The Exploding Hearts has been played on NTS in shows including Crossed Wires w/ Amanda Siegel, featured first on 7 June 2017. Songs played include I’m A Pretender , Throwaway Style and Throwaway Style.

The Exploding Hearts were a punk rock / power pop band which formed in Portland, Oregon, United States in 2001. The band comprised Adam Cox (vocals, guitar), Terry Six (guitar), Matt Fitzgerald (bass) and Jeremy Gage (drums). Despite critical acclaim for their album "Guitar Romantic" and their single "Modern Kicks", the band is probably best known for the tragic van accident in July 2003 which killed Cox, Fitzgerald and Gage, after which…