Hot Hot Heat; The Daytrotter Session

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So, I have a love hate relationship with Hot Hot Heat.  I have written some really damning seething hate posts on them and then I have written some more complimentary.

 
I still think the lead singer Steve Bays sounds like Danny Elfman, that won’t change but I do think they’re growing on me, again.
 

I haven’t been a user of Daytrotter. although others have. I never hopped on the band wagon and there’s another regret I have now corrected.

 

The Hot Hot Heat Daytrotter Sessions are fantastic. So excited about it I have even downloaded the songs to take with me.  I do need to get away from my PC every now and then but I don’t want to leave these songs behind.

 

"JFK’s LSD" is one of the most fun songs I’ve heard in awhile.  It’s almost early Arctic Monkey in its beat. There is also some insane drum work on this track.  I can’t sit still through it no matter how hard I try. 
Its shifts and breaks are incredible and suddenly I feel really bad for wasting so much time being obsessed with Bays voice. 

 

To hear them in a more casual atmosphere seems almost an insight to their talent.  Drummer, Paul Hawley shines so bright I have to squint.  Not only in JFK but in "Nobody’s Accusing You (of having a good time)", the drumming is exhausting.

 

I’m literally on constant repeat with these tracks.  Each play captures another element. 

 

There are 4 songs in total, each better than the next.  That’s not even fair to say, each song is outstanding.  “Goddess of The Prairie” has vocal strength that makes me want to sing in that tone (though I never ever could).

 

Hot Hot Heat is hot hot hot on this session.  Gorgeous powerful music and the familiar sound of a voice reincarnated but even better.  Love this one. And it's daytrotter so it's free!

http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/hot-hot-heat-concert/20040423-15897.html

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