Single review: Lande Hekt/Romantic
Although now based in Bristol, it seems a fitting place to start this website with a review of a track from Lande Hekt , the vocalist in perhaps the most notable band to emerge from Exeter in recent year, Muncie Girls . Hekt has forged a promising solo career indeed since the release of Gigantic Disappointment at the back end of 2019. The chosen title for that 7-track affair long player probably seemed an understatement once events of 2020 and 2021 unfolded, so it may have been with grim earnestness that Hekt’s official debut long-player broke cover under the moniker Going to Hell . That said, the album was as much an exploration of the artist’s personal battle in coming out as gay as it was of the wider political and social meltdown we were all facing. Either way, it was a screamingly good record, with opening track Whiskey really laying down a marker. Released on Pennsylvania’s – the US version, not Exeter’s – Get Better Records , Hekt spoke eloquently about the background to t...