Heartbreaker Please

Description

‘Here’s the thing’, Teddy Thompson sings frankly on the album, ‘you don’t love me anymore. I can tell you’ve got one foot out the door’. From its opening track, ‘Heartbreaker Please’ reckons with the breakdown of love with a wistful levity as satisfying as it is devastatingly honest. And while the album is drawn from the demise of a real-life relationship, as told from Thompson’s perspective, it might also be seen as a projection of his relationship with New York City, the place he has called home for the better part of two decades. A member of the British musical dynasty first helmed by his legendary parents, Linda and Richard Thompson, he left London for the States at 18, settling in New York five years later. ‘At the time I was just taking a long vacation that never ended’, he says.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Why Wait – Teddy Thompson (2.58)
2. At a Light – Teddy Thompson (3.20)
3. Heartbreaker Please – Teddy Thompson (3.01)
4. Brand New – Teddy Thompson (3.14)
5. What Now – Teddy Thompson (3.44)
6. No Idea – Teddy Thompson (5.17)
7. Record Player – Teddy Thompson (2.24)
8. Take Me Away – Teddy Thompson (3.19)
9. It’s Not Easy – Teddy Thompson (2.35)
10. Move at Speed – Teddy Thompson (2.53)