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Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring

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SEASONAL PROJECT PT. 2: Spring
featuring two spring-themed songs reinvented by
Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring
Released on 13th March 2009 by STR/// in conjunction with God Is In The TV Zine and available on limited-print CD at live shows, or by free download - click the album below!
Cover art designed by Sophie Rautenbach.
Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring play intelligent, heartbreaking indie pop songs, with layers of vocal harmony, a multitude of instruments and melodies that Phil Spector should have written. Loved by the UK indie press, their sound is often likened to The Smiths, Mercury Rev and Arcade Fire. They live in south east London, and blog about music, life and baking right here.
Read 25 Things about Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring.
“Uplifting, beautiful pop for the disillusioned and faint hearted. It's hard to really say any more than that. THWFOS are a great big, crazy happy band and A Question of Trust is a great example of their craft. Renowned for unpredictable live shows, eclectic tastes and an advanced opposition to the mainstream culture of mediocrity, this band demands to be looked out for and listened to. So best you do!” -Stay In The Box
“Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring emanate romance like a summer rose, their shaven-haired, white-jacketed, Morrisey-esque front-man singing from behind his flower-strewn microphone with glorious languor. Handclaps, violin lines and tambourines shake, the whole Hearts sound ebbs with a blinding orchestral grace, and one particular track has a three-part vocal harmony to absolutely die for. Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring are the real package, and this fact is more than enough reason to spell their name out in full one last time.” –MusicOMH.com

Discography
Our Winter double-A single was released in December 2008, the first of our Seasons Project. After choosing from a selection of winter-themed songs (all nominated by our fans in an online poll) we have lovingly reworked the Fleet Foxes' White Winter Hymnal and Neil Young/Pixies' Winterlong.
The handsome devils at Strange Torpedo Records/// pressed a very limited number of the single, featuring exclusive artwork by Sophie Rautenbach and accompanied by a nifty tin that will eventually hold all four singles to be released throughout 2009. These are ONLY available to purchase at our live shows. And our good friends at God Is In The TV Zine hosted our winter songs as free digital downloads for three months ... 7,000 unique downloads later, we hope that they brightened up the gloomy months a little!
LIMITED EDITION 3" CD split EP
Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring vs. SAY
Available now from Northern Star Records - support a true independent label!
CD - £2.99
MP3 Download - £2.50


Our self-released debut single, A Question Of Trust is available now on CD, 7" vinyl and download from all the usual places.


And here's what the indie music press have been saying about it...

"If there was a god he’d knock Morrissey down a peg or two and stick this band in his place because they write better songs with more heart."
The Plastic Ashtray

“Sweet, melodic and polished … the harmonies and melodies dazzle like sunshine refracted through a cracked window.”
SoundsXP

“Perfect pop, - nothing less than that.”
EardrumsMusic.com

“ ‘A Question of Trust’ proves that THWFOS now possess an iron fist in a velvet pop glove.”
GodIsInTheTVzine.co.uk

“With the coolness of Morrissey and the chiming guitars of the Bluetones - some songs are timeless, you better add this to your end of year lists!”
Subba-Cultcha.com

BUY THE CD SINGLE for £3 ...

BUY THE 7" VINYL for £4 ...

(prices include all P&P costs, you won't get stung with any hidden extras, and payments are handled by PayPal, so no need to worry about security)

Or if you’re lucky you might still find a copy in your local independent record shop. But if digital is more your thing you can download it from iTunes and all the other usual download sites, but we’d recommend you go here to get it from the good fellows of Northern Star Records – spend your money supporting some genuine independently-minded folk who are doing what they do for the love of music, rather than the £ signs in their eyes.


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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 05/07/2006
Band Website: www.theirheartswerefullofspring.tk
Band Members:
Markus: lead vocals, guitars, mandolin
Maeve: vocals, percussion
Emmet: guitars, banjo, mandolin, vocals
Vicky: violin, keys, glock, accordian, musical saw
Ian: lead guitar, banjo, vocals
Matth: bass, vocals
Steve: drums

Photos by Sergio Galaviz.
Influences: The Smiths, Lemonheads, Mercury Rev, Roy Orbison, Spiritualized, Sparklehorse, Flaming Lips, Fleet Foxes, The Wedding Present, Chet, Longpigs, Wilco, Scott Walker, Arcade Fire, The Bangles, Grandaddy, Silver Sun, Radiohead, Ed Harcourt, The Dears, The Beach Boys, Lambchop, Teenage Fanclub, The Raveonettes ...

