If former Starvations lead singer Gabriel Hart were a soap opera character (in his reincarnation as the lead singer of Jail Weddings that wouldn’t be a stretch – just watch their latest videos!) he’d be a cross between Blackie Parrish (General Hospital) and Erica Kane (All My Children) – at once a petulant heartthrob and supreme bitch goddess.
Filled with saccharine 60s pop chords, Jail Weddings’ recently released album, Love is Lawless, is the perfect compliment to the hysterical drama found on daytime soap operas and in Harts’ lyrics. The band itself could be his ensemble cast playing up his vaguely threatening croons – after watching two of the thirteen videos that will be produced for each song on the album, I half-believe the cliff hanger in this soap opera will be the bludgeoning of one or more of his band mates.
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