Robert Jon & The Wreck - Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2025
Time:40:46 
Size:94,2 MB 
Label:Journeyman Records 
Styles:Southern Rock/Blues Rock 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Sittin’ Pretty - 3:17
 2. Ashes In The Snow - 4:37
 3. Highway - 4:42
 4. Old Man - 3:11
 5. Dark Angel - 3:53
 6. Long Gone - 4:24
 7. Better Of Me - 4:40
 8. I Wanna Give It - 3:46
 9. Heartbreak & Last Goodbye - 3:21
10. Keep Myself Clean - 4:52

How this Californian band are managing to continuously tour and produce albums of this quality, I don’t know.  Heartbreaks follows on from the excellent Red Moon Rising and is even stronger than that. This time, they have switched producers. Dave Cobb is at the helm to keep things fresh. Robert Jon tells me that Kevin Shirley will be back in the hot seat when the time is right. Another thing that is different is how the album was recorded. Ten days were spent in the studio without distraction, no going home, just time for that lightning bolt to strike. That approach has worked so well, Robert can’t imagine recording in other way in the future. Throughout each song has its own identity, the more you listen, the more you discover. Opener ‘Sittin’ Pretty is a powerhouse of a song that just happened in the studio. ‘Ashes In The Snow’ is retrospective and slower-paced. ‘Better Off Me’ has a tasty keyboard intro, and all members get the chance to shine. ‘Old Man’ is a song that many of us could connect with; it was written by Jake Abernathie and his girlfriend. The legend that is John Oates co-wrote ‘Long Gone’; it has a funky feel and underwent many changes; Oates is delighted with it. ‘I Give It’ was written many years ago on a porch with friends; it was never expected to appear on a Wreck album. Robert Jon’s voice has a beautiful tone. What I am trying to say is Heartbreaks And Last Goodbyes is sprinkled with magic; it is an album that is pure from beginning to end. Our vocalist says the title track is special; he is right. What a way to close a record. Guitarist Henry James Schneekluth plays with nuance and feel, then explodes in all the right places. Robert Jon And The Wreck (just in case you didn’t know) is a Southern Blues band based in Southern California, but they are so much more than that. Soul, Funk, Rock ‘n’ Roll and great lyrics embellish the sound, and you can’t want more than that. One further point, when these songs hit the stage, their magnitude will be even greater. I’d better mention Andrew Espantman (drums) and Warren Murrel (bass), who provide the bottom end to perfection.
The New Studio Album Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes arrives August 22nd courtesy of Journeyman Records.

Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes