Heartbreak City Apex Manor SKU: MRG629LP Barcode: 0673855062907 20.00 £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Merge Records Released Date: 31st May 2019 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info The Year of Magical Drinking, Apex Manor’s 2011 tongue-in-cheek debut title, turned into self-fulfilling prophecy for Ross Flournoy. Near a nervous breakdown from depression and longterm alcohol abuse, Flournoy travelled from California home to Memphis, to check himself into rehab. “My father had gotten sober in 2009, so I ended up going to the same place,” says Flournoy. During that seven-week treatement, his father – who Flournoy playfully calls his “sober Sherpa” – had started a homemade pimento cheese business that was quickly taking off in local markets and grocery stores. “My dad showed me how it was possible to live without drinking – which was an impossibility in my mind – and I started helping him” says Flournoy, who ended up staying in Memphis for two and a half years before returning to California. “It was the most profound shift in my life and I never saw it coming.” Even with his newfound sobriety and the success of his father’s business taking time and energy, Flournoy never stopped making music while in Memphis. He got work composing instrumental music for scores and program theme songs. The music-without-lyrics part came easy for Flournoy and the anonymity was an enticing draw as he learned to navigate life without alcohol. “I always knew I wanted to make another Apex Manor record,” revels Flournoy. However, there seemed to be a new disconnect between the ease with which he composed instrumental music and the obstacles he faced every time he tried to write lyrics. Finally in 2016 after moving back to Los Angeles and scoring a couple of movies, Flournoy wrote his first new Apex Manor song. “It took me five or six years to learn how to rewrite songs or at least how to write them sober. But then in nine months I wrote something like 35 songs,” smiles Flournoy. After recording with producer Rob Barbados, Flournoy emerged with a vibrant collection of Apex Manor songs he’s titled Heartbreak City. The 11 tracks on Heartbreak City feature universal topics (break-ups, selfishness, relationships) with extemporaneous abstractions that furiously rumble with Dinosaur Jr.- esque guitars (“Asked & Answered,” “Nervous Wreck,” “Where My Mind Goes,” “The Long Goodbye”) and float on the synth-work of bands like The Killers (“Sara Now,” “Diamond in the Dark”). For Flournoy, the release of Heartbreak City is not so much a literal culmination of the dramatic twists and turns that transpired over the last eight years between Apex Manor albums, it’s more about celebrating the place that those events led him to: “I didn’t want to try to track the journey verbatim. Rehab, the pimento cheese business, living life without alcohol – all those things were a means that allowed me to get to the end result of being in a place where I could write songs again. This thing that I feared might be gone forever finally reemerged and I feel profoundly lucky.” Artist Apex Manor Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Merge Records Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve Includes Download Code Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl , Gatefold Sleeve , Includes Download Code Condition New Country UK Track Listings Asked & Answered Where My Mind Goes The Long Goodbye Heartbreak City Actual Size Sara Now Nervous Wreck Diamond in the Dark Morning Light Sanctuary Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Rolo Tomassi Astraea Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Holy Roar | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 4th August 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rolo Tomassi Astraea £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Holy Roar SKU: HRR169V Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 4th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Propagandhi Failed States Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Epitaph | 180g, 1LP, Includes CD Released 3rd September 2012 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Propagandhi Failed States £14.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Epitaph SKU: 271921 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 3rd September 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sheer Mag COMPILATION (I, II, & III) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Third Man Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 27th October 2023 £18.00 - £20.00 Select options Sheer Mag COMPILATION (I, II, & III) £18.00 - £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Third Man Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 27th October 2023 Read More Select options View Product Quick View RF Shannon Rain On Dust Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Keeled Scales | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 4th October 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders RF Shannon Rain On Dust £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Keeled Scales SKU: KS040LPC1 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 4th October 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bedford Falls Send More Bees Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Boss Tuneage | 1LP, Includes CD Released 1st June 2018 £17.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Bedford Falls Send More Bees £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Boss Tuneage SKU: BTRC12-122 Formats: 1LP, Includes CD Released Date: 1st June 2018 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Gaslight Anthem, The The 59 Sound Sessions (Deluxe) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Side One Dummy | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 15th June 2018 £37.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gaslight Anthem, The The 59 Sound Sessions (Deluxe) £37.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Side One Dummy SKU: SD17141 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 15th June 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Howe Gelb Gathered Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Fire Records | 1LP Released 8th March 2019 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Howe Gelb Gathered £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Fire Records SKU: FIRELP548 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th March 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Stiff Little Fingers No Going Back Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Ear Music | 1LP Released 23rd June 2017 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Stiff Little Fingers No Going Back £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Ear Music SKU: 0212050EMU Formats: 1LP Released Date: 23rd June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Teenage Halloween Teenage Halloween Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Don Giovanni | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 18th December 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Teenage Halloween Teenage Halloween £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Don Giovanni SKU: LPDG211LE Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 18th December 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Apologies, I Have None Pharmacie Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Holy Roar | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 24th August 2016 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Apologies, I Have None Pharmacie £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Holy Roar SKU: HRR163V Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 24th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Start again
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