Fall In Love In Analog And Never Let Go

 

If you by some chance like you some dance music…as in you could use glow sticks dance music, you might like Heartbreak on Vinyl by Blake Lewis. A forewarning however do not follow the singer Blake Lewis, the music will be ruined for you. Avoid all interviews with the singer and any of his songs with titles like “superscratchavocalisticturnatablelicious”. The reason being Blake is a fucking douche in interviews and in his sketchy titled songs he is usually beat boxing. Now I know your probably thinking wtf!? But his non beat boxing tracks are actually good…again if you like dance/electonica/synth-pop.

Blake’s previous album A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream) definitely had a couple of good songs on the album as well, but on Heartbreak on Vinyl you’re able to forget that Blake is a douche, which can probably be equated to the production of Dave Audé, and Rodney Jenkins. Both of which know how to make bitches get on the dance floor. Combining their production with Blake’s electronic sound is a match made in heaven, or at least on the dance floor in heaven. The album’s title track Heartbreak on Vinyl isn’t much,  the song sounds more pop than anything else but the more you listen to it the more your willing to admit the song is kinda cute. Binary Love has a beat to die for, but also some lyrics that are somewhat lost on me. Sad Song the album’s first single is standard and pretty much what you would expect from a song titled Sad Song…you can still dance though! There are 3 songs on the album you should probably skip being: Left My Baby For You, Rebel Without A Cause, and superscratchavocalisticturnatablelicious. Left My Baby For You is album filler and could have been left off the album altogether. Rebel Without a Cause is Blake reminding us he is a douche. And well superscratchavocalisticturnatablelicious…do I even have to explain. However the albums best tracks more than make up for any mistakes, Afraid is pure perfection, followed by the amazing Freak (which is somewhat douchetastic but has a solid beat) Love or Torture (Please Don’t Stop) is some good clean dirty fun. However the albums standout track is The Point, which you can’t really dance to at all, and you probably wouldn’t want to either because this is the albums actual Sad Song.

Album Grade: B