Sounds Like:

"Postcard-influenced dreamy indie pop" - Channel4.com

"A joyous cacophony of guitars, glockenspiels, tambourines and kitchen sinks ... indie-pop is rarely this fresh, beautiful and heartfelt." - Subba-Cultcha.com
"Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring ... specialise in pure wide eyed heartbreaking pop and they play it like no-one else" - Heavenly Social

"Splendidly crooned vocals grasp the hands of Sparklehorses most wondrous melodies and cuddle up to early Mercury Revs psychedelic tinged orchestration" - God Is In The TV Zine

"Lush arrangements, twinkling guitar & swooning vocals you know you are onto something quite delightful here ... I wondered where all the hooks had gone in modern chart music. These lot have them!" - The Plastic Ashtray

"Maybe its the wide-eyed innocence and hopeless romanticism of it all. Maybe its their knack of writing well crafted classic pop songs. Whatever it is, I'm hooked." - Northern Star Records

"There is something a little magical going on in their corner of London. THWFOS might make you think of the Divine Comedy, Mercury Rev, the Lemonheads, and the Smiths having a Technicolor tea party on a glass rooftop in the middle of an English summer. New Favourite Band ... showcases the effortless crooning and divine instrumentation that make THWFOS essential listening." - Loose Record


Record Label: Strange Torpedo Records///
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SPRING SINGLE FREE DOWNLOAD

Darling Hearts,'Spring' is here and to own it for free we would like you to visit God Is In The TVWe had a blast performing the tracks for the first time last weekend and we hope you'll love them as m...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:02:00 GMT

new blog post!

But not here - it's over at our official site: www.theirheartswerefullofspring.tkGo see, go see ... includes my very own recipe for Royal Festival Honey Cake which is definitely not something I kind o...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:43:00 GMT

Spring-Doings in Jan and Feb

Well it's been a little while, but things are a-buzz in the Hearts' Camp - recording songs, making pancakes and getting into mischief in general. With all that and more on, we've taken some time off f...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:14:00 GMT

I wrote a new blog!

But not here - we don't really use this one for blogging any more - all our latest news is at our official home website place: www.theirheartswerefullofspring.tk(you're gonna have to copy and paste th...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:40:00 GMT

THWFOS are invading YOUR LOUNGEROOM...

... via the internet. Oh yes my friends, Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring are taking over! We have a new blog which will reveal all sorts of insightful, interesting and strange thoughts,&nbs...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:41:00 GMT

Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring play some festivals - Part Two: The Big Chill

Dr. Strangehorse (or, How I Learned to Stop Pouting and Love the Banana) The seven of us, plus Driver Jim and our lovely Director of Stage Management Rah, piled into the shiny black van (tinted w...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:11:00 GMT

Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring play some festivals - Part One: Lovely Latitude

Summer has been and is now almost gone, and we have been travelling - in vans, on bicycles, by a fleet of carrier pigeons - around the festivals. At Latitude we revelled in the Suffolk coun...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:10:00 GMT

The Bees Knees

A short while ago our Markus received a call from some chaps over at the Royal Festival Hall who wondered if we'd like to go and sing as part of their ongoing project. Little did we know what was awai...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:52:00 GMT

Flowers and Sunshine and Music ... oh my!

As you all know, we have a delightful gig coming up this Saturday 10th May at the Notting Hill Arts Club for Rough Trade. What you may not know is that we will be giving away 20 shiny new records, whi...
Posted by on Thu, 08 May 2008 07:08:00 GMT

"A Question Of Trust" out now in Germany - this time its true!

Hello folks, We know we told you this before a little while back, but there were delays as there always are with these things, but anyway this time it's actually for real ...Our debut single "A Questi...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:20:00 GMT