HEARTWORMS – Glutton For Punishment – Vinyl LP Free Returns

Breaking free of the post-punk confines she was ushered into with her first EP, Jojo Orme (aka Heartworms) has elegantly blended a diverse array of influences with her own gothic tendencies to gob-smacking effect on her debut full length – industrial pop brushes up against darkened electronics and soaring indie rock choruses, creating a seductive swirl of sound that has swept us completely off our feet.

Produced by long-time collaborator, Dan Carey, ‘Glutton For Punishment’ combines the propulsive, motorik tendencies of gothic stalwarts, Depeche Mode, with the lyrical dexterity of PJ Harvey and the off-kilter rhythms of LCD Soundsystem into a powerful sonic onslaught that is entirely Heartworms. “With my EP, people kind of pigeon-holed me into post-punk,” she says. “I was like, ‘Cool, I can do that, but I can also do way more’ – I can do post-punk, but I can also be poppy and catchy, and this album represents that. I think people might be surprised when they hear it.”

• In The Beginning
• Just To Ask A Dance
• Jacked
• Mad Catch
• Extraordinary Wings
• Warplane
• Celebrate
• Smuggler’s Adventure
• Glutton For Punishment