EMO AT HEART
Salt Lake City’s Heartless Breakers play a brand of bombastic, overwrought
rock ‘n’ roll popularized at the turn of the millennium — a style known as emo.
Vocalist Chase Griffis’ expressive voice sits alongside post-hardcore screaming
vocals. Beneath it all, aggressive guitars and a clamorous rhythm section
intertwine, creating an auditory manifestation of adolescent tension and release.
But Heartless Breakers also blend elements of hard and abrasive music with a
pop sheen, a defining characteristic of emo.
“Many of the bands we’ve been compared to were bands we listened to in high
school,” guitarist Matt Mascarenas tells EW, including bands like Thrice, Taking Back
Sunday, The Juliana Theory and Brand New.
“Though we’ve never had a specific sound in mind,” Macarenas explains, “our
writing process isn’t planned out. Our music is simply a product of what we are
collectively feeling at the time we are writing.”
Heartless Breakers are touring in support of their debut full-length album, The
Great Give Back, out now on Animal Style Records.
The group put out an EP in 2013. “We chose to write The Great Give Back with
the expectation of being over any problems or subjects expressed on the
Prescriptions EP,” Mascarenas says, “and kept our minds moving forward.”
“Most of us have played in Eugene in previous bands,” Mascarenas continues,
“though this will be our first time there as Heartless Breakers. We are touring with
Sundressed, who has played Eugene in the past, and they’ve had nothing but great
experiences to share. We are excited.”
Heartless Breakers play with Sundressed and Eugene’s Bending and Feeling
of Home in their debut gig 8 pm Sunday, April 26, at The Boreal, 450 W. 3rd Ave.;
$5. All ages. — William Kennedy
MELISSA COHN
OLD PAD Trivia Night—9pm; n/c
POUR HOUSE Karaoke—9pm
SAM BOND’S GARAGE Young
Buffalo, Pluto the Planet—9pm;
$7
STARLIGHT LOUNGE Quizzo Pub
Trivia w/Dr. Seven Phoenix—
9pm; n/c
TAYLOR’S BAR & GRILLE DJ
Crown—10:30pm; Hip hop, top
40, dance, n/c
VILLAGE GREEN Natty-O & Gaye
Lee—7pm; n/c
WANDERING GOAT Visigoth,
Dark Confidant, Septic Burial—
8pm; Thrash, death, $5
WOW HALL Jeff Austin Band w/
Danny Barnes, Ross Martin &
Eric Thorin, Alder Street—8pm;
Bluegrass, $17 adv., $20 door
CORVALLIS
CLOUD & KELLY’S
FR Lowdown Dance Party—
10pm; n/c
SA The Deep Woods Band—
10pm; Blues, rock, n/c
FIREWORKS RESTAURANT
MO Southtown Open Mic—9pm;
n/c
(AND SURROUNDING AREAS)
BIG RIVER RESTAURANT
SA The Bush Pilots—8pm;
Bluegrass, n/c
1 0 1 0 W I L L A M E T T E S T R E E T • D OW N T OW N E U G E N E • M C D O N A L DT H E AT R E .C O M
APR 23
7:00PM DRS / 8:00PM SHW
GIBBZ & RUSS LIQUID
& GREAT DANE opening
MUST BE 16+
TO ATTEND
+
APR 24
7:00PM DRS / 8:00PM SHW
w/ AU5, RANDY SEIDMAN
& TOΧIK opening
MUST BE 16+ TO ATTEND
TIX AVAIL. BY CALLING 1-800-992-TIXX.
also avail. at
the EMU or online
MAY 07
7:00PM DRS / 8:00PM SHW
with THE FLOOZIES
& MUZZY BEARR
MUST BE 16+ TO ATTEND
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Karaoke—9pm
AXE & FIDDLE The Handsome
Family, Wildewood—8:30pm;
Americana, $10
BLACK FOREST Karaoke—9pm
THE BLIND PIG Karaoke w/Jim
Jim—9pm
LUCKEY’S KI & the Architex—
10pm; Hip hop, $2
MAC’S Gus Russell & Paul
Biondi—6pm; Variety, n/c
MOHAWK TAVERN Karaoke—
9pm; n/c
MULLIGAN’S Open Mic—
8:30pm; Variety, n/c
NEW MAX’S TAVERN Lonesome
Randall—7pm; Rock & roll his-
torian, n/c
OAKSHIRE PUB The Killer
Bs—5pm; n/c
..........
WEDNESDAY
4/29
5TH ST. CORNUCOPIA
THE COOLER Hump Night Trivia
w/DR Dumass—7pm; n/c
COWFISH Rotation Live w/
Connah Jay & Guests—9pm;
Hip hop, indie dance, n/c
GRANARY Mama Jan’s Blues
Jam w/Brian Chevalier—8pm;
n/c
HAPPY HOURS Grateful Dead
Wednesday—9pm; Dead con-
cert vids, n/c
JERSEY’S Karaoke—8pm;
Ladies night, n/c
..........
VILLAGE GREEN Neil Johnson—
7pm; Solo guitar; n/c
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