The Broken Heartbreakers @ Public Bar (Whammy)

Ōtepoti’s longstanding indie folk favourites The Broken Heartbreakers have emerged from the mists to announce their brand new album, as well as a full nationwide tour this September. Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving marks the band’s fifth album and debut on Nadia Reid’s boutique Slow Time Records label, set to be unveiled on July 17th.

Local songwriter Ben Chavasse will be joining in support at the Whammy Bar show!

With the ballad of The Broken Heartbreakers harking back all the way to 2002, it’s clear that the band understand that the finer things in life take time. Their critically adored album How We Got To Now arrived over a decade ago in 2015, with a smattering of non-album singles and live appearances over the years keeping the band in the hearts and minds of their ever-loyal fanbase.

Now, after four years of writing and self-producing in their North East Valley, Dunedin home studio, founding members John Howell and Rachel Bailey return with The Broken Heartbreakers’ most fully realised record yet. Featuring exquisite cover art from Dudley Benson, and mixed by Aotearoa’s master of noise Nick Roughan (Skeptics, Dimmer) Imagine If We Could Just Keep Driving expands the band’s world brilliantly.