Breakup Breakdown - She Went Black

This is not the greatest song in the world, no- This is just a tribute. -Tenacious D, “Tribute” The blustering approach of Breakup Breakdown characterizes the consummate classic rock tribute band who has finally decided to leave popular covers in a distant pyrotechnic haze to unleash the original material that has been burning at their heels for so very long. She Went Black is a trio of songs that unabashedly revels in borrowed glory, from guitar riffs pulled straight from the rocker’s handbook to the dirt-sexy lyrics and rule-the-world swagger of the lead singer. You’d probably sell your soul to Breakup Breakdown given the proper circumstances - stumbling into a dingy, dimly lit hole-in-the-wall bar and swilling a few drinks. Yeah, you’d be dancing when the keyboards and three kings kicked in. And you’d wake up with that cheap liquor headache, thinking you shouldn’t have swilled quite so much, but still unwilling to change a thing. She Went Black is high on pomp and low on substance, full of bravado and mostly devoid of sincerity. But if Breakup Breakdown can keep pumping out songs in the same brass balls manner, it might not matter. [www.breakupbreakdown.com]