and listen to all the material the band has released so far. These are songs that deserve to have a back drop of teenagers all over the world doing all the things that are bad for them.
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