The Billie Burke Estate: Let Your Heart Break

The Billie Burke Estate is essentially a one-man recording project put together by Seattle’s Andy Liotta with the help of drummer Zak Schaffer. The Estate’s second album, entitled Let Your Heart Break, is a collection of smart, upbeat pop songs with a decidedly retro feel.

Tuneful as all hell, Liotta’s writing is firmly rooted in pop from the late ‘60’s and early ‘70’s. He’s constantly tipping his hat to the Beatles and the Beach Boys with his multi-layered vocals, which he delivers in a warm and clean manner.

Tunes like “99 Liberty Lane” and “Everybody’s Gonna Die” have absolutely killer choruses that most songwriters would give their eye teeth for. The funny thing about the record is that it’s a direct result of the modern miracle of home recording but there’s not a single sound here that would be out of place in 1973.

Some tunes overstay their welcome (more than half the tunes break the four minute barrier), and the album runs a little long for me (55 minutes), but other than that it’s a mighty solid effort.

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