I just received an advance copy of the latest from brooding dance rock outfit The Dark Romantics. It’s titled Heartbreaker and will be the Lakeland quintet’s second full-length on Louisiana-based Lujo Records (The Fall of Troy, Look Mexico).
The disc features 13 tracks including “Heartbreaker PT 3” (the album opener), “Heartbreaker PT 2” and “Heartbreaker,” the latter of which can be heard here. It’s a noir-ish number with fascinating, fractured guitar work, echo-y drums and dreamy strings that wrap around singer Eric Collins’ hazy, Thom Yorke-esque croon. The disc drops Sept. 9. Look for my review of it back here in the near future. The Dark Romantics perform Sun., Aug. 31, Czar, Ybor City.
This article appears in Jul 30 – Aug 5, 2008.