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Heart Bones - Sean Tillman and Sabrina Ellis
Heart Bones - Sean Tillman and Sabrina EllisMPR Photo | Mary Mathis
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July 20, 2019

Heart Bones - Control
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Heart Bones - Dashboard
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Heart Bones - Disappearer
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Heart Bones - Don't Read the Comments
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Heart Bones - Hungry Eyes
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Heart Bones - I Like Your Way
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Heart Bones - Little Dancer
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Heart Bones - Open Relations
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Heart Bones - This Time It's Different
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Heart Bones - Unforgiveable
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Sean Tillmann and Sabrina Ellis toured together in 2016 and immediately bonded over what they describe as a kindred quality of over-the-top showmanship, and their new collaboration is a wild romp through doo wop, musical theater, and dance music.

The two performers stepped onstage in coordinated primary-colored outfits, their color scheme almost as loud and playful as their synth-laden pop. Heart Bones played songs from their forthcoming debut album, which nods sonically and lyrically to the pulsing pop sounds of the '80s. "Don't put baby in a corner," they sang, while an actual bucket-hat wearing baby bounced to the beat.

Tillmann and Ellis also pulled out a song from their Dirty Dancing tour, their Auto-Tune cover of Eric Carmen's "Hungry Eyes."