Breaking God's Heart

by Hefner

Breaking God's Heart cover art

Operating heavily against the bombast of the late-90s Britpop hangover, the London quartet's debut album is a masterclass in hyper-literate, deeply sarcastic indie pop. Darren Hayman's trembling, highly intimate vocal delivery tackles tales of religious guilt and miserable urban romance over jagged, minimally produced acoustic guitar lines.

Genres

  • Indie Pop
  • Twee Pop

Tracklist

  1. The Sweetness Lies Within
  2. The Sad Witch
  3. A Hymn for the Postal Service
  4. Love Will Destroy Us in the End
  5. The Librarian
  6. God is on My Side
  7. Another Better Friend
  8. Love Inside the Stud Farm
  9. Tactile
  10. Eloping
  11. Pull Yourself Together - Single Version
  12. Christ - B-Side
  13. Smoking Girlfriend - B-Side
  14. Wicker Girl - B-Side
  15. Destroyed Cowboy Falls - B-Side
  16. Blind Girl with Halo - B-Side
  17. Goethe's Letter to Vic Chesnutt - B-Side
  18. Hello Kitten - B-Side
  19. Normal Molly - B-Side
  20. The Hymn for Berlin - B-Side
  21. The Sweetness Lies Within - Outtake
  22. Tactile - Outtake
  23. Flowers - Hefner Soul EP
  24. A Hymn for the Coffee - Hefner Soul EP
  25. Broodmare - Hefner Soul EP
  26. The Girl from the Coast - Hefner Soul EP
  27. More Christian Girls - Hefner Soul EP
  28. A Better Friend - Single Version
  29. Christian Girls - B-Side
  30. Lee Remick - Single Version
  31. School Girls Knees - B-Side
  32. Oblivious - Song for Galaxy 500 Tribute
  33. Love Inside the Stud Farm - 4-Track Demo
  34. Eloping - Outtake
  35. Goethe's Letter to Vic Chesnutt - 4-Track Demo
  36. A Hymn for the Postal Service - 4-Track Demo
  37. The Sad Witch - 4-Track Demo
  38. The Sweetness Lies Within - 4-Track Demo
  39. Broodmare - Rehearsal Demo
  40. A Hymn for the Coffee - Rehearsal Demo