{"product_id":"the-broken-heartbreakers-imagine-if-we-could-just-keep-driving","title":"The Broken Heartbreakers - Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eAfter more than ten years between albums, Ōtepoti-based indie-folk songsmiths\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Broken Heartbreakers\u003c\/b\u003e return with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eImagine If We Could Just Keep Driving\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e — their fourth studio album, released via\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSlow Time Records\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLed by songwriters\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Bailey\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Howell\u003c\/b\u003e alongside drummer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul McLennan-Kissel\u003c\/b\u003e, The Broken Heartbreakers have spent more than two decades crafting music that sits quietly but enduringly within Aotearoa’s independent songwriting tradition — emotionally incisive songs shaped by folk, classic pop melody, country soul and the long shadow of underground guitar music.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormed in Tāmaki Makaurau\/Auckland in 2002, the band’s story spans New Zealand, Melbourne, Europe, the UK and Ireland before Bailey and Howell eventually settled in Howell’s hometown of Ōtepoti\/Dunedin. In the years since their last album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow We Got To Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (2015), Bailey and Howell focused on family life while Howell continued his work in the trade union movement — experiences that now sit deeply within the emotional core of the new songs.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe album features contributions from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCraig Monk\u003c\/b\u003e (Cloudboy, Dunedin Symphony Orchestra) on viola and electric guitar, and bassist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngus McBryde\u003c\/b\u003e (Asta Rangu). It is released on Slow Time Records, the label founded by acclaimed Aotearoa songwriter\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eNadia Reid\u003c\/b\u003e, who says:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e“Rachel and John are such gifted writers, observers, singers, and players. These songs are the stuff of life — life on life’s terms. They sound like Dunedin, and Ireland, like K’Road. I’m so grateful that this record is joining Slow Time’s stable of records.”\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e01. How Long Is Too Long\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e02. When Your Eyes Meet Mine\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e03. What Is For You\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e04. Matthew (Your Whites Are So White!)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e05. Yesterday\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e06. Now That You Know\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e07. Count Us In\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e08. An Ocean in the Way\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e09. Call Me Back\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. Dangerous Age\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11. Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Broken Heartbreakers","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP (White)","offer_id":48356384964852,"sku":"ST008LPW","price":64.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":48356384997620,"sku":"ST008LP","price":60.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0450\/3165\/3527\/files\/Broken-Heartbreakers-Imagine-cover-ONLINE.png?v=1780027418","url":"https:\/\/www.flyingnun.co.nz\/products\/the-broken-heartbreakers-imagine-if-we-could-just-keep-driving","provider":"Flying Nun ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}