{"id":3394,"date":"2017-08-17T19:43:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T19:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2024-02-14T19:13:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T19:13:13","slug":"hambi-the-dance-heartache-lp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/hambi-the-dance-heartache-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"Hambi & the Dance- Heartache LP + 25 Tears a Day 12”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s one for the new romantics in the house!<\/p>\n

I originally picked this up a while ago at the urging of a friend, but kept it on the shelf for many years. Not sure why, but I reckon some of you can relate. I recently dropped the needle and was surprised by a rather catchy pop record from 1982 that especially calls early Talk Talk to mind, with\u00a0plenty of\u00a0guitars for good measure. There’s a few other touchstones here, perhaps some bigger and more stadium-oriented Gene Loves Jezebel singles, mid-era Modern English, the pop perfection of The Outfield (hush,\u00a0they’re great<\/a>), and there’s even one track that kind of hints at a Modern Eon\/Opposition sort of melancholy in the verses (#4), but it’s\u00a0not terribly obvious. The final track in particular is a stunner, but I dig everything on this record from start to finish, so long as you guys can hang with something a little bigger and brighter than some of the other gems featured here.<\/p>\n

This is the only LP from Hambi & the Dance, though a handful of singles were pulled from the record. Two singles followed, the former exclusive and the latter pulled from a second LP, which was released just as Hambi<\/a>. There were\u00a0quite a few big names involved in this project over the years, including ex-Adam & the Ants drummer Chris Hughes, second Frankie Goes to Hollywood vocalist Paul Rutherford, and even the Mission\/Sisters of Mercy’s own Wayne Hussey (who must have been an early member, as there aren’t any credits I can find on their recorded output). Vocalist Hambi Haralambous previously worked with other members of this band in Tontrix, also notable for featuring a pre-Flock of Seagull’s Mike Score.<\/p>\n

EDIT: Thanks to Jeffo! for sending over a rip of the exclusive 12” from 1984 as well! This one is a little more club-centric, but should also hit the spot. Without any further ado:<\/p>\n

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Hambi & the Dance-\u00a0Heartache<\/em> LP
\n1. Time After Time 4:01
\n2. Living In A Heartache 3:22
\n3. Madelaine 4:05
\n4. L’Image Craque 4:31
\n5. Spirits 4:31
\n6. The World 3:23
\n7. Dancing Inside You 4:08
\n8. Major Major 3:30
\n9. Too Late To Fly The Flag 3:30
\n10. Standing In The Rain<\/p>\n

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Hambi & the Dance-\u00a025 Tears a Day<\/em> 12”
\n1. 25 Tears a Day
\n2. 25 Tears a Day (Pink Version)
\n3. Taking My Life In Strides<\/p>\n

*download both here<\/a>*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s one for the new romantics in the house! I originally picked this up a while ago at the urging of a friend, but kept it on the shelf for many years. Not sure why, but I reckon some of you can relate. I recently dropped the needle and was surprised by a rather catchy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,124,37,523,183,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1980s","category-124","category-37","category-new-romantic","category-new-wave","category-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3394"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5448,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3394\/revisions\/5448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}