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An Electric Heart - An Electric Heart Album Review

16 Oct 2014 // A review by Peter-James Dries

Once an aspiring Punk band, Napier’s An Electric Heart was born from the scarcity of drummers, though I see little evidence of any Punk origins, save for the power chords of a digitized guitar and the Punk vocal aesthetic that sporadically make an appearance throughout their eponymous debut full length.

The music is generally electronic and especially poppy, kind of Pet Shop Boys and The Cure, that eighties vibe. Ballads and Electro Beats.

The exception being the concluding track, the titular An Electric Heart; an acoustic ballad that, though incongruous to the preceding tracks, is the soothing calm you need after this digital storm of an album.

The Resistance was the standout track for me. The track opens like so many tracks I loved from my Trance Techno, reach-for-the-lasers heyday before devolving into a Late Eighties, Nine Inch Nails Head Like A Hole.

You can find the An Electric Heart LP as well as their back catalogue of EPs for download, purchase or stream on the An Electric Heart Bandcamp (http://anelectricheart.bandcamp.com/) or their official website (http://anelectricheart.com/).

An Electric Heart
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About An Electric Heart

An Electric Heart is the pseudonym of Napier based Musician/Music producer Luke Pell. An Electric Heart’s sound is described as a mix of electronic & punk elements, or ‘Alternative pop’.

An Electric Heart’s second full length album titled Pink & Blue was released in 2016. The album’s release was accompanied by a release show and a promotional video for the song Thunderhead.

Luke Pell released the first An Electric Heart record titled; An Electric Heart (Free Promo EP) as a solo project late in 2011, Luke then added more members and expanded the project into a fully-fledged band. Over the last four years An Electric Heart has been through multiple line-up changes and has now returned to being Pell’s solo project.

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Releases

Otiose Me
Year: 2020
Type: Album
Pink & Blue
Year: 2016
Type: Album
Drive
Year: 2016
Type: EP
An Electric Heart
Year: 2014
Type: Album
NZ Music
Year: 2013
Type: EP
Part 4 Of 4
Year: 2013
Type: EP
Come On Down
Year: 2012
Type: EP
V.R
Year: 2012
Type: EP
An Electric Heart (Promo)
Year: 2011
Type: EP

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