{"product_id":"the-hecks-my-star-1","title":"The Hecks: My Star - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMy Star\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Hecks\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eTrouble in Mind\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e630125982549\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eRock\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2019-10-11\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Chicago trio The Hecks have been at it since 2012, starting out as the duo of guitarist Andy Mosiman \u0026amp; Zach Hebert. The band drafted guitarist Dave Vettraino into the fold, a recording engineer who was recording the band's s\/t debut (Trouble In Mind, 2016) \u0026amp; ended up joining the band In 2017. The band's journey to the end result of \"My Star\" - their second album - has taken them three years. After recording an initial version of the album in 2017, The Hecks started gigging with new fourth member \u0026amp; keyboardist Jeff Graupner, whose synthesized squiggles added some welcome heft \u0026amp; swagger to the band's tunes. After reworking \u0026amp; rearranging much of the new material to accommodate Graupner, the band scrapped the recordings \u0026amp; rebuilt them from the ground up, incorporating Graupner's skills at the keys. The results speak for themselves, as \"My Star\" is a gigantic leap forward for the band, absorbing everything from \"Manscape\"-era Wire to Paisley Park nu-funk to abstract new wave \u0026amp; art rock plucked straight from the Cold Storage playbook. Much of \"My Star\"s ten tracks are designed to bewilder; the production is intentionally disorienting, with the mix tipped toward the treble, alternating from sparse to confoundingly dense at times, but never at a disservice to the songs themselves. Opener \"Zipper\"s intertwining guitar jabs \u0026amp; synth lines herk \u0026amp; jerk so rapidly it's liable to break your neck, while lead track \"So 4 Real\"s neon-laced dayglo soul ratchets up the mutant funk throb so tightly that the lilting, melodic guitar break at the chorus is a welcome dose of ear-candy. \"Heat Wave\" dials it back, reveling in romantic washes of synth and flange \u0026amp; it's yearning refrain of \"It's tearing me apart, ripping out my heart again\"; a captivating, slow burning ballad unlike anything the band has done before. Meanwhile album closer (and title track) \"My Star\" is so cinematic, it feels like the lost end credits scene to a heartfelt teen drama, with it's end coda taking up the bulk of the song's near-eight minute run time. \"My Star\" is designed to make you move, you just have to let it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Zipper \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Chopper \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Flash \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Heat Wave \u003cbr\u003e1.5 The Fool \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Chinatown \u003cbr\u003e1.7 So 4 Real \u003cbr\u003e1.8 The King Is Close \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Josef Josef \u003cbr\u003e1.10 My Star\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The Hecks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32424349663303,"sku":"39373502","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3711394-2424562.jpg?v=1711049823","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/the-hecks-my-star-1","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}