Heartless Breakers – Prescriptions

Prescriptions, the debut EP from Salt Lake City rock band Heartless Breakers has invited comparisons to Jimmy Eat World and Taking Back Sunday. The brainchild of former Daytrader drummer Matt Mascarenas, Heart Breakers also features Brian Lee and Chase Griffiths, who have teamed up to create a 4 track EP in an attempt to break into the scene; and overall it is a pretty strong debut.

Prescriptions opens with Daily Restraint,a generous slice of pop punk that does little to dissuade the Taking Back Sunday comparisons. The verse is slightly generic and I find myself losing interest until the chorus comes crashing in, all cascading guitars and melodies that elevate this track above the mundane.Moral & Motiveis a nice listen, if a bit underwhelming – good melodies, with simple changes of pace between verse and chorus. Monologue is better, a sub 3 minute song featuring machine gun guitars, melodies galore and some outstanding harmonies (which to be fair also feature on all 4 tracks on Prescriptions).

Bitter Melodiesis easily the stand out track here, a Brand New-esque romp with killer hooks and a chorus I found myself shouting along to (in my head, mind) on second listen.

When they shout ‘We’ll be just fine’, I have no reason to doubt this to be anything but true.