The Heartbreaks are a British Indie rock band formed in Morecambe, Lancashire in 2009. The band consists of Matthew Whitehouse (vocals, ryhthm guitar), Joseph Kondras (drums), Ryan Wallace (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Chris Deakin (bass guitar, backing vocals). They are based in Manchester, where they were described as “soon-to-be massive indie wonders” in a Manchester Evening News review，The band formed in the seaside resort of Morecambe in 2009, brought together by a shared love of soul music, Orange Juice and gritty Northern literature， Before forming the band, Whitehouse and Kondras worked as ice cream men, Wallace was a roofer and Deakin "just floated from place to place，Matthew was the 2008–2009 North West's Under 21 Fastest Soft Serve Pourer. The competition was held in Skelmersdale, where he won 35 of WH Smith vouchers and a pair of monogrammed pouring gloves