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the breakups (intentionally lower-cased) will cause inadvertent tapping of the hands and feet! The responsible parties are: Jake Gideon – guitar/vocals, Phil Shrut – drums, James Williams – keyboards, Nik Ahlstam – guitar and Tim Lee – bass/vocals. As the indie pop scene is now accepted as an essential movement in independent music, there may be other bands out there who sound similar to the breakups, however there are fewer bands out there who can make a tune and turn it into something you want to dance happily around to the way they do. Just ask my floor boards; if they could talk they’d say “she spent more time dancing then she did writing.” Sorry it may be true as each song has been listened to at least 10 times already and this is a 400-600 word review. Their melodic pop style stories are not unnecessarily over-dramatic, but rather attentive, comprehensive and familiar. This may be why their album is so easy to listen to over and over again and while it is easy to listen to you can bet this was a true labor of love for the breakups. “Of all the gin joints in all the world” isn’t just a Humphrey Bogart quote. You were just fed a line from “I’m thinking of a Number Between 1 and 99.” This song is full of hooks, it is so easy to learn and to sing along with that it will only take two listens and you’ve already mastered the words and harmonies. Their song “Better Off Alone” is a 90’s electronic pop combined with a 60’s surf melody, which consequently results in a recog