Heartbreak are a
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
-based
electronic music duo
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composed of Ali Renault and Sebastian Muravchix. Their music finds its strength through a juxtapose of Renault and Muravchix's respective background in
electro and
Italo disco
Italo disco (variously capitalized, and sometimes hyphenated as Italo-disco) is a music genre which originated in Italy in the late 1970s and was mainly produced in the early 1980s. Italo disco evolved from the then-current underground dance, p ...
.
Albums
Heartbreak's debut album ''Lies'' was released on the 29 September 2008 on the London label
Lex Records
Lex Records is a British independent record label based in Camden, London, England.
Style
Lex has a varied musical output. Most releases are alternative hip hop, alternative rock or electronic. The label works with a small group of artists. ...
.
In honor of their inclusion in the ''NME'' Radar Tour, Heartbreak compiled a free mixtape available for download. The mixtape featured the likes of
the Horrors
The Horrors are an English rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea in 2005, consisting of lead vocalist Faris Badwan, guitarist Joshua Hayward, keyboardist and synthesizer player Tom Furse, bassist Rhys Webb, and drummer and percussionist Joe Spurg ...
,
Deux Deux and D'eux means "of them" or "about them" while also being the number "two" in French.
*2 (number), the natural number following 1 and preceding 3
**Two (disambiguation)
*Folie à deux, a rare psychiatric syndrome
Geography
*Deux Montagnes ...
and Lucy Montenegro, and was available to listen to online.
The album received mostly positive reviews and was ranked at number 50 on ''
NME
''New Musical Express'' (''NME'') is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand. Founded as a newspaper in 1952, with the publication being referred to as a 'rock inkie', the NME would become a magazine that ended up as a f ...
s Top 50 Albums of 2008.
Tours
Heartbreak played the 2009 Samsung ''NME'' Radar Tour alongside
La Roux
La Roux ( ) is an English synthpop act formed in 2008 by singer Elly Jackson and record producer Ben Langmaid. The act's debut album ''La Roux'' (2009) was a critical and commercial success, winning a Grammy Award and producing hit singles suc ...
,
Magistrates
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and
the Chapman Family
The Chapman Family were an English indie rock band from Stockton-on-Tees, that formed in 2006. The band's final lineup consisted of Kingsley Chapman (lead vocals, keyboards), Pop Chapman (lead guitar), Owen Chapman (rhythm guitar, backing vocal ...
.
La Roux to headline the 2009 Samsung NME Tour
''NME
''New Musical Express'' (''NME'') is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand. Founded as a newspaper in 1952, with the publication being referred to as a 'rock inkie', the NME would become a magazine that ended up as a f ...
''. Retrieved on 2009-04-25.
References
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Musical groups established in 2008
Electronic dance music duos
Italo disco groups
British Italo disco musicians
Musical groups from London