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Hot Hot Heat - Make Up The Breakdown
Hot Hot Heat - Make Up The Breakdown
URL : http://www.hothotheat.com
Tracks:
1. Naked In The City Again
2. No, Not Now
3. Get in or Get out
4. Bandages
5. Oh, Godamnit
6. Aveda
7. This Town
8. Talk to me, Dance with me
9. Save us S.O.S.
10. In Cairo
Why:
Well, quite a while back “talk to me dance with me” was quite a popular lil vid on the weekend morning video clips show. Everytime i saw the clip i was just astounded with how cool it was and i must admit i don’t really recall ever hearing any of these tracks on the radio .. but knew i had to get my hands on the album. Talk to me Dance with me (more on the vid than the track - i think) reminded me a lot of At The Drive-In, the guys voice was just phenomenal - add to that the damn sexy groove - and catchy main-riff.
Thoughts:
Well, this album has had many surprises. It is the first album in a long time that’s really had my singing and bopping along - and i mean in a loooong time. I can’t remember ever hearing music that just made me want to sing along, it’s addictive as crack. Unfortunately, for as good as it is catchy it does have a few downfalls.
Firstly it’s short, for a 10 album LP, the record only goes 32ish mins. I mean, this isn’t too bad and in many cases it’s actually quite good (ie: in heavy traffic, i can hear the entire album whilst driving to work) - but never the less, slightly disappointing.
Secondly, most of the tracks sound identical. I do admit this might be from only having the CD for 1 to 2 days - but so far each track sounds fairly similar. It could just be the drummer(tist?) in me picking apart the fact that most of the rhythmical grooves are quite similar (4/4 beat with snare on every 2 & 4 - with the bassdrum on almost every beat) - and being a slow melodical person i haven’t yet attached myself to the actual tunes themselves too much (cept bandages + talk to me).
But don’t be fooled into believing this album is lifeless - ohhh no - for those 2 downfalls, the energy and different-ness (not if u compare him to robert smith) of the singer, Steve Bays, makes up for it with benefits. Every time he opens his mouth a shotgun of power bursts out and lathers me in this (semi) un-controllable urge to sing. This urge is so strong it counters my previously mentioned fear of singing in the car enough to allow me moments of singing loudly to myself, WHILST staring at people giving me weird looks. It’s just that good!
My favourite tracks so far are the 2 singles which i sort of recognised, bandages and talk to me dance with me, but i have a feeling this will change in time as i become acclimitised to the album.
Posted by Christian 
13 June 2004
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