Your Heart Breaks
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Your Heart Breaks is a collaborative music project
. It began in Bellingham, Washington
in 1999.
The project has spread throughout the United States, but resides in Seattle, Washington
when not on tour. They now have over 50 members in the lower 48 states and have produced seven albums. They are on six record labels: Plan-It-X Records, MASA, KELP!, Don't Stop Believin', Do It for the Girls Productions, and Whprwhil Records. Regular members include Clyde Petersen, Karl Blau
, and Steve Moore of Earth
. Participating musicians include artists such as Kimya Dawson
, Forrest Baum, Dave Mathies, Laura Veirs
, Cindy Wonderful of Scream Club and members of bands such as The Gift Machine, Winning Lasses, Palisades, Black Cat Orchestra, Team Gina, and Kickball. Their direct influences include queercore
and they have also been described as indie rock
, folk
and punk
, although an electronic
influence is also obvious on some songs. Singer Clyde Petersen has been quoted as describing the band with the phrase: "We tell stories".
Musical collective
Musical collective is a phrase used to describe a group of musicians in which membership is flexible and creative control is shared. Such entities have transitioned from the traditional hierarchical configuration that features either a frontman , or a plurality of band members in tension for...
. It began in Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia...
in 1999.
The project has spread throughout the United States, but resides in Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
when not on tour. They now have over 50 members in the lower 48 states and have produced seven albums. They are on six record labels: Plan-It-X Records, MASA, KELP!, Don't Stop Believin', Do It for the Girls Productions, and Whprwhil Records. Regular members include Clyde Petersen, Karl Blau
Karl Blau
Karl Blau is an indie rock and folk musician based in Anacortes, Washington, and member of the Knw-Yr-Own/K Records collective. His music is eclectic, incorporating elements of folk, dub, R&B, bossa nova, grunge, hip hop, drone, and worldbeat....
, and Steve Moore of Earth
Earth (band)
Earth is an American musical group based in Seattle, Washington, formed in 1989 and led by guitarist Dylan Carlson.Earth's music is nearly all instrumental, and can be divided into two distinct stages...
. Participating musicians include artists such as Kimya Dawson
Kimya Dawson
Kimya Dawson is an American singer-songwriter, best known as a solo performer and as one half of The Moldy Peaches. In Swahili, "Kimya" means "silence" or "silent".-Career:...
, Forrest Baum, Dave Mathies, Laura Veirs
Laura Veirs
Laura Pauline Veirs is an American singer-songwriter.Veirs was raised in Colorado, studied geology and Mandarin Chinese at Carleton College, worked as a translator for a geological expedition in China, and now lives in Portland, Oregon.While growing up, she heard folk-country, classical, and pop...
, Cindy Wonderful of Scream Club and members of bands such as The Gift Machine, Winning Lasses, Palisades, Black Cat Orchestra, Team Gina, and Kickball. Their direct influences include queercore
Queercore
Queercore is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid-1980s as an offshoot of punk. It is distinguished by being discontent with society in general and its rejection of the disapproval of the gay, bisexual, and lesbian communities and their "oppressive agenda"...
and they have also been described as indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
, folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
and punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, although an electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
influence is also obvious on some songs. Singer Clyde Petersen has been quoted as describing the band with the phrase: "We tell stories".
Albums
- Love Is A Long Dark Road (Love Is All You Need), Self-released and Lost Sound Tapes (cassette release) 2008
- Live In Berlin, Self-released, 2007
- Sailor System, Don't Stop Believin', 2006
- New Ocean Waves, Plan-It-X Records, 2006
- Tales from the Gimli Hospital, MASA Records, 2005
- Kittens, Self-released, 2001
- Hula-hoops, Self-released, 2000
- Robot tape, Self-released cassette, 1999
Singles and EPs
- split 7" with Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death, Don't Stop Believin' Records, 2009
- split 7" with Madelaine, MightyMo Records, 2008
- split 7" with Webelos, Whprwhil Records, 2008
- split 7" with Paul BaribeauPaul BaribeauPaul Baribeau is a folk punk singer and musician from South Central Michigan.. He is signed to the independent record label Plan-It-X Records. His self-titled debut album was released on Plan-It-X Records in January 2004. His second album, Grand Ledge, was also released on Plan-It-X Records in June...
, Don't Stop Believin' Records, 2008 - Beer & Chai/In Your Room split EP with Steve Moore Agency, Kelp!
- "Tour EP", 2003