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title: "Heartquake Saga"

description: "Hammer City: Heartquake Saga EP (Aug 2016): four-song rock release led by Nick Belcher (The Hammers). Luke Francis Walton recording engineer; public materials tie sessions to Tiny Giant Recording, mixing Frank Rosato."

year: 2016
releaseDate: 2016-08-31
releaseType: EP

artist: "Hammer City"

apple: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/heartquake-saga-ep/1155213057"

tracks:
  - { title: "Lookin'" }
  - { title: "Forget I Said Anything" }
  - { title: "Heartquake" }
  - { title: "Forever" }

press:
  - outlet: "Apple Music: Heartquake Saga"
    url: "https://music.apple.com/us/album/heartquake-saga-ep/1155213057"
    desc: "Rock EP · 4 songs · ~18 min · Aug 31, 2016 · ℗ 2016 Hammer City."
  - outlet: "BandMix: The Hammers / Hammer City"
    url: "https://www.bandmix.com/hammer-city/"
    desc: "Nick Belcher, lead vocalist / songwriter; Los Angeles hard-rock band."
  - outlet: "YouTube: Forget I Said Anything"
    url: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNPPPXdEXEQ"
    desc: "Third track on Heartquake Saga; credits Tiny Giant Recording, mixing Frank Rosato."

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**Hammer City — *Heartquake Saga* EP**: four-song rock EP (**August 31, 2016**; [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/heartquake-saga-ep/1155213057): ~18 minutes, ℗ 2016 Hammer City). Public release name **Hammer City**; Nick Belcher's Los Angeles project also indexed as **The Hammers** ([BandMix](https://www.bandmix.com/hammer-city/): Belcher lead vocalist / songwriter). [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3hnlsCnRf7wVSdh2r7AwQV).

**Tracks (Apple Music order):** **Lookin'** · **Forget I Said Anything** · **Heartquake** · **Forever**

**Nick Belcher**, lead vocals. [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/nickbelchermusic): Los Angeles, USC Popular Music graduate, “fusing rock and EDM sounds.” Shared USC Thornton's [2014 Pop Showcase](https://www.neontommy.com/news/2014/04/usc-thorntons-pop-showcase-highlights-seniors-troubadour.html) bill with **FEiN** and **Nina Francis**; later featured on [*Dragon Ball $d*](/albums/dragon-ball-d/) and [*Next Time on Dragon Ball Sd (feat. Nick Belcher)*](/songs/next-time-on-dragon-ball-sd-feat-nick-belcher/). Jan 2017 [ReverbNation FEiN interview](/catalog/#dragon-ball-spine): Luke on **#Grownupz** — *Hashtags and the letter z. #DragonBallZ*.

**Luke Francis Walton**: **recording engineer** (sound design). Production credit page only; Walton did not write these songs and is not named on public streaming metadata.

**Studio trail:** A [YouTube post for *Forget I Said Anything*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNPPPXdEXEQ) describes it as the third song on the new EP *Heartquake Saga* and credits **Tiny Giant Recording** with **mixing by [Frank Rosato](/with/frank-rosato/)**: public support for the Tiny Giant era (same studio lane as [*Little Homes*](/albums/little-homes-fein/), [*Boomerang (with FEiN)*](/songs/boomerang/), [*Between Dreams*](/albums/between-dreams/)).

See [With Hammer City](/with/hammer-city/) · [Dragon Ball $d spine](/catalog/#dragon-ball-spine) · [With Frank Rosato](/with/frank-rosato/) · [Catalog](/catalog/#production)

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