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Video Clip of The Week: The Cuckoos, “Heartbreak Paradise”


Looking back, I could say it was all a dream, except that I have hard evidence of a time in ‘popular music’– between the Rock of the ’80s (aka Butt Music) and Grunge — during which it was possible to still hear some straight-forward classic rock with an alt edge (bands like The Church come to mind) that didn’t conform to any uber-twee sub-genre. You know, like music sounded in the ‘60s and ‘70s: when there were maybe 5 genres of music, tops. This week’s Sunday Jam, “Heartbreak Paradise” from Austin Texas-based rockers The Cuckoos, takes me back to that simpler, vastly superior time.  Nostalgia!

Visually, “Heartbreak Paradise” features pink-hued performance footage over tropical snippets from the band’s time at Carnaval de Bahidora in Las Estacas, Mexico. According to the groups vocalist/keyboardist Kenneth Frost, the video represents the ‘heartbreak paradise’ described in the song. “It’s about a place for all the people that have fallen in and out of love,” Frost explains, “a place that serves as a temporary fix for those longing for love but who are unable to move on from what they’ve lost.” We’ve all been there, right?

I don’t want to spend too much time fellating “Heartbreak Paradise” with an excess of lofty praise just because it gives me a stiffy for decent music. Watch the video for yourself and thank me later. “Heartbreak Paradise” is the latest single from The Cuckoos self-titled 2017 EP, which I’m guessing you should probably pick up. Catch The Cuckoos on tour by consulting the tour dates below. Enjoy!

The Cuckoos Spring Tour Dates
Apr 13 – The Electric Church, Austin, TX
May 4 – Dallas, TX – Three Links
May 6 – Little Rock, AR – Stickyz Rock N Roll Chicken Shack
May 7 -Nashville, TN – The End
May 8 – Charlottesville, VA – The Southern
May 10 – New York, NY – Berlin
May 11 – Baltimore, MD – Windup Space
May 12 – Providence, RI – Alchemy
May 13 – Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie
May 14 -Boston, MA – Middle East Upstairs
May 16 – Pittsburgh, PA – Smiling Moose
May 17 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen
May 18 – Cleveland, OH – The Foundry



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