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Strolling Bones Records

The Star Room Boys - Why Do Lonely Men and Women Want to Break Each Other's Hearts? The Star Room Boys

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2LP edition

Condition: Brand New
Release date: Sep 25, 2026
Catalogue number: LPSTB80
Barcode: 0607396080137

CD edition

Condition: Brand New
Release date: Sep 25, 2026
Catalogue number: CDSTB80
Barcode: 0607396080113
Format: 2LP

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Why Do Lonely Men and Women Want to Break Each Other’s Hearts? is a raw, echoing document of days spent struggling through love and nights spent drifting through bars, an essential record from the nascent Americana movement of the 90s and a beloved classic of Athens music. Before they entered the studio in the summer of 1998 for this debut, the Star Room Boys had spent four years solidifying their lineup and honing their sound to a leaner, more timeless country edge, dodging the slavish throwback and the punkish tendencies that characterized much of the alt-country of the day and driving their music further down the road paved by their treasured Merle Haggard. Recorded live to two-inch tape and bathed in plate reverb, the album captures the band’s sound at its early peak in support of singer and songwriter Dave Marr’s bruised and resigned love songs. They may have gotten more polished in their few remaining years, but the Star Room Boys were never more aligned in their mission, more audibly in love with the small-hours soul side of country music, than they were here.

Track List:

A1. Gastonia
A2. Was There Something in Her Eye?
A3. Both Our Towns
A4. It Belongs to You

B1. Why Do Lonely Men and Women Want to Break Each Other’s Hearts?
B2. Souvenir
B3. New York City Isn’t Going Anywhere

C1. The Liar in My Heart
C2. Foolish
C3. Tell Me About the Blues

D1. Almost Doesn’t Count
D2. Blue Marie
D3. Someone’s Playing Our Song

1. Gastonia
2. Was There Something in Her Eye?
3. Both Our Towns
4. It Belongs to You
5. Why Do Lonely Men and Women Want to Break Each Other’s Hearts?
6. Souvenir
7. New York City Isn’t Going Anywhere
8. The Liar in My Heart
9. Foolish
10. Tell Me About the Blues
11. Almost Doesn’t Count
12. Blue Marie
13. Someone’s Playing Our Song

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Format: 2LP

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